CS 598: Tentative Reading Schedule

Spring 2019

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15
1/15
1/17
1/22
1/24
1/29
1/31
2/5
2/7
2/12
2/14
2/19
2/21
2/26
2/28
3/5
3/7
3/12
3/14
3/26
3/28
4/2
4/4
4/9
4/11
4/16
4/18
4/23
4/25
4/30
 

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Course Introduction

Tue
1/15

Data Center Systems and Availability

Thu
1/17

Hardware Faults

Tue
1/22

Software Defects

Thu
1/24

Configuration Management

Tue
1/29

Kernel Configuration

Thu
1/31

Project Workshop

Tue
2/5
+
Thu
2/7
  • You will be presenting your project proposal.

    • Problem statement

    • Research contributions

    • End product

    • Basic idea and technical insights

    • Execution plan

    Please prepare your presentation using this template.

Hack Day

Tue
2/12
  • Work on the projects

JVM and Big Data

Tue
2/14

Tracing and Provenance

Tue
2/19

Overload Control

Thu
2/21

Hack Day

Tue
2/26
  • Work on the projects to prepare for the first checkpoint

Compatibility

Thu
2/28

Project Symposium for Checkpoint 1

Tue
3/5
+
Thu
3/7
  • You will be presenting your first checkpoint.

    • Problem statement

    • Basic idea and technical insights

    • Motivating examples (at least two examples)

    • Prototypes

    • Preliminary results

    Please prepare your presentation using this template.

Failure Diagnosis

Tue
3/12

Concurrency Bugs

Thu
3/14

Correctness of Distributed Systems

Tue
3/26

Testing Machine Learning Systems

Thu
3/28

Failure Detection

Tue
4/2

Edge/IoT Software Reliability

Thu
4/4

Project Symposium for Checkpoint 2

Tue
3/5
+
Thu
3/7
  • You will be presenting your second checkpoint.

    • Problem statement

    • Design

    • Implementation

    • Results

    Please prepare your presentation using this template.

Tor: Basics

Tue
4/16

Tor: Reliability and Performance

Thu
4/18

Hack Day

Tue
4/23
  • Work on your projects to prepare for the final demo

Donuts and Chill

Thu
4/25
  • We will be chatting about research, life experience, and career goals.

Oral Exam

Tue
4/30
  • The exam has three components:

    • (5 min) You present your project. Please focus on what you have accomplished (I have already known your project well).

    • (5 min) You show a live demo about how the system/tool you build work in practice.

    • (5-10 min) You answer questions (similar as the qualifying exam).