Abstract: The host architecture has evolved rapidly over the past decade: modern hosts have 
multiple heterogeneous compute devices, multiple memory devices potentially distributed 
across multiple cache coherence domains, and multiple network devices, all interconnected by 
an intra-host network. Such a host architecture alters the many fundamental assumptions that 
once guided the design and optimization of modern operating systems. As a result, applications 
running atop modern hosts suffer from sub-optimal properties and performance, while host 
resources remain extremely underutilized

Bio: Midhul Vuppalapati is a PhD student in the Computer Science department at Cornell 
University advised by Prof. Rachit Agarwal. He is a recipient of the Cornell University 
Fellowship, a SIGCOMM Best Student Paper award, SIGMETRICS Best-of-the-rest recognition, 
and two Cornell CS Outstanding TA awards.