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CS510 Concurrent Systems

CS510 Concurrent Systems. Course Overview. About the Instructor. Instructor – Jonathan Walpole Professor at PSU Research Interests: Operating Systems, Parallel and Distributed Systems. Course Overview. Based on 20 research papers Read them carefully!

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CS510 Concurrent Systems

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  1. CS510 Concurrent Systems Course Overview

  2. About the Instructor • Instructor – Jonathan Walpole • Professor at PSU • Research Interests: Operating Systems, Parallel and Distributed Systems CS510 - Concurrent Systems

  3. Course Overview • Based on 20 research papers • Read them carefully! • Submit a written review of each paper BEFORE class! • Class structure • Lectures including some student presentations • Instructor-led discussion • Course web page www.cs.pdx.edu/~walpole/class/cs510/fall2011/home.html CS510 - Concurrent Systems

  4. Topics • Synchronization • Locking • Non-blocking Synchronization (NBS) • Things that complicate NBS • Hardware and compiler-level reordering • Memory reclamation • Relativistic Programming via RCU • Transactional Memory • Scalability • Shared memory hardware and software architectures • Message passing hardware and software architectures CS510 - Concurrent Systems

  5. Grade Structure • Undergraduate Students: • paper reviews - 20% • midterm exam - 25% • in-class paper presentations - 30% • final exam - 25% • Graduate students • paper reviews - 10% • midterm exam - 25% • in-class paper presentations - 20% • final exam - 25% • position paper - 20% CS510 - Concurrent Systems

  6. Paper Presentations • Your paper assignments are posted on the web page • Your presentation should last 40 minutes • Emphasize key ideas, not irrelevant details • Do the necessary background reading! • Prepare a formal presentation with slides • Send me a draft presentation in time for me to review it and give you feedback • Make sure your presentation is of high quality!!! CS510 - Concurrent Systems

  7. Position Papers • Short paper (<1500 words) • Your chance to summarize • current research trends in concurrent systems • future directions • By the end of this class you should have a clear understanding of research directions and challenges • I want to know what you think • … not a straight summary of the papers we have studied CS510 - Concurrent Systems

  8. Before Class 2 • Email me and let me know if you are a graduate or undergraduate student • Visit the class web page www.cs.pdx.edu/~walpole/class/cs510/fall2011/home.html • Find your first paper assignment • I will post them before Wednesday • Email me if there is a problem! • Read class 1 papers and papers for class 2 • Submit paper reviews as directed on the class web site CS510 - Concurrent Systems

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