1. CS176 Capstone Project TexPoint fonts used in EMF. Read the TexPoint manual before you delete this box.: A A AA In Deo Speramus Brown

2. Course Capstone Lots of interest in capstone projects Here is a standard project anyone can do –teams of 1, 2, or 3 people –expectations scale linearly! –regular meetings with instructor to make sure you’re on track –preliminary design due 4 November –final version due 8 December Art of Multiprocessor Programming

3. Concurrent Packet Filter Accepts stream of packets –that we generate –data and configuration packets decides what to do with them –accept or reject Art of Multiprocessor Programming

4. Challenges Load balancing –keep all worker threads busy Data structures –look stuff up quickly and in parallel Locking or lock free? Art of Multiprocessor Programming

5. Why is it a capstone? Ties in themes from –this course –software engineering –systems –networking Art of Multiprocessor Programming

6. Coming soon! Specification Useful libraries Art of Multiprocessor Programming

7. Customized Capstones? If you want to do something else –and you know what you want –and cs176 is the right course to do it Come talk to me. Art of Multiprocessor Programming