[Tfug] On Tuesday, March 6 -- Binary Rewriting and Automatic Code Compaction of an OS Kernel, using Linux as an example

[Bexley Hall]

--- erich <erich1 at copper.net> wrote:

> See:
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> http://www.aztcs.org/members/benefits.shtml

Thanks.  Since I am not interested in becoming a
"free trial member", I guess I will pass on it...
 
> I think that will answer your question. I have off
> that day I think I'll go.

I'd be interested in just how agressive he (the
speaker) thinks these schemes can be applied
(esp wrt embedded systems) or whether he is just
touting "gzipped executables" (i.e. on a more
"traditional" hardware platform... no XIP, etc.)

Thanks!
--don

> Bexley Hall wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >Are these meetings open to The General Public?  Or,
> >just "members only"?
> >
> >--- Chris Niswander <cn.tfug.account at bitboost.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>I think this will interest some people.
> >>
> >>>Subject: Developer's SIG on Tuesday, March 6 --
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Binary Rewriting and
> >>    
> >>
> >>> Automatic Code Compaction of an OS Kernel
> >>>
> >>>We've been fortunate to land Saumya Debray, a
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>professor at UA, for 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>the Tuesday, March 6 meeting of the Developer's
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>SIG.  This promises 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>to be an interesting presentation about a leading
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>edge topic.  Below 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>is a blurb that you can find at
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>http://devsig.editme.com, too.
> >>    
> >>
> >>>--------
> >>>
> >>>Binary Rewriting and Automatic Code Compaction of
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>an OS Kernel
> >>    
> >>
> >>>The talk will discuss our work on reducing the
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>memory footprint of 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>general purpose operating system kernels (we use
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Linux as an example) 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>for use in embedded systems.  We'll begin with a
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>discussion of binary 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>rewriting and some of the peculiar challenges of
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>applying it to an OS 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>kernel.  The talk will discuss how we address
> these
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>challenges and 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>present experimental results.  Finally, I'll talk
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>about some of our 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>ongoing research on this topic.
> >>>
> >>>About the speaker:
> >>>
> >>>Saumya Debray is Professor of Computer Science at
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>the University of 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Arizona.  His research interests are in
> programming
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>language 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>implementation, specifically in binary rewriting
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>and its applications 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>to systems software optimization, software
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>security, and malware 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>analysis.  He received his B. Tech in Electronics
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Engg from IIT 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Kharagpur (India), in 1981; and his PhD in
> Computer
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>science from SUNY 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Stony Brook in 1986.  He has been on the Computer
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Science faculty at 
> >>    
> >>
> >>>UA since 1986.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>From the Developer's SIG website at
> >>http://devsig.editme.com :
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>WHERE
> >>>
> >>>Headquarters of the Tucson Computer Society
> >>>4444 E. Grant Road
> >>>Tucson, AZ 85750
> >>>
> >>>WHEN
> >>>	First Tuesday of each month
> >>>7:00 - 9:00 PM
> >>>
> >>>Dinner
> >>>
> >>>Buddy's Grill 4821 E. Grant Rd.
> >>>
> >>>Before the regular meeting we meet for dinner at
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>5:30. Our dinners are
> >>quite fun (for programmers). Try to make it. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
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