OrderLab Reading Group
Fall 2026
Description
The reading group organized by the OrderLab covers latest advances in the research of computer systems. Students will read and discuss recent papers in top systems conferences such as OSDI, SOSP, NSDI, EuroSys, and ASPLOS.
Each week, one student will present the paper and lead the discussion. Other students should read the paper to be presented before the seminar. This seminar is supposed to generate in-depth discussions. It is impossible to do so without reading the paper first.
The focus topics covered in the papers vary semester to semester. Example topics include fault-tolerance, reliability, verification, energy efficiency, and virtualization. The presenter decides which paper to present. In general, select the papers that are relevant to your research project first (i.e., depth-first). If you are not sure, check with the coordinator Ziming. Also, try to avoid picking papers that have already been picked in the past (the past schedules are linked on the left-side menu).
If you need to present, please first sign up in the schedule spreadsheet at least two weeks in advance. Then, around one week before the meeting, you should send another reminder to the group via our reading group mailing list orderlab-talk@umich.edu, which will also be used to generate follow-up discussions of the presented paper. Students who wish to sign up for the mailing list, please email ryanph@umich.edu.
Schedule
7 sessions| Date | Presenter | Title | Venue | Material |
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| 09/03/2026 | Ryan and everyone |
New semester kickoff! |
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| 09/10/2026 | Roger Zhou (Ziming) |
Ziming's project presentation |
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| 09/17/2026 | Roger Zhou (Ziming) |
Ziming's project presentation |
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| 09/24/2026 | Wanning He |
Wanning's project presentation |
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| 10/01/2026 | Ryan and everyone |
Project pitch practice! |
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| 10/08/2026 | Kevin Xue |
Kevin's project presentation |
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| 10/15/2026 | Ruiyan Hu |
Ruiyan's project presentation |