Training Program

To meet your needs, the tutorial program at FAST '15 provides in-depth, immediately useful training in the latest techniques, effective tools, and best strategies. The one-day program offers four half-day sessions to choose from.

USENIX tutorials survey the topic, then dive into the specifics of what to do and how to do it. Instructors are well-known experts in their fields, selected for their ability to teach complex subjects. Attend tutorials at FAST '15 and take valuable skills back to your company or organization.

Monday, February 16, 2015

Half Day Morning (9:00 am-12:30 pm)
M1

Grand Ballroom B

Eno Thereska, Microsoft Research
Greg O'Shea, Microsoft Research
Software-defined Storage from an SDN Perspective

Half Day Morning (9:00 am-12:30 pm)
M2

Grand Ballroom C

Brent Welch, Google
Clustered and Parallel Storage System Technologies

Half Day Afternoon (1:30 pm-5:00 pm)
M3

Grand Ballroom B

Sam H. Noh, Hongik University
Yang-Suk Kee, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
Flash Memory and Its By-products: A to Z in a Flash

Half Day Afternoon (1:30 pm-5:00 pm)
M4

Grand Ballroom C

Ryan Blue, Cloudera
Architecting Applications on Hadoop

Our Guarantee
If you're not happy, we're not happy. If you feel a tutorial does not meet the high standards you have come to expect from USENIX, let us know by the first break and we will change you to any other available tutorial immediately.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
USENIX provides Continuing Education Units for a small additional administrative fee. The CEU is a nationally recognized standard unit of measure for continuing education and training and is used by thousands of organizations.

Two half-day tutorials qualify for 0.6 CEUs. You can request CEU credit by completing the CEU section on the registration form. USENIX provides a certificate for each attendee taking a tutorial for CEU credit. CEUs are not the same as college credits. Consult your employer or school to determine their applicability.

Training Materials on USB Drives
Training materials will be provided to you on an 8GB USB drive. If you'd like to access them during your class, please remember to bring a laptop. If you need printed materials for your class, please use the public printer at the registration desk available via the registration computers.