It’s that time of the year again, when the air smells fresh, the flowers are blooming and systems researchers are in a windowless room because it’s the SOSP deadline! I wrote these hints on writing an SOSP paper some time ago but it’s still a great reference. irenezhang.net/blog/2021/06...

For 6 months, I’ve been supporting women at the University of Washington CSE through an investigation into the sexist environment in the systems and networking lab. This postmortem gives my perspective and names the men involved, plus some lessons learned at the end. irenezhang.net/blog/2025/03...