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* Began to familiarize myself with Embedded Xinu by completing the UART homework from COSC 3250
 
* Began to familiarize myself with Embedded Xinu by completing the UART homework from COSC 3250
 
* Briefly explored the Rust programming language
 
* Briefly explored the Rust programming language
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* Finalized a research project
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'''Week 2'''
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* Read through relevant portions of the [https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2534860 ACM/IEEE Computer Science Curricula 2013 Report]
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* Found and read papers relating to computer science education in parallel and distributed computing and its relation to hardware
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** Primarily searched through publications that derived from the Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education
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* Furthered my familiarity with the multi-core Pi 3
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* Learned more ARM assembly by exploring the factorial homework from COSC 2200
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* Learned how not to give a presentation
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* Began to build a sandbox environment for XINU PI3 to mirror the arm playground for the Raspberry Pi
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** Successfully able to run an isolated assembly file on the Pi3
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** Environment still needs better structure
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** Need to be able to easily run code on all cores

Revision as of 21:13, 8 June 2018

I am an undergraduate at Valparaiso University pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

E-mail: benjamin.levandowski@marquette.edu

Work log

Week 1

  • General Orientation of REU and projects, along with Marquette University and its facilities
  • Met with mentor and student researchers to discuss potential projects
  • Read literature regarding potential projects
    • Previous summer's research paper and an older paper on Embedded Xinu
    • Paper on MiniOS and Papers on the Tock Embedded OS
    • Paper describing Xest
    • Looked at the ARM Cortex-A53 Technical Reference Manual to familiarize myself with ARM assembly and C calling convention
    • Skimmed papers on Computer Science Secondary Education
  • Began to familiarize myself with Embedded Xinu by completing the UART homework from COSC 3250
  • Briefly explored the Rust programming language
  • Finalized a research project

Week 2

  • Read through relevant portions of the ACM/IEEE Computer Science Curricula 2013 Report
  • Found and read papers relating to computer science education in parallel and distributed computing and its relation to hardware
    • Primarily searched through publications that derived from the Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education
  • Furthered my familiarity with the multi-core Pi 3
  • Learned more ARM assembly by exploring the factorial homework from COSC 2200
  • Learned how not to give a presentation
  • Began to build a sandbox environment for XINU PI3 to mirror the arm playground for the Raspberry Pi
    • Successfully able to run an isolated assembly file on the Pi3
    • Environment still needs better structure
    • Need to be able to easily run code on all cores