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1CS530 (Fall 2004) -- Jin-Soo Kim (jinsoo@cs.kaist.ac.kr) Take-Home Exam (1) Sep. 8 – 9 (24 hours) ? The purpose of this exam is to let you review undergraduate OS materials. ? Questions will be posted at 2:30pm on Sep. 8 in the course homepage. ? Hand in your answer sheet in class on Sep. 9. ? You may be asked about your answers during class. 2CS530 (Fall 2004) -- Jin-Soo Kim (jinsoo@cs.kaist.ac.kr) Take-Home Exam (2) How to take a take-home exam. ? A take-home exam is a variation on the open book exam. ? Your preparation should begin much earlier, as you would do with any other exams. ? A take-home exam aims to allow you the opportunity to produce a well-written and well-thought out response. ? Remember, you are not expected to write a book or similar sort of answer. Answer the question concisely. ? This is an exam, not a homework. DO NOT SHARE YOUR ANSWER SHEET WITH OTHERS. CS530: Advanced Operating Systems (Fall 2004) A Note on Computer Systems Research 4CS530 (Fall 2004) -- Jin-Soo Kim (jinsoo@cs.kaist.ac.kr) Computer Systems Research (1) Designing computer systems is very different from designing an algorithm: ? The external requirement is less precisely defined, more complex, and more subject to change. ? The system has much more internal structure, hence many internal interfaces. ? The measure of success is much less clear. 5CS530 (Fall 2004) -- Jin-Soo Kim (jinsoo@cs.kaist.ac.kr) Computer Systems Research (2) Challenges ? Large system is difficult to understand. ? There are not necessarily any right answers. – There is a sea of possibilities. – Unclear about how one choice will limit his freedom to make other choices, or affect the size and performance of the entire system. ? No one can tell you with certainty that you are right. – The best way we can do is to avoid choosing a terrible way. – The art of trade-offs. ? You are never done. – The last 10% to perfection typically consumes 80% of the effort. – You don’t know if the resulting system