New Course Proposal:  

CSC 2233: Topic in Storage Systems. Sponsor: Bianca Schroeder

A summary outline of the course is:

Description: Over 90% of all new information produced in the world is being stored on digital storage systems, including the crown jewels jewels of enterprises (ranging from Microsofts's source code to the sales database of every e-commerce site) and personal records, such as photos, correspondence, and movies. Storage systems often dominate the performance of a system, and their components' inner workings require amazing feats of engineering. The success of many young and cool companies, such as Google, Facebook and Youtube, is derived from their ability to efficiently and reliably store large amounts of data. The exponentially growing need for data capacity and access speed is making storage systems one of the fields with the most robust demand for bright people, both in industry and in academia.

In this class, you will learn about the latest and greatest in storage systems, studying novel ideas from academia and learning about the best "real-world" systems. You will also perform a cutting-edge mini-research project, where you design, build, and/or evaluate a system.

Rationale:  
Bianca Schroeder taught this course as a special topics course (CSC 2232) in fall 2012.  She has since taught another topics course using the same course number, but with different material.  She wishes to offer the Fall 2012 version again in spring 2014, but under a distinct number to differentiate it from CSC 2232.  

Students should not get credit for both this new course and the Fall 2012 version of CSC2232.