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CS 345 Distributed Systems
Fabián E. Bustamante, Winter 2004
Welcome to Advanced OS
Fabián E. Bustamante (Instructor)
Yi Qiao (Ad Honorem TA)
Communication channels: – Course webpage - all you need to know
~fabianb/classes/cs-443.html– Newsgroup for discussions cs.443– Email for other questions cs-443@cs
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Approach
About 10 topics (from OS design to new applications areas such as ad-hoc & sensor networks)Background & paper discussion per topic– Background– Paper presentation– Paper discussion
Projects– Some ideas will be posted– In-class project discussion
Take-home exam
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Lectures
Two lectures per topic (most of them at least) Lecture 1:– 25’ Background presentation– 10’ Clarification questions– 25’ Paper 1 presentation– 10’ Discussion
Lecture 2:– 25’ Paper 2 presentation– 10’ Discussion– 25’ Paper 3 presentation– 10’ Discussion
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Paper presentation
~3 Conference style presentation per studentKeep in mind– The presentation is a performance, carefully planned & rehearsed– You are the main advocate of the work, act as such– Respect your audience– Do not waste your time with filler– Make your slides visually pleasant w/o a Madison Avenue look
Slides will be posted in the course websiteYour audience will give you feedback and rate your presentation based on (I’ll provide a form for this)– Preparation – understanding of the material, handling of questions
…– Presentation material – level of details, use of examples, slide
contents, …– Delivery – presentation itself, volume, enthusiasm, eye contact, …
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Paper summary
Two papers per week; you pick which one (the others you only have to read) For every paper – a one-page summary due by 11:59PM of the previous day – Paper title and its author(s)– Brief one-line summary – A paragraph of the most important ideas. – A paragraph of the largest flaws. Being able to assess
weaknesses as well as strengths is an important skill for this course and beyond.
– A last paragraph where you state the relevance of the ideas today, potential future research suggested by the article, etc.
Useful brochure: Efficient reading of papers in Science and Technology by M. Hanson, 1990, revised 2000 D. McNamee.
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Projects
Goal: workshop-quality report
Discuss ideas w/ me; some ideas …– Worm detection and contention in a P2P backbone network– Wide-area event-based system– Visualization and steering for C3 – car-to-car cooperation
Schedule/Deadlines– 04/07/05: Pick area (e.g. storage systems) & email it to me
– 04/19/05: Small literary survey due (2-3 pages)
– 04/28/05: Pick topic (after discussing it with me)
– 05/19/05: Full paper due for review
– 05/31/05: Reviews back (Friday before presentations start)
– 06/08/05: Final paper due
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Take-home exam
Open-book (that means, web access )
About five in-depth questions
I’ll be making the following assumptions:– You have read all papers listed– You have acquired the required background– You understand the issues at play– You can critically read a paper
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Grading
Paper summaries: 10%
Class presentation: 10%
Class participation: 10%
Project: 40%– Survey paper: 5%– Project presentation: 10%– Final paper: 25%
Final (take-home) exam: 30%
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Outline
Week (dates) Topic (classes) Due
1st (Mar. 31th) Introduction (1)
2nd (Apr. 5-7th) OS Design (2) 4/7: Area
2nd (Apr. 12-14th) Communication (2)
3th (Apr. 19-21st) Processes & Threads (2) 4/19: Survey
4th (Apr. 26-28th) Virtual & Shared Memory (2) 4/28: Topic
5th (May 3-5th) Storage & File Systems (2)
6th (May 10-12th) Internet Services (2)
7th (May 17-19th) Fault Tolerance, bugs, etc, (2) 5/19: Paper (v0)
8th (May 24th) Security, Protection & DoS (2)
9th (May 26-31st) Ad-Hoc & Sensor Networks (2) 5/31: Review
10th (Jun. 2nd) Project Presentation (1)
Finals (Jun. 6-10th) Take-home Exam 6/8: Paper (v1)
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