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“…This 4th edition of the workshop (P-RECS '21) took place as a half-day virtual event. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, putting together P-RECS'21 took extra effort this year, as the organizer did their best to recreate the participatory atmosphere of the three previous editions. …”

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“…The 2nd International Workshop on Systems and Network Telemetry and Analytics (SNTA 2019), a half-day meeting at the HPDC 2019 conference in Phoenix, AZ, USA, aims at bridging the systems and network telemetry and the latest advances in machine learning and data science technologies, to advance the performance and reliability of HPC and distributed systems.The tasks of systems and network telemetry are a key element for effective operations and management of HPC and distributed computing systems, by offering comprehensive monitoring and analysis capabilities to provide the visibility into what is occurring at any time. …”

“…This first edition of the workshop (HiPS2021) took place as a half-day virtual event. The call for papers attracted submissions from industry and academic institutions across the world. …”

“…The liturgical commentary of Gabriel of Qatar, written in the first half of the seventh century, is an extremely important source for the study of the East Syriac liturgical tradition, precisely because it describes this tradition before the reforms of I o yahb III. …”

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