News for UCLA Computer Science 111, Fall 2009

2009-12-07

Scribe notes are now available for your studying pleasure.

2009-11-25

Here are some topics for your one-page report. Each topic is illustrated by a single article or web page, but please don't limit your reading to just this web page: you should be coming up with a summary of the topic, not the article. For example, some of these articles refer to recently published scholarly papers, and you should read the original papers, not just the article. Some of the topics are fairly large; the intent is that you focus on the operating system components of each topic, and not other technical components, management, economics, or politics. Please submit a one-page report in PDF form for the topic you chose.

• New standard lets browsers get a grip on files
• U of T 'SnowFlock' project tackles VM management
• Smartphone app illuminates power consumption
• Trust Linux!
• Supercomputing for the masses
• Georgia Tech supercomputer powered by graphics processors
• Self-policing cloud computing
• How secure is cloud computing?
• 40 years of Multics, 1969–2009
• Breaking the botnet code
• Web security tool copies apps' moves

2009-10-26

• Notes for lectures 1 through 8 are available in the syllabus. Lecture 9 does not seem to have notes yet.

2009-09-23

• Obtain or renew your SEASnet account right away, as there are occasionally delays before your account is activated.