Real-time Computing Systems
Introduction to designing and analyzing computer systems for real-time applications, covering timeliness guarantees, resource management, scheduling, and real-time kernels.
Summary
Past student reviews · Parmesh Ramanathan
The primary workload consisted of exams and a research project.
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- Graduate/professional standing
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Student experience
the class
Past student reviews · Parmesh Ramanathan
Students found the course interesting, with the instructor reducing complex papers to intuitive concepts during class discussions.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2016: 3.59 GPA, 68.8% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2021: 3.65 GPA, 82.4% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.60 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Past student reviews · Parmesh Ramanathan
The primary workload consisted of exams and a research project.
Past student reviews · Robert Nowak
A previous student described the instructor as a great teacher.
Topics
- Real-time application design and analysis
- Timeliness guarantees with and without failures
- Resource management, communication, scheduling, and imprecise computation
- Real-time kernels and case studies
Skills
- Designing hardware and software support for guaranteeing timeliness
- Applying resource management, time-constrained communication, scheduling, and imprecise computations
- Analyzing real-time kernels and case studies
Grades
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