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SUMMARY:Reaching reliable agreement in an unreliable world - Heidi Howard\
 , Computer Laboratory\, University of Cambridge 
DTSTART:20151117T100000Z
DTEND:20151117T104000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Abraham Martin
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we explore how to construct resilient distribut
 ed systems on top of unreliable components. Starting\, almost two decades 
 ago\, with Leslie Lamport’s work on organising parliament for a Greek is
 land. We will take a journey to today’s datacenter and the systems power
 ing companies like Google\, Amazon and Microsoft. Along the way\, we will 
 face interesting impossibility results\, machines acting maliciously and t
 he complexity to today’s networks. We will discover how to reach agreeme
 nt between many parties and from this\, how we construct the fault-toleran
 ce systems that we depend upon everyday.
LOCATION:Norwich Room\, University Information Services\, West Cambridge
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