Balaji Arun, a PhD Student in the Systems of Software Research Group at Virginia Tech, joins us today to discuss his research of distributed systems through the paper “Taming the Contention in Consensus-based Distributed Systems.”

Works Mentioned
“Taming the Contention in Consensus-based Distributed Systems”
by Balaji Arun, Sebastiano Peluso, Roberto Palmieri, Giuliano Losa, and Binoy Ravindran
https://www.ssrg.ece.vt.edu/papers/tdsc20-author-version.pdf

“Fast Paxos”
by Leslie Lamport
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00446-006-0005-x

" /> Leaderless Consensus Balaji Arun, a PhD Student in the Systems of Software Research Group at Virginia Tech, joins us today to discuss his research of distributed systems through the paper “Taming the Contention in Consensus-based Distributed Systems.”

Works Mentioned
“Taming the Contention in Consensus-based Distributed Systems”
by Balaji Arun, Sebastiano Peluso, Roberto Palmieri, Giuliano Losa, and Binoy Ravindran
https://www.ssrg.ece.vt.edu/papers/tdsc20-author-version.pdf

“Fast Paxos”
by Leslie Lamport
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00446-006-0005-x

" /> Balaji Arun, a PhD Student in the Systems of Software Research Group at Virginia Tech, joins us today to discuss his research of distributed systems through the paper “Taming the Contention in Consensus-based Distributed Systems.”

Works Mentioned
“Taming the Contention in Consensus-based Distributed Systems”
by Balaji Arun, Sebastiano Peluso, Roberto Palmieri, Giuliano Losa, and Binoy Ravindran
https://www.ssrg.ece.vt.edu/papers/tdsc20-author-version.pdf

“Fast Paxos”
by Leslie Lamport
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00446-006-0005-x

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Leaderless Consensus

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font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> “Taming the Contention in Consensus-based Distributed Systems” </span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1d1c1d; font-family: Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" /> <span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-family: Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> by Balaji Arun, Sebastiano Peluso, Roberto Palmieri, Giuliano Losa, and Binoy Ravindran<br /></span><a class="c-link" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(var(--sk_highlight,18,100,163),1); text-decoration: none; font-family: Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f8f8f8;" href="https://www.ssrg.ece.vt.edu/papers/tdsc20-author-version.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.ssrg.ece.vt.edu/papers/tdsc20-author-version.pdf" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://www.ssrg.ece.vt.edu/papers/tdsc20-author-version.pdf</a></p> <p><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-family: Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f8f8f8; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> “Fast Paxos”</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; 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Balaji Arun: I am a Researcher at Aptos Labs. I received my PhD in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech. My dissertation advisor was Professor Binoy Ravindran. My research interests are broadly in distributed systems.

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