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SUMMARY:From Unikernels to Nabla Containers - Daniel Williams (IBM)
DTSTART:20190124T150000Z
DTEND:20190124T160000Z
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CONTACT:Marco Caballero
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nAs interest continues in lightweight units of exec
 ution for the cloud\,\nLinux containers continue to be plagued by a percei
 ved lack of\nisolation.  At the same time\, unikernels have offered an alt
 ernative\nto containers that is not only lightweight\, but also inherits t
 he\nisolation properties (and also some downsides of) VMs.  In this talk I
 \nwill argue that virtualization is not necessary for unikernels to\nmaint
 ain a similar level of isolation to VMs.  I will also describe\nongoing ef
 forts toward a new container runtime called Nabla\, based on\nrunning unik
 ernels as processes\, discuss some of the challenges in\nbridging the gap 
 between containers and unikernels\, and highlight\nfuture research directi
 ons.\n \nBio:\nDan Williams is a Research Staff Member at the IBM T.J. Wat
 son\nResearch Lab in Yorktown Heights\, NY\, where he works in the cloud\n
 research organization on unikernels and containers.  His current\nresearch
  led to the Solo5 project (used by MirageOS) and Nabla\ncontainers. His re
 search interests span low-level operating systems\nand security.
LOCATION:FW26\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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