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+ The first of this term's CSC social events, we will be going to see + the movie ``Brainstorm'' at the Princess Cinema. This outing is + intended primarily for the new first-year students. +

+

+ The Princess Cinema is Waterloo's repertoire theatre. This month + and next, they are featuring a ``Cyber Film Festival''. Upcoming + films include: +

+
    +
  • Brazil
    • +
  • Bladerunner (director's cut)
    • +
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
    • +
  • Naked Lunch
    • +
+

+ Admission is $4.25 for a Princess member, $7.50 for a non-member. + Membership to the Princess is $7.00 per year. +

+ + + + No description available + No abstract available + + + No description available + No abstract available + + + No description available + No abstract available + + + No description available + No abstract available + + + No description available + No abstract available + + + No description available + +

+ What is the next step in the evolution of computer languages? + Intelligent agents? Distributed objects? or visual languages? +

+

+ Visual languages overcome many of the drawbacks and limitations + of the textual languages that software development is based on + today. Do you think about programming in a linear fashion? Or do + you draw a mental picture of your algorithm and then linearize it + for the benefit of your compiler? Wouldn't it be nice if you could + code the same way you think? +

+

+ Visual C++ and Visual BASIC aren't visual languages, but Prograph + is. Prograph is a commercially available, visual, object-oriented, + data-flow language. It is well suited to graphical user interface + development, but is as powerful for general-purpose programming as + any textual language. +

+

+ The talk will comprise a discussion of the problems of textual + languages that visual languages solve, a live demonstration of + Prograph, and some of my observations of the applications of + Prograph to software development. +

+ + + + No description available + +

Big Money and Prizes!

+

+ So you think you're a pretty good programmer? Pit your skills + against others on campus in this triannual event! Contestants will + have three hours to solve five programming problems in either C or + Pascal. +

+

+ Last fall's winners went on to the International Finals and came + first overall! You could be there, too! +

+ + + + No description available + +

Need something to do between assignments/beers?

+

+ Did you know that your undergrad account at Waterloo gives you + access tothe world's largest computer network? With thousands + of discussion groups, gigabytes of files to download, multimedia + information browsers, even on-line entertainment? +

+

+ The resources available on the Internet are vast and wondrous, but + the tools for navigating it are sometimes confusing and arcane. In + this hands-on tutorial you will get the chance to get your feet wet + with the world's most mind-bogglingly big computer network, the + protocols and programs used, and how to use them responsibly and + effectively. +

+ + + + No description available + +

From the Minimax Theorem, through Alpha-Beta, and beyond...

+

+ This will be a descussion of the pitfalls of using mathematics and + algorithms to play classical board games. Thorough descriptions + shall be presented of the simple techniques used as the building + blocks that make all modern computer game players. I will use + tic-tac-toe as a control for my arguements. Other games such as + Chess, Othello and Go shall be the be a greater measure of progress; + and more importantly the targets of our dreams. +

+

+ To enhance the discussion of the future, Barney Pell's Metagamer + shall be introduced. His work in define classes of games is + important in identifying the features necessary for analysis. +

+ + + + + + + By Blair MacIntyre and Elizabeth Mynatt + +

by Blair MacIntyre and Elizabeth Mynatt

+

The Future Computing Environments (FCE) Group at Georgia Tech + is a collection of faculty and students that share a desire to + understand the partnership between humans and technology that + arises as computation and sensing become ubiquitous. With + expertise covering the breadth of Computer Science, but + focusing on HCI, Computational Perception, and Machine + Learning, the individual research agendas of the FCE faculty + are grounded in a number of shared "living laboratories" where + their research is applied to everyday life in the classroom + (Classroom 2000), the home (the Aware Home), the office + (Augmented Offices), and on one's person. Professors + MacIntyre and Mynatt will discuss a variety of these projects, + with an emphasis on the HCI and Computer Science aspects of + the FCE work. +

+

+ In addition to their affiliation with the FCE group, + Professors Mynatt and MacIntyre are both members of the + Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center (GVU) at Georgia + Tech. This interdisciplinary center brings together research + in computer science, psychology, industrial engineering, + architecture and media design by examining the role of + computation in our everyday lives. During the talk, they will + touch on some of the research and educational opportunities + available at both GVU and the College of Computing. +

+ + + + + No description available. + +

+ Debugging can be the most difficult and time consuming part of + any program's life-cycle. Far from an exact science, it's more + of an art ... and close to some kind of dark magic. Cryptic + error messages, lousy error checking, and icky things like + implicit casts can make it nearly impossible toknow what's + going on inside your program. +

+

+ Several tools are available to help automate your + debuggin. GDB and Purify are among the most powerful + debugging tools available in a UNIX environment. GDB is an + interactive debugger, allowing you to `step' through + aprogram, examine function calls, variable contents, stack + traces and let you look at the state of a program after it + crashes. Purify is a commercial program designed to help find + and remove memory leaks from programs written inlanguages + without automatic garbage collection. +

+

+ This talk will cover how to compile your C and C++ programs + for use with GDB and Purify, as well as how to use the + available X interfaces. If a purify license is available on + undergrad at the time of the talk, we will cover how to use it + during runtime. +

+ + + + + By Jan Gray + +

by Jan Gray

+ +

With the advent of large inexpensive field-programmable gate + arrays and tools it is now practical for anyone to design and + build custom processors and systems-on-a-chip. Jan will discuss + designing with FPGAs, and present the design and implementation + of xr16, yet another FPGA-based RISC computer system with + integrated peripherals.

+ +

Jan is a past CSC pres., B.Math. CS/EEE '87, and wrote + compilers, tools, and middleware at Microsoft from 1987-1998. He + built the first 32-bit FPGA CPU and system-on-a-chip in + 1995.

+ + + + + End-of-term dinner + + No abstract available. + + + + + By Edgar Dijkstra + +

By Edgar Dijkstra

+ +

This talk will use partial orders, lattice theory, and, if + time permits, the Galois connection as carriers to illustrate + the use of calculi in mathematics. We hope to show the brevity + of many calculations (in order tofight the superstition that + formal proofs are necessarily unpractically long), and the + strong heuristic guidance that is available for their + design.

+ +

Dijkstra is known for early graph-theoretical algorithms, + the first implementation of ALGOL 60, the first operating system + composed of explicitly synchronized processes, the invention of + guarded commands and of predicate transformers as a means for + defining semantics, and programming methodology in the broadest + sense of the word.

+ +

His current research interests focus on the formal + derivation of proofs and programs, and the streamlining of the + mathematical argument in general.

+ +

Dijkstra held the Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer + Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin until retiring in + October.

+ + + + + + By Edsger Dijkstra + +

This talk will show the use of programs for the proving of + theorems. Its purpose is to show how our experience gained in + the derivations of programs might be transferred to the + derivation of proofs in general. The examples will go beyond the + (traditional) existence theorems.

+ +

Dijkstra is known for early graph-theoretical algorithms, + the first implementation of ALGOL 60, the first operating system + composed of explicitly synchronized processes, the invention of + guarded commands and of predicate transformers as a means for + defining semantics, and programming methodology in the broadest + sense of the word.

+ +

His current research interests focus on the formal + derivation of proofs and programs, and the streamlining of the + mathematical argument in general.

+ +

Dijkstra held the Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer + Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin until retiring in + October.

+ + + + + + By Edsger Dijkstra + No description available. + + + + + + No description available. + +

by Floyd Marinescu +

+ +

+ The first talk will be an introduction to the Enterprise Java + API's: Servlets, JSP, EJB, and how to use them to build + eCommerce sites. +

+ +

+ The second talk will be about how these technologies were used + to implement a real world portal. The talk will include an + overview of the design patterns used and will feature + architectural information about the yet to be release portal + (which I am one of the developers) called theserverside.com. +

+ + + + + No description available. + +

Real World J2EE - Design Patterns and architecture behind the + yet to be released J2EE portal: theserverside.com

+ +

This talk will feature an exclusive look at the architecture + behind the new J2EE portal: theserverside.com. Join Floyd + Marinescu in a walk-through ofthe back-end of the portal, + while learning about J2EE and its real world patterns, + applications, problems and benefits.

+ + + + + + + End-of-term dinner + No abstract available. + + + + + + Fall 2000 Elections for the CSC. + +

+ Would you like to get involved in the CSC? Would you like to have a + say in what the CSC does this term? Come out to the CSC Elections! + In addition to electing the executive for the Fall term, we will be + appointing office staff and other positions. Look for details in + uw.csc. +

+ +

Nominations for all positions are being taken in the CSC office, MC + 3036.

+ + + + + SIGGraph Video Night Featuring some truly awesome computer + animations from Siggraph '99. + +

Interested in Computer Graphics? +

+ +

Enjoy watching state-of-the-art Animation? +

+ +

Looking for a cheap place to take a date? +

+ +

SIGGraph Video Night - + Featuring some truly awesome computer animations from Siggraph '99. +

+ +

Come out for the Computer Science Club general elections at 6:00 + pm, right before SIGGraph!

+ + + + + By Frank Clegg of Microsoft Canada + +

Vitals

+
+
By
+
Frank Clegg
+
President, Microsoft Canada
+
Date
+ +
Monday, September 25, 2000
+
Time
+
14:30 - 16:00
+
Place
+
DC 1302
+
(Davis Centre, Room 1302, University of Waterloo)
+ +
Cost
+
$0.00
+
Pre-registration
+
Recommended
+
http://infranet.uwaterloo.ca:81/infranet/semform.htm
+
(519) 888-4004
+ +
+ +

Abstract

+

The Internet and the Web have revolutionized our communications, our access +to information and our business methods. However, there is still much room +for improvement. Frank Clegg will discuss Microsoft's vision for what is +beyond browsing and the dotcom. Microsoft .NET (pronounced "dot-net") is a +new platform, user experience and set of advanced software services planned +to make all devices work together and connect seamlessly. With this next +generation of software, Microsoft's goal is to make Internet-based +computing and communications easier to use, more personalized, and more +productive for businesses and consumers. In his new position of president +of Microsoft Canada Co., Frank Clegg will be responsible for leading the +organization toward the delivery of Microsoft .NET. He will speak about +this new platform and the next generation Internet, how software developers +and businesses will be able to take advantage of it, and what the .NET +experience will look like for consumers and business users.

+ +

The Speaker

+

Frank Clegg was appointed president of Microsoft Canada Co. this month. +Prior to his new position, Mr. Clegg was vice-president, Central Region, +Microsoft Corp. from 1996 to 2000. In this capacity, he was responsible for +sales, support and marketing activities in 15 U.S. states. Mr. Clegg joined +Microsoft Corp. in 1991 and headed the Canadian subsidiary until 1996. +During that time, Mr. Clegg was instrumental in introducing several key +initiatives to improve company efficiency, growth and market share. Mr. +Clegg graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1977 with a B. Math.

+ +

For More Information

+
+Shirley Fenton
+The infraNET Project
+University of Waterloo
+519-888-4567 ext. 5611
+http://infranet.uwaterloo.ca/ +
+ + + + + + + + Winter 2001 CSC Elections. + +

Would you like to get involved in the CSC? Would you like to + have a say in what the CSC does this term? Come out to the CSC + Elections! In addition to electing the executive for the + Winter term, we will be appointing office staff and other + positions. Look for details in uw.csc. +

+

+ Nominations for all positions are being taken in the CSC + office, MC 3036. +

+ + + + Second CSC meeting for Winter 2001. + +

Proposed agenda

+
+
Book purchases
+
+

They haven't been done in 2 terms. + We have an old list of books to buy. + Any suggestions from uw.csc are welcome.

+
+
CD Burner
+ +
+

For doing linux burns. It was allocated money on the budget + request - about $300. We should be able to get a decent 12x + burner with that (8x rewrite).

+

The obvious things to sell are Linux Distros and BSD variants. + Are there any other software that we can legally burn and sell + to students?

+
+
Unix talks
+
+

Just a talk of the topics to be covered, when, where, whatnot. + Mike was right on this one, this should have been done earlier + in the term. Oh well, maybe we can fix this for next fall term.

+ +
+
Game Contest
+
+

We already put a bit of work into planning the Othello contest + before I read Mike's post. I still think it's viable. I've got + at least 2 people interested in writing entries for it. This + will be talked about more on monday. Hopefully, Rory and I will + be able to present a basic outline of how the contest is going + to be run at that time.

+
+
Peri's closet cleaning
+
+ +

Current sysadmin (jmbeverl) and I (kvijayan) and + President (geduggan) had a nice conversation about this 2 + days ago, having to do with completely erasing all of + peri, installing a clean stable potato debian on it, and + priming it for being a gradual replacement to calum. We'll + probably discuss how much we want to get done on this + front on Monday.

+
+
+ +

Any comments from the newsgroup are welcome.

+ + + + + Practice for the ACM international programming + contest + +

Our ACM-Style practice contests involve answering five questions in three +hours. Solutions are written in Pascal, C or C++. Seven years in a row, +Waterloo's teams have been in the top ten at the world finals. +For more information, see +the contest web page.

+ +

Easy Question:

+

A palindrome is a sequence of letters that reads the same backwards and +forwards, such as ``Madam, I'm Adam'' (note that case doesn't matter and +only letters are important). Your task is to find the longest palindrome in +a line of text (if there is a tie, print the leftmost one).

+
+Input:                              Output:
+
+asfgjh12dsfgg kj0ab12321BA wdDwkj   abBA
+abcbabCdcbaqwerewq                  abCdcba
+
+ +

Hard Question:

+

An anagram is a word formed by reordering the letters of another word. +Find all sets of anagrams that exist within a large dictionary. The +input will be a sorted list of words (up to 4000 words), one per line. +Output each set of anagrams on a separate line. Each set should be +in alphabetical order, and all lines of sets should be in alphabetical +order. A word with no anagrams is a set of anagrams itself, and should +be displayed with no modifications.

+ +
+Input:      Output:
+
+post        post pots stop
+pots        start
+start
+stop
+
+ + + + + No description available. + No abstract available. + + + + No description available. + No abstract available. + + + + No description available. + No abstract available. + + + + + + Practice for the ACM international programming + contest + +

Our ACM-Style practice contests involve answering five questions in three +hours. Solutions are written in Pascal, C or C++. Seven years in a row, +Waterloo's teams have been in the top ten at the world finals. +For more information, see +the contest web page.

+ +

Easy Question:

+

A palindrome is a sequence of letters that reads the same backwards and +forwards, such as ``Madam, I'm Adam'' (note that case doesn't matter and +only letters are important). Your task is to find the longest palindrome in +a line of text (if there is a tie, print the leftmost one).

+
+Input:                              Output:
+
+asfgjh12dsfgg kj0ab12321BA wdDwkj   abBA
+abcbabCdcbaqwerewq                  abCdcba
+
+ +

Hard Question:

+

An anagram is a word formed by reordering the letters of another word. +Find all sets of anagrams that exist within a large dictionary. The +input will be a sorted list of words (up to 4000 words), one per line. +Output each set of anagrams on a separate line. Each set should be +in alphabetical order, and all lines of sets should be in alphabetical +order. A word with no anagrams is a set of anagrams itself, and should +be displayed with no modifications.

+ +
+Input:      Output:
+
+post        post pots stop
+pots        start
+start
+stop
+
+ + + + + + @@ -116,18 +783,6 @@ href="ja2morri@uwaterloo.ca">James Morrison.

 - - This is the third in a series of UNIX tutorials. Simon Law - and James Perry will be teaching material following up on UNIX - 102. All are welcome. Accounts will be provided for those needing - them. - -

- To be announced. -

- - Thomas Wolf from Brock University will be holding a talk on @@ -145,4 +800,414 @@ href="ja2morri@uwaterloo.ca">James Morrison.

 + + + + + Come and vote for this term's exec + +

+ Vote for the exec this term. Meet at the CSC office. +

+ + + + + + + + Come and vote for this term's exec + +

+ Vote for the exec this term. Meet at the comfy + lounge. There will be an opportunity to obtain or renew + memberships. This term's CRO is Siyan Li + (s8li@csclub.uwaterloo.ca). +

+ + + + + Vote on a constitutional change. + +

+ The executive has unanimously decided to try to change our +constitution to comply with MathSoc policy. The clause we are trying +to change is the membership clause. The following is the proposed new +reading of the clause. +

+

+ In compliance with MathSoc regulations and in recognition of +the club being primarily targeted at undergraduate students, full +membership is open to all undergraduate students in the Faculty of +Mathematics and restricted to the same. +

+ +

+ The proposed change is illustrated on + a web page. +

+ +

+ There will be a business meeting on 30 Sept 2002 at 18:30 in + the comfy lounge, MC 3001. Please come and vote +

+ + + + + First Steps with UNIX + +

+ Get to know UNIX and be the envy of your friends! +

+

+ This is the first in a series of seminars that cover the use + of the UNIX Operating System. UNIX is used in a variety of + applications, both in academia and industy. We will provide + you with hands-on experience with the Math Faculty's UNIX + environment in this seminar. +

+

+ Topics that will be discussed include: +

+
    +
  • Navigating the UNIX environment
    • +
  • Using common UNIX commands
    • +
  • Using the PICO text editor
    • +
  • Reading electronic mail and news with PINE
    • +
+

+ If you do not have a Math computer account, don't panic; one will be +lent to you for the duration of this class. +

+ + + + + Get to know your profs and be the envy of your friends! + +

Come out and meet your professors. This is a great opportunity to +meet professors for Undergraduate Research jobs or to find out who you might +have for future courses.

+ +

Profs who have confirmed their attendance are:

+
    +
  • Troy Vasiga, School of Computer Science
    • +
  • J.P. Pretti, St. Jerome's and School of Computer Science
    • +
  • Michael McCool, School of Computer Science, CGL
    • +
  • Martin Karsten, School of Computer Science, BBCR
    • +
  • Gisli Hjaltason, School of Computer Science, DB
    • +
+ +

There will also be...

+
    +
  • Free Food
    • +
  • Free Food
    • +
  • Free Food
    • +
+ + + + + Talking to your UNIX can be fun and profitable. + +

This is the second in a series of seminars that cover the use of +the UNIX Operating System. UNIX is used in a variety of applications, +both in academia and industry. We will provide you with hands-on +experience with the Math Faculty's UNIX environment in this +tutorial.

+ +

Topics that will be discussed include:

+
  • Interacting with Bourne and C shells
    • +
  • Editing text using the vi text editor
    • +
  • Editing text using the Emacs display editor
    • +
  • Multi-tasking and the screen multiplexer
    • +
+ +

If you do not have a Math computer account, don't panic; one will be +lent to you for the duration of this class.

+ + + + + + A talk by Filip Spacek, KGI developer + + Linux has proven itself as a reliable operating system but arguably, + it still lacks in support of high performance graphics + acceleration. This talk will describe basic components of a PC video + card and the design and limitations the current Linux display driver + architecture. Finally a an overview of a new architecture, the Kernel + Graphics Interface (KGI), will be given. KGI attempts to solve the + shortcomings of the current design, and provide a lightweight and + portable interface to the display subsystem. + + + + + + No abstract available yet. + + + + Abusing template metaprogramming in C++ for fun and profit + No abstract available yet. + + + + Bring over your computer and we'll help you install Linux + +

The CSC, the KW-Linux User Group, and the UW Debian Interest Group + are jointly hosting a GNU/Linux InstallFest. GNU/Linux is a + powerful, free operating system for your computer. It is mostly + written by talented volunteers who like to share their efforts + and help each other.

+ +

Perhaps you have are you interested in installing GNU/Linux. + If so, bring your computer, monitor and keyboard; and we will + help you install GNU/Linux on your machine. You can also find + knowledgable people who can answer your questions about + GNU/Linux.

+ +
+ +

Frequently Asked Questions

+ +

Q: What is GNU/Linux?
+A: GNU/Linux is a free operating system for your computer. It is mostly + written by talented volunteers who like to share their efforts. +

+ +

Q: Free?
+A: GNU/Linux is available for zero-cost. As well, it allows you such + freedom to share it with your friends, or to modify the software to + your own needs and share that with your friends. It's very friendly. +

+ +

Q: What is an InstallFest?
+A: An InstallFest is a meeting where volunteers help people install + GNU/Linux on their computers. It's also a place to meet users, and + talk to them about running GNU/Linux. +

+ +

Q: What kind of computer do I need to use GNU/Linux?
+A: Almost any recent computer will do. If you have an old machine + kicking around, you can install GNU/Linux on it as well. If it is + at least 5 years old, it should be good enough. +

+ +

Q: Can I have Windows and GNU/Linux on the same computer?
+A: If you can run Windows now, and you have an extra gigabyte (GB) of + disk space to spare; then it should be possible. +

+ +

Q: What should I bring if I want to install GNU/Linux?
+A: You will want to bring:

+
    +
  1. Computer
    2. +
  2. Monitor and monitor cable
    3. +
  3. Power cords
    4. +
  4. Keyboard and mouse
    5. +
+ + + + + + A talk by Simon Law + No abstract available yet. + + + + A talk by Michael McCool of the Computer Graphics Lab. + +

+Modern graphics accelerators, or "GPUs", have embedded high-performance +programmable components in the form of vertex and fragment shading units. +Recently, these units have evolved from 8-bit computations to floating-point, +and other operations provide array gather, scatter, and summation. +These capabilities make GPUs akin to array processors of the +past, but with a difference: every PC now has one! I am interested +in finding the best way to exploit this computational capacity for not +only graphics but for general-purpose computation. +

+Current APIs permit specification of the programs for GPUs +using an assembly-language level interface. Compilers for high-level +shading languages are available, such as NVIDIA's Cg, and OpenGL 2.0 and +DirectX will also include standardized shading languages. This talk will +review these. However, compilers for these languages read in an external +string specification, which can be inconvenient. +

+However, it is possible, using standard C++, to define a high-level +shading language directly in the API. Such a language can be nearly +indistinguishable from a special-purpose programming language, yet +permits more direct interaction with the specification of textures +(arrays) and parameters, simplifies implementation, and enables +on-the-fly generation, manipulation, and specialization of shader programs. +A shading language built into the API also permits the lifting of +C++ host language type, modularity, and scoping constructs into the shading +language without any additional implementation effort. Such an +embedded language could be used to program other embedded processors +(such as DSP chips in sound cards) or even to generate machine language +on the fly for the host CPU. +

+ + + + + Going to visit the York University Computer Club + No abstract available yet. + + + + A talk by Simon Law + No abstract available yet. + + + + A talk by Dan Brovkovich, Mathsoc's Computing Director + No abstract available yet. + + + + Carlos O'Donnell talks about "the last of the legacy processors to fall before the barbarian horde" + +

This whirlwind talk is aimed at providing an overview of the +GNU/Linux port for the HP PARISC processor. The talk will focus on +the "intricacies" of the processor, and in particular the +implementations of the Linux kernel and GNU Libc. After the talk +you should be acutely aware of how little code needs to be written +to support a new architecture! Carlos has been working on the port +for two years, and enjoying the fruits of his labour on a 46-node +PARISC cluster.

+ +
+

+Carlos is currently in his 5th year of study at the University +of Western Ontario. This is his last year in a concurrent +Computer Engineering and Computer Science degree. His research +interest range from distributed and parallel systems to low +level optimized hardware design. He likes playing guitar and +just bought a Cort NTL-20, jumbo body, solid spurce top with +a mahogany back. Carlos hacks on the PARISC Linux kernel, GNU libc, +GNU Debugger, GNU Binutils and various Debian packages. +

+ + + + + + + Marcus Brinkmann, a GNU Hurd developer, talks about the Hurd server interfaces, at the heart of a GNU/Hurd system + +

The Hurd server interfaces are at the heart of the Hurd system. They + define the remote procedure calls (RPCs) that are used by the servers, the + GNU C library and the utility programs to communicate with the Hurd system + and to implement the POSIX personality of the Hurd as well as other + features.

+ +

This talk is a walk through the Hurd RPCs, and will give an overview of how + they are used to implement the system. Individual RPCs will be used to + illustrate important or exciting features of the Hurd system in general, + and it will be shown how those features are accessible to the user at the + command line, too.

+ +
+ +

Marcus Brinkmann is a math student at the Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum in + Germany. He is one of maintainers of the GNU Hurd project and the + initiator of the Debian GNU/Hurd binary distribution. He designed and + implemented the console subsystem of the Hurd, wrote the FAT filesystem + server, and fixed a lot of bugs, thus increasing the stability and + usability of the system.

+ + + + + + Neal Walfield, a GNU Hurd developer, talks about a possible Virtual Memory Management subsystem for the GNU Hurd + +

Virtual memory management is one of the cornerstones of multiuser +operating systems. Most systems available today place all of the +policy in a monolithic virtual memory manager, VMM, isolated from the +rest of the system. Although secure and lightweight, users have no +way to communicate their anticipated memory needs and usage to the +system pager. As a result, the VMM can only implement a global paging +policy (typically, an approximation of LRU) which may be good on +average but is best for nobody.

+ +

With the port of Hurd to the L4 microkernel, this situation is being +readdressed. Due to its more distributed nature, a centralized +resource manager is not only more difficult to implement efficiently +but also contrary to the philosophy of the rest of the system. We are +currently exploring a model whereby each program is fully self-paged +and all compete for memory from a physical memory server. This talk +will first discuss how paging currently works in Mach and other +systems. An argument for an external paging policy will then be +presented followed by the requirements of such a design and the design +itself.

+ +
+ +

Neal Walfield, a GNU Hurd developer, is from the University of Massachusetts +Lowell. Neal spent the summer of 2002 at University of Karlsruhe working +on porting the GNU Hurd to L4.

+ + + + + + A talk by Simon Law + +

The Debian Project produces a "Universal Operating System" that is +comprised entirely of Free Software. This talk focuses on using Debian +GNU/Linux in an enterprise environment. This includes:

+
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  • Where Debian can be deployed
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  • Strategic advantages of Debian
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  • Ways for business to give back to Debian
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+ + + + + A talk by James A. Morrison + +

+ Do you ever wonder what java is doing while you wait? Have you ever used +Modula-3? Do you wonder how lazily you can Mark and Sweep? Would you like to +know how to Stop-and-Copy? +

+ Come out to this talk and learn these things and more. No prior knowledge of +Garbage Collection or memory management is needed. +

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