CS 644 Advanced Operating Systems

General Information

Instructor

Jeanna Matthews

Office: Science Center 389

Phone: 268-6288

E-mail: jnm@clarkson.edu

Homepage: http://www.clarkson.edu/~jnm

Class Times: MWF 10-11, COSI lab

Office Hours: TBA

Papers

I expect to discuss 1-3 papers per class period. The papers for each class will be listed in the syllabus below. A reaction is due in hard copy at the beginning of each class. The reaction should contain a summary of the paper and an answer to the following three questions: 1) What is the primary lesson you took away from this paper? 2) What do you think would be the most interesting way to extend this work? 3)If you had to list a criticism of this paper, what would it be?

Objectives

Expose students to current and classical operating systems literature
Give students an understanding of what it means to do research in computer science and specifically operating systems
Teach students to critcially evaluate research papers
Tackle some challenging projects and write paper suitable for publication

Outcomes

Students will learn to read and critique research papers
Students will summarize and lead a discussion of research papers
Students will be familiar with classic operating systems literature
Students will know where to look for and where to publish operating system papers
Students will make substantial contributions to a large operating systems project that can be submitted for publication

Exams

There will be a final exam in this class.

Attendance

Participation in class discussions is an essential part of this class so attendance is required and the papers must be read prior to the class period.

Late Work

This is a small class and I expect to solicit group input when setting deadlines. Once set, I expect everyone to meet the deadlines.

Tentative Grading Scheme

30% Class Discussion/Paper Reaction Portfolio
5% Paper presentations
30% Class Project
35% Final Exam

Tentative Syllabus

Date	Lecture Topic
Mon 8/24	Introduction, Course Logistics, What is Research An Evaluation of the Ninth SOSP Submissions Efficient Reading of Papers in Science and Technology	For Weds, look over SOSP07 , OSDI08 and SOSP09 programs and SIGOPS Hall of Fame
Weds 8/26	Discussion: What is systems research? Hot topics? Current vs classic
Mon 8/31	SOSP07 Best papers (2 of 3): Secure Web Applications via Automatic Partitioning and Sinfonia: A New Paradigm for Building Scalable Distributed Systems
Weds 9/2	CLASSICS: Multics vs UNIX The Multics Virtual Memory: Concepts and Design The UNIX Time Sharing System
Mon 9/7	OSDI08 Best papers (2 of 3): Difference Engine: Harnessing Memory Redundancy in Virtual Machines and DryadLINQ: A System for General-Purpose Distributed Data-Parallel Computing Using a High-Level Language
Weds 9/9	Classic and Popular: AFS (Scale and Performance in a Distributed File System ) vs GFS
Mon 9/14	SOSP09
Weds 9/16	Classic and Popular: Disco and Xen
Mon 9/21	SOSP09
Weds 9/23	SOSP09
Mon 9/28	NO CLASS: FALL RECESS
Weds 9/30	SOSP09
Mon 10/5	SOSP09
Wed 10/7	SOSP09
Mon 10/12	SOSP09
Weds 10/14	SOSP09
Mon 10/26	Debriefing and Project Planning
Weds 10/21	Networks
Mon 10/26	Networks
Weds 10/28	Security
Mon 11/2	Security
Wed 11/4	Virtualization
Mon 11/9	Virtualization
Wed 11/11	Project Planning
Mon 11/16	CLASSICS: Plan 9 from Bell Labs The Structure of the THE Multiprogramming System
Wed 11/28	Storage
Mon 11/23	Plan 9 - not from Bell labs
Wed 11/25	NO CLASS- THANKSGIVING BREAK
Mon 11/30	Project status
Wed 12/2	CLASSICS Butler Lampson's Turing Award Leture: Principles for Computer System Design 10 years earlier: Hints for Computer System Design
Mon 12/7	FINALS WEEK, FINAL TBA