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SUMMARY:The Various Flavours of Computer Systems & Networking Research: A P
 ersonal Journey
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Ranjita Bhagwan (Microsoft Research Lab - India)\n\nAb
 stract: \nSystems research encompasses a vast variety of domains\, problem
 s\, and solution approaches. While in some cases the research problem is w
 ell-defined\, in other cases defining the problem itself can be a major ta
 sk. Sometimes we arrive at a solution through a novel and elegant idea tha
 t strikes us suddenly\, while at other times we solve the problem by putti
 ng together known ideas in interesting\, counter-intuitive ways. While som
 e solutions are designed\, implemented\, and evaluated in a matter of week
 s\, in other cases the whole process from conceptualization to realization
  can take multiple years from start to finish. In this talk\, through prob
 lems I have worked on over the years\, I will describe these various style
 s of systems research and how each can be enjoyable and rewarding in its o
 wn way.\n\nBio: Ranjita Bhagwan (BTech\, IIT Kharagpur\; MS and PhD\, Univ
  California\, San Diego) is a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Res
 earch India. She has worked for more than a decade on applying machine lea
 rning to improve system reliability\, security and performance. Recently\,
  her work has focused on using data-driven approaches to improve cloud ser
 vices and has led to severalpublications (including a best paper award at 
 USENIX OSDI 2018)\, as well as several tools that are widely used by Micro
 soft's services. She is an ACM Distinguished Member and is the recipient o
 f the 2020 ACM India Outstanding Contributions to Computing by a Woman Awa
 rd.\n
URL:https://www.tcs.tifr.res.in/web/events/1215
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