[PRL] Re: [Fwd: CSAIL Event Calendar] TALK:7-14-04 Prof. Mor Harchol -Balter From CMU

[Kenichi Asai]

Hi there,

I attended Mor's seminar.  Her talk was impressive.  She showed that
SRPT (Shortest Remaining Processing Time) policy is superior than the
simple PS (Processor Sharing, or the standard time sharing) in all
cases regardless of the processing time of each job.  It appears that
she obtained this conclusion after studying and experimenting almost
all the conceivable cases.

It was also interesting to hear that we can apply the lesson to our
daily life.  When a professor has too many students, he should better
finish a smaller task first rather than allotting equal amount of time
to each student.  This would reduce the mean response time.  I feel
this actually coincides with the experience.

She talked most about static documents, but she says her current focus
is on dynamic documents.  I thought that if you want to work in this
area, she is the right person to contact.

In the seminar, I did not see any other people from PL lab in
Northeastern.  I think it is a good thing to know that having so many
nice talks nearby is not the world standard.  Rather, it is very
specific to Boston.  I would advise to take this advantage as much as
possible while you are in Boston.

Sincerely,

-- 
Kenichi