Taken by Paul Graunke 1. Research groups - information for 1st year students. A graduate student from each research group presented an overview of their group and answered any relevant questions. Systems Johnny Chen presented the systems group, while various people asked why he wrote so much on the board, and Dejan discussed pizza ordering techniques. Issues include making treadmarks fault tolerant and work with databases.
Performance debugging in parallel programs and other topics such as data mining come up as well.
Johnny also says that Peter is very flexible in allowing students to work on whatever they are interested in. All four faculty members are currently looking for new students. Alan and Dan provide more hands on guidance than Willy or Peter. Willy is on sabbatical until January, and Alan will be leaving on sabbatical about the same time Willy returns. Massively Parallel Compiler Group - Kai Kai explained that the large group also works on scalar compilation, while John Clements and Dejan decided the department should acquire a zero gravity conference room to facilitate passing pizza.