[Colloquium] Fwd: Talk Announcement: Peter Dinda on 10/30, 2pm @ TTI-C Conference room

[Margaret Jaffey]

Per Umut Acar's request, I'm forwarding this TTI-C talk announcement  
to you.


> Dear All,
>
> Peter Dinda from Northwestern University will be speaking at TTI-C  
> this at 2pm this Tuesday.  Please send email to umut at tti-c.org if  
> you would like to meet him.
>
>
> ** Speaker: Peter Dinda, Northwestern University
> ** Title: The User in Experimental Computer Systems Research
> ** When: 10/30, Tuesday, at 2pm
> ** Where: TTI-C Conference room (1427 E 60th Street, Chicago IL)
>
> ** Abstract:
> Experimental computer systems research typically ignores the end- 
> user, modeling him, if at all, in overly simple ways. We argue that  
> this (1) results in inadequate performance evaluation of the  
> systems, and (2) ignores opportunities.  We summarize our  
> experiences with (a) directly  evaluating user satisfaction and (b)  
> incorporating user feedback in different areas of client/server  
> computing, and use our experiences to motivate principles for that  
> domain.  Specifically, we report on user studies to measure user  
> satisfaction with resource borrowing and with different clock  
> frequencies in desktop computing, the development and evaluation of  
> user interfaces to integrate user feedback into scheduling and  
> clock frequency decisions in this context, and results in  
> predicting user action and system response in a remote display  
> system.  We also present initial results on extending our work to  
> user control of scheduling and mapping of virtual machines in a  
> virtualization-based distributed computing environment.  We then  
> generalize (a) and (b) as recommendations for incorporating the  
> user into experimental computer systems research.
>
> If time permits, I will also briefly describe other new research  
> directions and opportunities in my research group.
>
> ** Bio:
> Peter Dinda is an associate professor in the Department of  
> Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Northwestern  
> University, and also affiliated with the Northwestern Institute on  
> Complex Systems and the Center for Ultrascale Computing and  
> Information Security.   He holds a B.S. in electrical and computer  
> engineering from the University of Wisconsin and a  Ph.D. in  
> computer science from Carnegie Mellon University. His research has  
> two main threads.   The first thread is online measurement,  
> modeling, and prediction of the dynamic behavior of resources,  
> applications, and users.   The second thread encompasses  
> virtualization technologies, and, more specifically, their use in  
> adaptive systems.    Detailed information can be found on pdinda.org.
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