User:Jaustin
From REU@MU
About Me
My name is John Austin. I am a Junior triple majoring in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Theology. Currently I am working on the Embedded XINU Operating System under Dr. Dennis Brylow.
REU 2020 Weekly Logs
Week 1:
- Orientation
- Went over what to expect from REU
- Bootcamp
- Overview of different Data Science and Machine Learning Concepts
- Met with XINU team daily
- Figured out project
- Began initial research into past papers written on XINU and reading up on xV6 o/s to brainstorm how to overhaul current concurrency system
- Started Research training
Week 2:
- Met with XINU team frequently
- Read about Xv6 O/S used at MIT
- Read about PortOS used at Cornell University
- Research Training with Dr. Brylow
- Online RCR Training
- Technical Writing Seminar with Dr. Brylow and Dr. Praveen
- Debugged Issue with multi-core functionality in XINU
- Went on ACM and tried to find related work for our specific field (there isn't much in our sphere, however it was still useful nevertheless)
- Checked out potential new O/S book for Marquette Operating Systems Course (COSC 3250)
Week 3
- Met with XINU team Monday to check in
- Spent majority of time trying to debug/figure out how to test genuine multi-core message passing which took up the majority of the week
- Finished (at least I believe so) multi-core message passing
- Check-in with Dr. Brylow and Dr. Praveen
- Read Research Paper on Wait-Free Synchronization
- Set up GitHub in my local directory on Morbius
- Discussion on Wait-Free Paper with Team XINU on Thursday
Week 4
- Implemented Working Multi-Core Message Passing System into XINU
- Read up on DFixer Algorithm
- Started on Mini-Presentation
- Discussed with Team XINU how to add more atomic functions to XINU
- Check in with Dr. Brylow and Dr. Praveen
- Bug Fixing on Message Passing System (There is still potential for an inconsistent system view)
Week 5
- Finished Multi-Core Message Passing System for XINU
- Read Data Science Paper
- Read Updated xv6 O/S Textbook
- Finished Check-In Presentation (Took Up most of Monday and Tuesday)
- Gave Presentation on Wednesday
- Began Working on Editing the Clock Timer to only run on Core 0
Week 6
- Researched Basics of Networking for future work in XINU
- Brylow gave talk on Networks and Internets to Team XINU
- Dr. Zimmer's Talk on Data Privacy
- Student Check-in
- Read Research Paper on mTCP
- Assigned new task to start looking into: Implement all of Pthreads Library
- Looked into Pthreads
- Began Writing Research Paper and Learning LaTex
- Began Revising and Ironing out testing for Message Passing
Week 6
- Weekly Check-In
- 2 Meetings with Team XINU
- Continued to work on Research Paper Intro
- Double Checked/Looked for Research in my area
- Fixed Bugs in Message Passing System
- Testing Implemented for my additions
Week 7
- Weekly Check-In
- 2 Meetings with Team Xinu
- Debugged Multicore Issues with Test cases
Week 8
- Finished Edits to Inter-Core Communication System
- 2 Meetings with Team Xinu
- Continued to Explore ways to Test Multicore Functionality
- Began Work on Research Paper
Week 9
- Finished Research Paper
- Fixed Testing System
- Began Working on Poster
- Began Working on Formal Presentation
Week 10
- Finished Poster
- Finished Presentation
- Edited Draft of Paper
- Gave Formal Presentation
- Poster Event
- Final Meeting with Team Xinu
- Filled Out Survey at the End
