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Operating system microkernel

Mach is an operating system kernel developed at Carnegie Mellon University by Richard Rashid and Avie Tevanian to support operating system research, primarily distributed and parallel computing. Mach is often considered one of the earliest examples of a microkernel. Nonetheless, not all versions of Mach are microkernels. Mach's derivatives are the basis of the operating system kernel in GNU Hurd and of Apple's XNU kernel used in macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS. Wikipedia →

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  2. Skim a recent paper: Quantum machine learning beyond kernel methodsInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Load DistributionThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Bayesian kernel machine regression for estimating the health effects of multi-pollutant mixturesCited 1,836 times
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