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Re: [Xen-devel] Undergraduate Thesis Work

To: Travis Vachon <Travis.F.Vachon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Undergraduate Thesis Work
From: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 01:01:27 +0100
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Hi there,

It'd be really nice if we could find something mutually beneficial for you to 
work on.

How much experience in OS programming do you have currently?  Any experience 
hacking on the Linux / BSD kernels?  What sort of level should the project 
work be at - can you give any examples of other projects people have done?

Have you looked at the roadmap: 
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/roadmap.html for examples of 
things we're looking at?

Cheers,
Mark

On Wednesday 11 May 2005 00:47, Travis Vachon wrote:
> To whom it may concern
>
> I am a third year Computer Science major at Williams College in
> Williamstown, Massachusetts looking into thesis work to complete the
> honors program for my degree.
>
> To fulfill the requirements for this program, I am required to perform
> independent research during the fall semester of next year leading into a
> Senior Thesis during our January term and the spring semester of 2006.
>
> I'm currently hoping to do research into virtual machines, first by
> acquainting myself with virtualization techniques in general, and then by
> trying to focus in on modern projects, of which Xen seems to be ideal,
> given its open source nature and the recent attention it has gotten from a
> number of sources.
>
> Once this is done, for my thesis I would like to attempt to either extend
> the functionality of Xen, or use Xen in a way that is of interest to the
> virtualization community.
>
> I am e-mailing this list because I am hoping to get the input of the Xen
> developers on current long term projects within Xen or using Xen that
> would be appropriate for this kind of project (approximately 4 1/2 months
> of work, after research is complete, carrying an otherwise full
> course load).
>
> Essentially, I am hoping for answers to the following questions:
>
> 1) What additional functionality is being considered on the time scale I'm
> looking at? Of course, I assume that most of the projects on the Xen 3.0
> roadmap are being incorporated into the next release of Xen this summer,
> so work on most of these projects would be repetitive. What kinds of
> additional projects are being looked into within the next year?
>
> 2) What kinds of projects utilizing Xen are being looked at? What kind of
> research would be useful?
>
> 3) How viable is this idea? I will need to have an idea for a thesis
> pretty much pinned down at the beginning of the fall semester next year
> (around September). Should I continue to pursue Xen as a topic for
> research and thesis work?
>
> 4) What is the best way to continue to stay in touch with the community?
> Is this the best list? If this e-mail would be better served, or would be
> more appropriate on another list, where should I send it?
>
>
> Thank you very much for reading this e-mail, and please excuse me if I
> have posted this in the wrong place. I appreciate any responses (even
> "This is the worst idea I've ever heard" or "What are you thinking?"), and
> I look forward to further communication with any interested parties.
>
>
> Thank you again!
>
> Travis Vachon, Williams College class of 2006
>
>
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