[talks] Optimization Techniques in Linux Development Feb 20-22

[Chrissy Colvin]

Registration is required and space is limited. To register, email 
ccolvin at cs.princeton.edu

DATES:       February 20, Friend 004
         February 21, Friend 009
         February 22, Friend 004

TIME:          4:30 pm - 7:00 PM


Linux Performance measurement and optimization is a black art: to 
achieve results, knowledge of a varied set of tools and insight into the 
system's internals are required to successfully conclude the 
investigation with clear, irrefutable evidence of the responsible 
bottleneck. The speaker will take the audience through a marathon 
demonstration of the primary benchmarking tools, highlighting their 
features, pitfalls and limits, while at the same time describing the 
underlying system mechanisms interrelating with what is being measured.

Initially focusing on the performance of the whole system, the 
discussion will then shift to performance measurement and optimization 
of a specific process, covering the approaches available to benchmark 
and tune programs running natively on the system or inside a virtual 
machine.

Three sessions will cover the necessary theory and introductory hands-on 
practice, as we cover both System and Network performance problems.

Instructor: Federico Lucifredi, Harvard University

Federico Lucifredi is the maintainer of the man suite, the primary 
documentation-delivery tool under Linux, a graduate student at Harvard 
University, and a software-engineer-turned-manager at Novell 
corporation. Previously, Federico has been a CTO and a network software 
architect '.com' and embedded Linux startups, and he has spent two years 
teaching in Boston University's graduate and undergraduate programs, 
while simultaneously consulting for MIT. He is a frequent speaker at 
user group and conference events, notably the LinuxWorld and the 
IMPlanet conferences, where he was a panelist representing the jabber 
community. Federico is a recognized expert in computing performance 
issues, and consults pro-bono with Standard and Poor's clients 
interested in Free/Open Source technical and strategic issues, while 
currently participating in the GPL v3 drafting process in the 
large-corporation panel.


Registration is required and space is limited. To register, email 
ccolvin at cs.princeton.edu

DATES:       February 20, Friend 004
         February 21, Friend 009
         February 22, Friend 004

TIME:          4:30 pm - 7:00 PM