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Background
The Asia-Pacific regional Windows Core Technology Academic Workshop was held on October 9, 2006 in Singapore, sponsored by Microsoft Research Asia, Windows Core Kernel & Architecture and Platform Group, and Windows Source Asset Management Team.
This year, Microsoft Research celebrates its 15th anniversary under the leadership of Dr. Rick Rashid and celebrates its many successes contributing base technology research in the area of computer science. Microsoft Research Asia has also grown in the past 7 years and is becoming a leading center of computer science research in the Asia-Pacific region.
We have observed some serious changes in computer science education in the higher education sector over the past 5 years. One of these changes is the increasing need for computer science graduates in various business and manufacturing areas. The demand is growing world-wide. The other change is the problem of the quality of computer science graduates due to decreasing interest in Computer Science by younger students.
Microsoft considers this latter change to be a serious problem for the future of the whole industry. At Microsoft, we have provided several programs to enrich computer science educational content in the past few years. For Windows OS education, through the Windows Academic Program, we provide universities with Windows kernel source code, curriculum materials, and a project environment for teaching and research operating system principles. The program includes the Windows Research Kernel, the Windows Operating System Internals Curriculum Resource Kit and ProjectOZ.
Instructors
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Arkady Retik
Arkady Retik is the Windows Academic Program Manager in the Source Asset Management (SAM) team at Microsoft. Before SAM, he worked on several development projects in the Server’s Windows Management Infrastructure group. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2000, Arkady served for a decade as a researcher, faculty member and Professor in several universities, mostly in the U.K. He taught and researched a variety of subjects in computing and engineering. Arkady established and directed the Virtual Construction Simulation Research group at the University of Strathclyde, pioneering research in advanced visualization and VR.
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Dave Probert
Dave Probert is the Kernel Architect in the Windows Core Operating Systems Division at Microsoft. He has worked in kernel development at Microsoft for more than 10 years. Prior to Microsoft Dave worked for almost 20 years with UNIX internals, starting with version 6 on PDP-11s. Dave is currently working on the architecture of the next generation of the Windows kernel, as well as speaking to faculty and students around the world about topics in operating systems and kernel internals.
Workshop Slides
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