Prof. Kaiser's section of 6156 is not related to Prof. Ferguson's Cloud Computing course and does not teach anything about cloud computing.

Registration for COMS E6156 Topics in Software Engineering is waitlist-only. You need to submit "Homework Zero" to be admitted to the course. Homework Zero does not count towards the grade. 

Here is the Homework Zero assignment:  Submit your answers to both questions 1 and 2 by email to kaiser+6156@cs.columbia.edu. (Please include +6156 or I may not see your email.) 

Please read the description of the 6156 course on the instructor's website before answering, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~kaiser.

Question 1: Why do you want to take this course? 

Question 2: Do you have any topic(s) in mind already that you might be interested in investigating for your paper and project?  If so, please tell us about your interests. If not, tell us about any research papers you have already read and/or any research projects you have already participated in.