The Weakest Failure Detectors to Boost Obstruction-Freedom

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The Weakest Failure Detectors to Boost Obstruction-Freedom

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Scalable Synchronization in Shared-Memory Systems: Extrapolating, Adapting, Tuning

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Log-Free Concurrent Data Structures

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Universally Scalable Concurrent Data Structures

The Disclosure Power of Shared Objects

Efficient Logging in Non-Volatile Memory by Exploiting Coherency Protocols

Fast and Robust Memory Reclamation for Concurrent Data Structures

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Multi-Library Coded Caching

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