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ACM Sigmetrics 2026 | June 2026

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DroidSpeak: Efficient Context Sharing for Multiple-LLM Inference

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NSDI | May 2026

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Harvesting Spare CPU Resources in Container Systems

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Concord: Learning Network Configuration Contracts

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VeriStruct: AI-assisted Automated Verification of Data-Structure Modules in Verus

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International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems (TACAS) | April 2026

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Niyama : Breaking the Silos of LLM Inference Serving

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Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS) 2026 | March 2026

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Posted: January 14, 2026

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The Future AI infrastructure (FAI) team is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to pursue foundational research on agentic AI systems. The research emphasis will be on multiagent system designs for scalable agentic workloads with ML and…

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We are building new systems to optimize the millions of server nodes underlying the Microsoft Azure cloud. As a Research Intern you will be part of a dynamic and collaborative team chartered to understand and…

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Terabyte-Scale Analytics in the Blink of an Eye

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VLDB 2026 | January 2026

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Location: Redmond, WA, US

Research Area(s): Artificial intelligence, Systems and networking

We are seeking Senior Researcher – AI and Systems Reliability – Microsoft Research areas such as distributed systems and reliability, formal methods and verification, machine learning for system reliability, and reliability of machine learning systems.…

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