Contact Information
Computer Science,
UCB 430
University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0430 Email: Gary DOT Nutt AT colorado DOT edu Office: ECOT 820 Phone: 303-492-7581 Fax: 303-492-2844 WWW: http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~nutt 
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'When we were little,' the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, 'we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle--we used to call him Tortoise--'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carrol |
Here is a list of all courses I have taught at CU since 1988.
| I am interested in various aspects of distributed systems, including (but not limited to): Operating systems, distributed programming, soft real-time systems, and wireless and sensor networks. I also work on diverse kinds of application software, ranging from collaborative computing, embedded systems, handheld device apps, to web apps. |
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Sollertia non stupendum, stercore tauri eludendum.
anonymous |
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Who needs skill when science is on your side!
Plankton, Character on SpongeBob SquarePants |
Here is a listing of
all publications.
Modern textbooks are very expensive — so much so that I find students will sometimes simply forego buying the textbook for a class even though it obviously damages their chances of learning the topic. Instead, these students scour the net for information that might be in a textbook. As we all know, there are no reviewers for the information published on the net, so learning is pretty hit-or-miss.
The open textbook experiment is a radical step toward making textbook level contents be free to students. Inspired by the success of the Linux software model, the contents can also be used as the basis of derived work based on the same principles as the GNU public license for software. In this world, content developers can earn compensation just as they might in the Linux sofware world — by providing copyrighted supplemental materials (e.g., examples, explanations, and exercises) for open textbooks. My experience is that students using other textbooks also find value in these materials.
Let me know what you think of the idea, the prototype content, and of the experiment. Thanks! GN
I ran out of gas.
I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locusts. It wasn't my fault! I swear to God! |
