4 papers
On Replacing Cryptopuzzles with Useful Computation in Blockchain Proof-of-Work Protocols
Andrea Merlina, Thiago Garrett, Roman Vitenberg
Proof-of-Work (PoW) blockchains have emerged as a robust and effective consensus mechanism in open environments, leading to widespread deployment with numerous cryptocurrency platf…
Compass: A Decentralized Scheduler for Latency-Sensitive ML Workflows
Yuting Yang, Andrea Merlina, Weijia Song +3
We consider ML query processing in distributed systems where GPU-enabled workers coordinate to execute complex queries: a computing style often seen in applications that interact w…
Cascade: A Platform for Delay-Sensitive Edge Intelligence
Weijia Song, Thiago Garrett, Yuting Yang +6
Interactive intelligent computing applications are increasingly prevalent, creating a need for AI/ML platforms optimized to reduce per-event latency while maintaining high throughp…
A General and Configurable Framework for Blockchain-based Marketplaces
Andrea Merlina, Roman Vitenberg, Vinay Setty
The first generation of blockchain focused on digital currencies and secure storage, management and transfer of tokenized values. Thereafter, the focus has been shifting from curre…