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[[Distributed OS: Fall 2018 Course Outline|Here]] is the course outline. | [[Distributed OS: Fall 2018 Course Outline|Here]] is the course outline. | ||
==Project Help== | |||
To develop your literature review or research proposal, start with a single research paper that you find interesting and that is related to distributed operating systems in some way. | |||
To begin selecting a paper, I suggest that you: | |||
* search on Google Scholar using keywords relating to your interests, and/or | |||
* browse the proceedings of major conferences that publish work related to distributed operating systems. | |||
The main operating system conferences are [https://www.usenix.org/conferences/byname/179 OSDI] and ACM SOSP ([http://sosp.org/ sosp.org],[http://dl.acm.org/event.cfm?id=RE208&CFID=475138068&CFTOKEN=43996267 ACM DL]). Note that not all the work here is on distributed operating systems! Also, many other conferences publish some work related to distributed operating systems, e.g. [https://www.usenix.org/conferences/byname/178 NSDI]. | |||
To help you write a literature review or the background of a research paper, read the following: | |||
* Harvey, "What Is a Literature Review?" [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~missy/WritingaLiteratureReview.doc (DOC)] [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~missy/Writing_a_Literature_Review.ppt (PPT)] | |||
* [http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/specific-types-of-writing/literature-review Taylor, "The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It"] | |||
==Assigned Readings== | ==Assigned Readings== | ||
===September 10, 2018=== | |||
The Early Internet: | |||
* [https://homeostasis.scs.carleton.ca/~soma/distos/2014w/kahn1972-resource.pdf Robert E. Kahn, "Resource-Sharing Computer Communications Networks" (1972)] [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PROC.1972.8911 (DOI)] | |||
* [https://archive.org/details/ComputerNetworks_TheHeraldsOfResourceSharing Computer Networks: The Heralds of Resource Sharing (1972)] - video | |||
The Mother of All Demos: | |||
* [http://www.dougengelbart.org/firsts/dougs-1968-demo.html Doug Engelbart Institute, "Doug's 1968 Demo"]. You may want to focus on the [http://dougengelbart.org/events/1968-demo-highlights.html highlights] or the [http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/1968Demo.html annotated clips]. | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos Wikipedia's page on "The Mother of all Demos"] | |||
===September 12, 2018=== | |||
The Alto: | |||
* [https://homeostasis.scs.carleton.ca/~soma/distos/2014w/alto.pdf Thacker et al., "Alto: A Personal computer" (1979)] ([https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_xeroxparcttoAPersonalComputer_6560658 archive.org]) | |||
Revision as of 17:39, 5 September 2018
Course Outline
Here is the course outline.
Project Help
To develop your literature review or research proposal, start with a single research paper that you find interesting and that is related to distributed operating systems in some way.
To begin selecting a paper, I suggest that you:
- search on Google Scholar using keywords relating to your interests, and/or
- browse the proceedings of major conferences that publish work related to distributed operating systems.
The main operating system conferences are OSDI and ACM SOSP (sosp.org,ACM DL). Note that not all the work here is on distributed operating systems! Also, many other conferences publish some work related to distributed operating systems, e.g. NSDI.
To help you write a literature review or the background of a research paper, read the following:
- Harvey, "What Is a Literature Review?" (DOC) (PPT)
- Taylor, "The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It"
Assigned Readings
September 10, 2018
The Early Internet:
- Robert E. Kahn, "Resource-Sharing Computer Communications Networks" (1972) (DOI)
- Computer Networks: The Heralds of Resource Sharing (1972) - video
The Mother of All Demos:
- Doug Engelbart Institute, "Doug's 1968 Demo". You may want to focus on the highlights or the annotated clips.
- Wikipedia's page on "The Mother of all Demos"
September 12, 2018
The Alto: