Distributed Consensus

Data Skeptic

Episode | Podcast

Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 05:36:49 +0000

<p>Computer Science research fellow of Cambridge University, Heidi Howard discusses Paxos, Raft, and distributed consensus in distributed systems alongside with her work “Paxos vs. Raft: Have we reached consensus on distributed consensus?”</p> <p>She goes into detail about the leaders in Paxos and Raft and how The Raft Consensus Algorithm actually inspired her to pursue her PhD.<br /> <br /> Paxos vs Raft paper: <a class="c-link" href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.05074" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.05074</a><br /> <br /> Leslie Lamport paper “part-time Parliament”<br /> <a class="c-link" href="https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/lamport-paxos.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/lamport-paxos.pdf</a><br /> <br /> Leslie Lamport paper "Paxos Made Simple"<br /> <a class="c-link" href="https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/paxos-simple.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/paxos-simple.pdf</a><br /> <br /> Twitter : @heidiann360</p> <p>Thank you to our sponsor <a href="https://monday.com/dataskeptic">Monday.com</a>! Their apps challenge is still accepting submissions! find more information at <a href="https://monday.com/dataskeptic">monday.com/dataskeptic</a></p>