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GENERAL INFORMATION - http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~nieh/teaching/e6118
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Meeting Times and Location:
Fall 2005 R 2:10-4:00pm CSB 453 (CS Conference Rm)
Prerequisites:
COMS
W4118
Operating Systems I, proficient in C programming
Description:
Study of advanced operating system topics including
proportional share resource management, virtual machines, operating
system reliability and scalability, trusted computing, mobility and
process migration, power management, mobile and distributed file
systems, and peer-to-peer computing.
Course will involve readings and discussion of classic and
new papers on recent developments in operating system research.
A team project is required. Course will develop
understanding of operating systems and distributed systems as well as
project management, research methodology, and technical presentation
and writing skills.
Enrollment:
The Fall 2005 enrollment for this class will be limited.
It is anticipated that the class will be not be offered
again until 2007.
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INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF
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- Instructor:
Prof. Jason Nieh,
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939-7160, office hours: R 10:00am-12:00pm CSB 518.
- TA: Alex Sherman,
asherman@cs.columbia.edu,
office hours: MW 2:30-4:00pm CSB 511.
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COURSE MATERIALS
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- Required Text:
Operating Systems II Course Papers
- Optional Linux Reference (Linux 2.6 kernel):
Linux Kernel Development,
Robert Love,
Sams Publishing, Indianapolis, IN, 2005 (available from
Amazon.com and
Barnes & Noble.
See also Errata.
- Optional Linux Reference (Linux 2.4 kernel):
Understanding the Linux Kernel (2nd Edition),
Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati,
O'Reilly & Associates, Sebastopol, CA, 2002 (available from
Amazon.com and
Barnes & Noble.
See also Errata.
- Computing Requirements:
$50 CS account
fee required, which will provide on-campus access to
x86 PC running Redhat Linux 7.3, GNU C development environment, and
VMware Virtual Platform for Linux.
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COURSE GRADE
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Course presentations and participation:
This course is based on a collection of journal and conference papers
that describe the history and state of the art in operating systems.
Students are expected to read papers before class and contribute to
the class discussion as follows. For each paper, a student will be
selected to present the paper. Each paper presentation
should be 25-30 minutes, including discussion. There will be 2 paper
presentations per class. Presentations will be graded based on
apparent understanding of the material in the paper, presentation
style, and entertainment value. All students will be expected to make
paper presentations. To avoid being assigned a paper that you do not
want to present, you should volunteer early for your paper selection.
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Team final project:
The project is an opportunity for you to take an active part in
exploring the subject area, as appropriate for an advanced course.
You can choose any project you want, so long as it has something to do
with operating systems. The project should be chosen so that it
clearly extends your knowledge and understanding of some area of
operating systems. The primary criterion for evaluating your project
will be what you have learned and discovered, not the amount of code
written or the number of pages of the written report. Projects are to
be done in teams of two people. A number of project suggestions are
available.
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No midterm, final, or "extra credit" work
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OPEN DOOR POLICY
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We would like the course to run smoothly and enjoyably. Feel free to
let us know what you find just, good, and interesting about the
course. Let us know sooner about the reverse. See us, leave us a
note, or send us email.
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