CSCI5550 Advanced File and Storage Systems (Spring 2020)

Course Information

Lecture Time and Place	MON 9:30~10:15 (@ ERB 405) (ZOOM) TUE 13:30~15:15 (@ LSB C4) (ZOOM)
Tutorial Time and Place	MON 10:30~11:15 (@ ERB 405) (ZOOM)
Course Instructor / Office Hours	*Prof. Ming-Chang YANG / requested by email* @ SHB 906**
Teaching Assistant(s) / TA Hours	Tsun-Yu YANG / MON 10:30~12:00 (ZOOM)

Announcements

Apr. 30, 2020: The submission deadline of research proposal is extended to 11:59pm on May 19, 2020. (ZOOM)
Apr. 30, 2020: The submission deadline of project assignment 2 is extended to 11:59pm on May 19, 2020. (ZOOM)
Apr. 13, 2020: The research proposal specification is posted (submission deadline: ~~11:59pm on May 12, 2020~~ 11:59pm on May 19, 2020 via blackboard).
Apr. 13, 2020: The finalized presentation schedule is posted.
Apr. 06, 2020: The project assignment 2 is posted (submission deadline: ~~11:59pm on May 12, 2020~~ 11:59pm on May 19, 2020 via blackboard). (ZOOM)
Apr. 01, 2020: The presentation schedule is posted. (ZOOM)
Mar. 24, 2020: The details of literature survey presentation are posted. Please complete the paper selection by April 6, 2020. (ZOOM)
Mar. 16, 2020: Please submit your group information via this questionnaire by March 23, 2020 (Note: "at most" two students per group).
Feb. 24, 2020: The project assignment 1 is posted (submission deadline: 9:30am on March 23, 2020 via blackboard).
Feb. 16, 2020: The special arrangements for online teaching are posted (Note: password will be sent out via blackboard email).
Feb. 14, 2020: CUHK announces that online teaching for Term 2 will begin on 17 February as scheduled.
Jan. 25, 2020: CUHK announces classes will resume on February 17.
Nov. 30, 2019: Course webpage is built up and the teaching schedule is online.

Readings

Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces (free online form)

Lecture and Tutorial Notes

Week No.	Date	Lecture/Tutorial Notes	Suggested Readings
Week 1	Jan. 6 (Mon)	Lecture 00: Course Information	N/A
	Jan. 7 (Tue)	Lecture 01: I/O Devices	OSTEP 36, 37
Week 2	Jan. 13 (Mon)	Lecture 01: I/O Devices (Cont'd)	OSTEP 36, 37
	Jan. 14 (Tue)	Lecture 02: RAID and Data Integrity	OSTEP 38, 45
Week 3	Jan. 20 (Mon)	Lecture 02: RAID and Data Integrity (Cont'd)	OSTEP 38, 45
	Jan. 21 (Tue)	Lecture 03: File System Basics	OSTEP 39, 40, 41, 42
Week 4	Jan. 27 (Mon)	Lunar New Year Vacation (NO LECTURE)	N/A
	Jan. 28 (Tue)	Lunar New Year Vacation (NO LECTURE)	N/A
	Feb. 3 (Mon)	CUHK announces classes will resume on February 17.	N/A
	Feb. 4 (Tue)	CUHK announces classes will resume on February 17.	N/A
	Feb. 10 (Tue)	CUHK announces classes will resume on February 17.	N/A
	Feb. 11 (Tue)	CUHK announces classes will resume on February 17.	N/A
Week 5	Feb. 17 (Mon)	Lecture 03: File System Basics (Cont'd) (ZOOM)	OSTEP 39, 40, 41, 42
	Feb. 18 (Tue)	Lecture 03: File System Basics (Cont'd) (ZOOM Part 1) (ZOOM Part 2)	OSTEP 39, 40, 41, 42
Week 6	Feb. 24 (Mon)	Project Assignment 1: In-Memory File System (IMFS) using FUSE (ZOOM)	N/A
	Feb. 25 (Tue)	Lecture 03: File System Basics (Cont'd) (ZOOM) Lecture 04: File System Designs (ZOOM Part 1) (ZOOM Part 2)	OSTEP 39, 40, 41, 42 OSTEP 43
Week 7	Mar. 2 (Mon)	Lecture 04: File System Designs (Cont'd) (ZOOM)	OSTEP 43
	Mar. 3 (Tue)	Lecture 05: Distributed File Systems (ZOOM Part 1) (ZOOM Part 2)	OSTEP 49 "The Google File System," ACM SOSP 2003
Week 8	Mar. 9 (Mon)	Lecture 05: Distributed File Systems (Cont'd) (ZOOM)	OSTEP 49 "The Google File System," ACM SOSP 2003
	Mar. 10 (Tue)	Lecture 06: Flash Memory (ZOOM Part 1) (ZOOM Part 2)	Provided in slides
Week 9	Mar. 16 (Mon)	Lecture 06: Flash Memory (Cont'd) (ZOOM)	Provided in slides
	Mar. 17 (Tue)	Lecture 07: Next-generation Hard Disk Drive (ZOOM Part 1) (ZOOM Part 2)	Provided in slides
Week 10	Mar. 23 (Mon)	Lecture 07: Next-generation Hard Disk Drive (Cont'd) (ZOOM)	Provided in slides
	Mar. 24 (Tue)	Lecture 07: Next-generation Hard Disk Drive (Cont'd) (ZOOM) Lecture 08: Persistent Memory (ZOOM)	Provided in slides
Week 11	Mar. 30 (Mon)	Lecture 08: Persistent Memory (Cont'd) (ZOOM)	Provided in slides
	Mar. 31 (Tue)	Lecture 08: Persistent Memory (Cont'd) (ZOOM Part 1) (ZOOM Part 2)	Provided in slides
Week 12	Apr. 6 (Mon)	Project Assignment 2: In-Storage File System (ISFS) using FUSE (ZOOM)	N/A
	Apr. 7 (Mon)	Lecture 08: Persistent Memory (Cont'd) (ZOOM) Lecture 09: Persistent Key-Value Stores (ZOOM)	Provided in slides
Week 13	Apr. 13 (Mon)	Public holiday – Easter (NO LECTURE)	N/A
	Apr. 14 (Mon)	Literature Survey Presentation (Group #01) (Group #02) (Group #03) (Group #04)	N/A
Week 14	Apr. 20 (Mon)	Literature Survey Presentation (Group #05) (Group #06)	N/A
	Apr. 21 (Mon)	Literature Survey Presentation (Group #07) (Group #08) (Group #09) (Group #10) (Group #11)	N/A
Week 15	Apr. 27 (Mon)	Literature Survey Presentation (Group #12) (Group #13)	N/A
	Apr. 28 (Mon)	Literature Survey Presentation (Group #14) (Group #15) (Group #16) (Group #17) (Group #18)	N/A