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Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

How AlphaGo works (for non-experts)

Only recently did I have the pleasure of reading the paper Mastering the Game of Go with Deep Neural Networks and Tree Search. As a result…

4 min readMar 30, 2023

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How AlphaGo works (for non-experts)

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Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

NY Times Review of Bill Gates Climate Book Considered Harmful

I was disappointed to read the NY Times Review of Bill Gates’ book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: the Solutions We Have and the…

4 min readApr 2, 2021

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Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

Ratatouille: the complicated kind

This recipe of ratatouille is a combination of Julia Child’s and Michel Richard’s (the latter shared by Bill Buford in his book “Dirt”)…

3 min readOct 26, 2020

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Ratatouille: the complicated kind

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Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

We Replaced an SSD with Storage Class Memory and Here is What We Learned

The story is here: https://engineering.mongodb.com/post/we-replaced-an-ssd-with-storage-class-memory-here-is-what-we-learned

1 min readAug 31, 2020

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Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

Grain. Water. Salt.

This crispy goodness came out of my oven. There are many great breads out there. Why bother making my own?

17 min readJan 2, 2020

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Grain. Water. Salt.

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Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

Why mmap is faster than system calls

When I ask my colleagues why mmap is faster than system calls, the answer is inevitably “system call overhead”: the cost of crossing the…

8 min readDec 19, 2019

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Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

Ketosis: A Story of Accidental Love

I’ve been hearing about ketosis for many years; first via the (in)famous Atkins diet, and then via other avenues. I did not read about it…

4 min readJul 18, 2019

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Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

“Japanese diet” in practice

Ten months on “Japanese diet” improved diversity of my microbiome (from 75th percentile to 84th according to Ubiome), reduced my weight by…

3 min readFeb 27, 2019

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“Japanese diet” in practice

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Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

How Google Controls Android Device Vendors

On July 18, 2018 the European Commission issued Google an unprecedented fine of €4.34 billion for allegedly illegal competitive practices…

4 min readJul 26, 2018

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Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

Japanese Diet and Microbiome

My recent interest in human microbiome led me to explore the traditional Japanese diet. Not the weight loss diet, but their way of eating…

8 min readJun 1, 2018

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Japanese Diet and Microbiome

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Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

Alexandra (Sasha) Fedorova

I research computer systems, raise young scientists and consult in the area of systems performance. I am a professor at the University of British Columbia.

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