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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Gary Nutt
Professor
Computer Science




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RESEARCH

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 continue to be interested in programming the Linux kernel. I also work on diverse kinds of application software, ranging from collaborative computing, embedded systems, handheld device apps, to web apps. I am also interested in new ways to use the Internet to make it easier for people to learn computer science.
Sollertia non stupendum, stercore tauri eludendum.
anonymous
Who needs skill when science is on your side!
Plankton, Character on SpongeBob SquarePants




Real-time Scheduling in CPS

In the last few years, there has been a growing interest in Cyber Physical Systems, CPS (e.g., see the HCSS group in the NITRD program). Generally, CPS systems are thought of as single/networked systems that are intended to provide computational support for physical systems. Lee has written a nice summary of design challenges for CPS. I agree that this is an important and emerging research area, and I strongly encourage visionary work on CPS related topics. For example, Wang-ting Lin's Ph.D. dissertation is a significant contribution to technology that supports the kind of scheduling style that will be required for successful scheduling systems (you can get a good idea about his scheduling work from Technical Report No. CU-CS-1053-09).

Selected Recent Publications

Here is a listing of all publications.




ABOUT TEXTBOOKS

To Update or Not ...

You can comment about either of these books — or other book ideas — at my blog. If you prefer, feel free to drop me an email note at Gary DOT Nutt AT colorado DOT edu to chat about these ideas.

Thanks in advance for your input,
GN

Current (and a Couple of Old) Books

New Books In Progress

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. I am now thinking about two different models for open style textbooks (both using the Creative Commons licenses):

I would love to hear your thoughts on the ideas and the prototype content.
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!