Update seminars for 2024/2025 (#57)

Author: frisso

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 #### Credits
 
-This project is proudly provided by people at [Politecnico di Torino](http://www.polito.it).
+This project is proudly provided by students at [Politecnico di Torino](http://www.polito.it).

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 No upcoming seminars are scheduled. We are going to take a short vacation (actually, exams) break.
 See you in the next semester!
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 Here there are the seminars currently planned.
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-Upcoming seminars will be announced soon. Stay tuned!
+### P4
+- Speaker: Mario Baldi, AMD
+- When: Friday, 13 December 2024, 11:30 - 13:00
 
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+### Netto
+- Speaker: Davide Miola, Politecnico di Torino
+- When: Friday, 13 December 2024, 13:00 - 14:30
 
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-## <a name="past">Past seminars</a>
-Recordings of some of the past seminars are available on the [CrownLabs Seminars](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTAfidx4guQKksw0DmT_9s9sVqslHjpso) playlist on Youtube.
+### When Systems Break: Cloud Disaster Stories with a Silver Lining
+- Speaker: Lorenzo David, [Confluent](https://www.confluent.io/)
+- When: Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 13:00 - 14:30
+
+#### Abstract
+Distributed cloud infrastructure provides value to organizations both organizationally and technologically, offering advantages over more traditional monolithic systems. However, the complexity of managing this infrastructure at scale, across a multi-cloud environment, is not trivial and requires a fundamental shift in the way engineers operate and ensure the reliability of the system.
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+In this seminar, we will provide insights into how modern cloud-based infrastructure is architected and discuss standard Site Reability Engineering (SRE) practices. We will then examine disaster scenarios, from simple breakages to more complex regional outages, and share lessons learned from real-world incidents.
+
+#### Short Bio
+Lorenzo David is an Engineering Manager at Confluent and a 2015 alumni of Politecnico di Torino and Eurecom ParisTech. He has 10 years of experience across US and Italy, building cloud infrastructure and products in networking and cybersecurity.
 
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-### Evolution of Telecommunications Networks towards Cloud Native (in Italian)
-- Speaker: Giuseppe Ferraris
-- When: Tuesday, Jan 23, 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
+### Unikernels
+- Speaker: Federico Parola, Politecnico di Torino
+- When: Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 14:30 - 16:00
 
-#### Abstract
-This seminar will provide an overview of the architecture of the TIM Network for its different components, including the Access Network, Metro Network, and Backbone. It will then analyze how this network can evolve towards a new paradigm where network functions are realized by cloud-native applications. Finally, it will provide information about the Sylva project of the Linux Foundation Europe, which aims to produce an open-source software stack for the realization of a Container as a Service infrastructure that can be used to support carrier-grade network functions.
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+<hr>
 
-#### Short bio
-**Giuseppe Ferraris** has been involved in the field of telecommunications networks for over 30 years, focusing on innovation. In recent years, he has been a Program Manager at TIM, where he has coordinated several projects related to Cloud Network Infrastructure. He has also served as a co-chairman of the Sylva project at the Linux Foundation Europe. Prior to this, he was also a Project Coordinator for several projects funded by the European Commission and actively contributed to international standards.
+### New technologies for datacenter networking
+- Speaker: Mario Baldi, AMD
+- When: Friday, 20 December 2024, 11:30 - 13:00
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+<br>
+<hr>
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+### Bare metal operations
+- Speaker: Francesco Cappa, Politecnico di Torino
+- When: Friday, 20 December 2024, 14:30 - 16:00
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+<br>
+<hr>
+
+### Energy
+- Speaker: Stefano Galantino, Politecnico di Torino
+- When: Friday, 20 December 2024, 16:00 - 17:30
 
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 ### Software Driven Network Operations (in Italian)
 - Speaker: Paolo Fasano, [TIM](https://www.tim.it)
-- When: Friday, Jan 19, 2024, 11:30 - 14:30
+- When: Friday, Jan 10, 2025, 11:30 - 14:00
 
 #### Abstract
 Le reti di telecomunicazioni moderne presentano un elevato grado di complessità dovuto ad una molteplicità di fattori che includono:
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 #### Short bio
 **Paolo Fasano** è responsabile delle attività "Software Defined Networks" presso TIM, dove si occupa dell'automatizzazione delle operazioni di rete IP e di trasporto. SDN in TIM è stato declinato a seguito di precedenti progetti di innovazione focalizzati sull'incontro tra le tecnologie emergenti e le effettive esigenze derivanti dalle richieste del mercato e dagli obiettivi di efficienza. In precedenza, Paolo Fasano ha rivestito ruoli legati all'innovazione di rete ed è l'autore di numerosi contributi nella definizione di standard internazionali, nonchè è stato uno dei pionieri di IPv6 in Italia.
 
+### Composable Disaggregated Infrastructures
+- Speaker: Christian Pinto, IBM Research
+- When: Friday, 10 January 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
+
+#### Abstract
+Composable Systems are a new paradigm for building computer systems that aims at improving utilization of hardware, reducing energy consumption and enables the infrastructure to dynamically adapt to different incoming workloads, rather than the way around. However, this technology is not yet the state of the art for building data centers and it requires further efforts on the hardware, software and standardization initiatives. In particular operating system, boot loaders and management software are a big area of exploration in this moment. This talk will go through the landscape of composable disaggregated infrastructure, describing existing commercial solutions and ongoing research and efforts for integrating with the cloud control data plane.
+
+#### Short bio
+** Christian Pinto** is a Staff Research Scientist in the "Next Generation Systems and Cloud" team at IBM Research Europe (Ireland Lab). Christian’s research activities and interests are focused on novel cloud computing paradigms, and applications of distributed systems and cloud computing concepts to the field of Artificial Intelligence, virtualization and computer architecture. In the recent years, Christian is been working in the area of disaggregated and composable systems, including participating to the development of a memory disaggregation prototype and conducting research on application of this technology to cloud infrastructure and its integration in the Linux memory management system. Christian holds a Ph.D. in Computers and Electronic Engineering from University of Bologna, and a Master degree in Computer Engineering from the same university.
+
+<br>
+<hr>
+
+<!--
+Upcoming seminars will be announced soon. Stay tuned!
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+
+<!--
+<br>
+Place new seminars here
+-->
+
 <br>
 <hr>
 
+## <a name="past">Past seminars</a>
+Recordings of some of the past seminars are available on the [CrownLabs Seminars](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTAfidx4guQKksw0DmT_9s9sVqslHjpso) playlist on Youtube.
+
+<br>
+<hr>
+
+### Evolution of Telecommunications Networks towards Cloud Native (in Italian)
+- Speaker: Giuseppe Ferraris
+- When: Tuesday, Jan 23, 2024, 17:00 - 18:30
+
+#### Abstract
+This seminar will provide an overview of the architecture of the TIM Network for its different components, including the Access Network, Metro Network, and Backbone. It will then analyze how this network can evolve towards a new paradigm where network functions are realized by cloud-native applications. Finally, it will provide information about the Sylva project of the Linux Foundation Europe, which aims to produce an open-source software stack for the realization of a Container as a Service infrastructure that can be used to support carrier-grade network functions.
+
+#### Short bio
+**Giuseppe Ferraris** has been involved in the field of telecommunications networks for over 30 years, focusing on innovation. In recent years, he has been a Program Manager at TIM, where he has coordinated several projects related to Cloud Network Infrastructure. He has also served as a co-chairman of the Sylva project at the Linux Foundation Europe. Prior to this, he was also a Project Coordinator for several projects funded by the European Commission and actively contributed to international standards.
+
+<br>
+<hr>
+
+
 ### Automation in the cloud: convergence between infrastructure and development (in Italian)
 - Speaker: Vincenzo Vigliotti and Davide Sarais, [Liquid Reply](https://www.reply.com/liquid-reply/)
 - When: Wednesday, Jan 17, 2024, 16:00 - 17:30