Software Systems
Spring 2005

For today, you should have:

1) started Homework 4

2) read Chapter 9 from Stochastic Modeling

3) thought about projects

4) read notes09.txt and notes10.txt


Outline:

1) return Quiz 3

2) Virtual Memory!

3) Project discussion

4) Lottery scheduling paper

5) discuss Homework 4


For next time you should:

1) Finish your project proposal, if you haven't.

2) Continue work on Homework 4.



Project proposal
----------------

I am still working on the document that describes the major
project milestones, but for now, here is a description of
the first, and the schedule for the rest:

March 4: Project proposal.

March 18: First refinement

April 8: Second refinement.

April 22: Draft of final report.

May 5: Final report due.

May 16: Expo (fyi -- you don't have to present this project)


Proposal
--------

Your proposal should be a short document (1--2 pages) with answers
to the following questions:

1) Who's in your group?

2) What's the goal of the project?

3) What techniques will you be using (workload characterization,
   measurement, modeling, analysis, simulation, implementation,
   verification)?

4) What's the minimum/maximum deliverable?

5) What's your first step?

6) What's the biggest problem you foresee or question you
   need to answer to get started?


You should turn in one copy of your proposal for each project group.

A note on style: The documents you turn in at various stages do not
have to be complete, or polished, or formatted beautifully.  But
please don't take that as a license to make them incoherent, or
verbose, or silly.  You should try to present your ideas clearly and
concisely, with the goal of producing a final report that you would be
proud to show to the outside world.