Rules of the game

This constitutes the 4th homework for the course. Note that the grades for homeworks has been increased to 30% and the project reduced to 30%.

For this homework you have two choices

• present in class (with slides) one of the 8 papers listed for lectures starting Apr 10th, and lead discussions, answer questions etc.
  • You can choose any paper from the 8 papers, irrespective of the Set you belong to.
  • Only 8 students can avail this option and it will be accepted FCFS (first come first served).
  • Those who are presenting a paper need write only 3 critiques from their set, the presentation will count as the 4th.

 OR

• do a survey on a topic (list will be posted shortly) and create a comprehensive web page that lists all papers and projects related to the topic, including a brief summary/description of the paper/project.
  • The deadline for survey is last day of class (May 1st (Mon))

Send email to Liviu and copy to me as soon as you decide (before Apr 7th) which one (presentation/survey) you will be doing, and which paper/topic.

In addition to the above, everyone should write a critique for 4 papers as per the list given below, and submit it before the paper is discussed in class.

Topics for Survey

Assigned Topics

Available Topics

• ad-hoc networking
• power management
• disconnected and nomadic computing
• ubiquitous computers
• safe extensibility
• speculative caching and execution techniques
• distributed storage management
• dependable computer systems
• system support for quality of service
• mobile internet
• component technologies
• system support for high availability
• OS for low-energy systems

You can come up with your own topic, but get it approved by the professor before working on it.