Syllabus

 

Date and Location 3-4PM Sys Seminar (4-5PM) 5-6PM
9/6
UCB
Dave Patterson, ROC Overview [ppt] [pdf] [html] Bill Tetzlaff, Three Mile Island: A Book Report [slides (.pdf)] Discussion
9/13
UCB
Readings
George Candea
Dependability: Vocabulary and Techniques [slides (.pdf)]
Armando Fox
Dependability in Internet Systems [ppt] [pdf] [html]
Discussion
9/20
UCB
Readings
Germán Goldszmidt, IBM Research: The Océano project - Intelligent Infrastructure for eUtilities [slides (.pdf)] Lisa Spainhower, IBM: 
Why Systems Fail [pdf]
and 
IBM ZSeries Fault-Tolerant Design [pdf]

9/27
Stanford
Assignment 1 Due

Capsule summary of course-to-date for new Stanford students. Please read ROC, Dependability, and Internet Systems.

Discussion of ROC techniques
(see Assignment 1)

Breakout session summary

10/4
Stanford
Readings
Udi Manber, Yahoo: ROC on the Web Project discussions
10/11
Stanford
Readings
Mendel Rosenblum, Stanford University and VMWare:
Virtual Machines and Dependability [slides (pdf)]
 
10/18
UCB
Readings

Lecture and discussion: 
diagnosing root causes (led by Kim Keeton)
[slides (pdf)] [bibliography]

10/25
UCB
Readings
Lecture and discussion on human error (led by Aaron Brown) [ppt] [pdf]

Project mini-meetings and discussion

11/1
UCB
Readings
Project progress reports Brendan Murphy, Microsoft: Measuring System Behavior in the Field [ppt] [html] Project progress reports
11/8
Stanford
Readings
Jim Gray, Microsoft: Internet Availability [ppt] Jim Gray, Microsoft Research:
Project feedback and advice
11/15
Stanford + UCB

Project progress meetings 

11/22

Thanksgiving, no class

11/29
Stanford + UCB
Project Meetings  Dave Patterson
"How to Have a Bad Career" (webcast)
 
12/6
UCB

Final Project Presentations

 

12:45

bus departs for Berkeley from G lot

 2:00

project presentations start

 4:00

refreshments break

 4:30 project presentations resume

 6:30

dinner + discussion

 7:30

bus departs for Stanford from Soda Hall

 

12/7
Stanford

Poster and Demo Session

 

 1:15 bus departs for Stanford from Soda Hall
 2:30 poster/demo setup (Gates 104)
 3:00 doors open for poster/demo session
 5:00 teardown/cleanup
 5:15 beer bash (Fujitsu Lounge)
 6:15 bus departs for Berkeley from G lot

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Modified: 05/12/2002