Research Plan

My system administration research is currently focused on monitoring, diagnosing, and repairing clusters of machines as part of the NOW project.

I've arranged the following list of work I've done on system administration in approximate reverse chronological order.

Extensible Scalable Monitoring for Clusters of Computers
- (Sept 1997) Final paper for LISA '97. (word 97 document) (postscript)
- (July 1997) Talk at the July NOW Retreat. (postscript color slides) (6-up black&white slides) (powerpoint slides)
Qualifying Exam
- (April 1997) Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Presentation (postscript color slides) (6-up black&white slides) (powerpoint slides)
- (April 1997) Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Writeup (postscript) (word 97 document)
- (March 1997) Short (3 page) overview abstract (postscript) (word 97 document)
Areas I considered for research
- (December 1996) Partial conversion of poster to html
- (October 1996) Poster session at the ASPLOS 7 NOW workshop (postscript) (framemaker document)
Initial thoughts on research in system administration
- (June 1996) NOW research retreat presentation (gzipped postscript) (4-up gzipped postscript) (framemaker document)
- (May 1996) System Diagnostic Console abstract submitted to LISA 96 (postscript) (framemaker document)
- (May 1996) Authenticated Actions abstract submitted to LISA 96 (postscript)
- (December 1995) SOSP 15 Work in Progress Presentation (postscript) (framemaker document)
- (October 1995) Presentation in Group Meeting (postscript) (framemaker document)
- (September 1995) Lisa IX Work in Progress (postscript) (framemaker document)
- (June 1995) NOW research retreat presentation (postscript) (framemaker document)
Surveys
- Survey at the SANS95 Conference, and Results published in ;login: October 1995, Vol. 20, No. 5 (postscript)

This is all cleaned up from the old version of the pages, but some information hasn't been propogated. Last Update: 30 Jul 97; Contact Eric Anderson with questions or comments