CSE 7343/5343, Fall 2014
Prof. Jeff Tian, CSE/SoE/SMU, Dallas, TX 75275
 tian@lyle.smu.edu; www.lyle.smu.edu/~tian/class/7343.14f
Project: Part III 
Assignment (for Graduate Students Enrolled in CSE 7343 Only)
Do some research related to the cloud or distributed OS topics,
and write up a comparative survey paper,
with the following specification:
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You information sources should be research papers 
published within the last 5 years in technical journals 
or conference proceedings
(not books, newspaper articles, etc.).
You may use online resources, 
as long as they are "published" (see above). 
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A minimal of two research papers on a common topics
need to be studied and surveyed.
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If you are not sure of the appropriateness of your selected papers,
send me an e-mail about the paper title/author/reference to get 
a pre-approval.
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Your survey paper should be around 5 double-spaced pages.
Clearly summarize the common problem, the solution strategies and results,
a comparison, and some critique.
The critique should be your personal opinion about the research:
Is it good/bad/so-so? 
What you would do differently? 
What kind of result would you expect? etc.
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The exact references should be listed and cited,
and copies of the abstracts of you main sources should be provided
as an appendix to your survey.
 
Due date:
- On-campus students: 12/8/14.
 - Distance students: 12/10/14.
 
Prepared by Jeff Tian 
(tian@lyle.smu.edu). 
Last update Oct. 29, 2014.