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Title: Software/Operating Systems/Unix/MINIX - Andrew S. Tanenbaum Professor, Free University, Amsterdam; author of MINIX Unix variant. Full source code. Free for all uses. Small size, microkernel, ample documentation. Users unfamiliar with OS internals can understan
Bibliography_on_Minix,_a_UNIX-like_OS Part of the Computer Science Bibliography Collection of Alf-Christian Achilles.

Brad\'s_MacMinix_Page MINIX that runs atop Mac OS. Benefits: while learning about operating systems, its easy to recompile and relaunch, with no rebooting; and to keep OS backups in separate files.

MINIX This directory and subdirectories contain MINIX, a small Unix-like system for IBM PCs and compatibles.

Minix Growing article, with links to many related topics. [Wikipedia]

Minix_Network_Service_Documentation Line-by-line comments of source code for TCP/IP networking protocols, network service, for Minix version 2.0.4. By Christos Karayiannis, Andrew Swartzbaugh.

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Professor at the Vrije Universiteit VU AmsterdamDepartment of Computer ScienceDepartment of Computer Science

 

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Professor of Computer Science

Address:

Dept. of Computer Science       Faculty of Sciences Vrije Universiteit De Boelelaan 1081A 1081 HV Amsterdam , The Netherlands                          

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FAX: +31 20 598-7653

Telephone: +31 20 598-7780

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Get a masters at the VU

  If you would like to get a masters degree in my department, check out our (English-language) program in Parallel and Distributed Systems. [Programmer logo]       I have just received a $4 million grant to do research on reliable operating systems and am looking for postdocs to work on this project. Click here for information. I am also looking for a scientific programmer. [<b>MINIX</b> 3 logo]       MINIX 3, a highly-reliable new operating system based on a tiny (3800-line) kernel, is now available. It currently runs on PCs but is also intended for embedded systems. To download it for free, go to www.minix3.org. [Turtle logo]       Turtle is a friend-to-friend and peer-to-peer software system that allows groups of people to communicate in a secure (encrypted) way that minimizes surveillance by outsiders. To download it for free, go to www.turtle4privacy.org.

Personal FAQ

AST ischief cook and bottle washer for the Computer Systems Group. Until Jan.1, 2005, I was Scientific Director of ASCI

RESEARCH PROJECTS

The research projects in my group are described on the Systems and Security page.

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Photos of the covers of my books Structured Computer Organization, 5th ed. Computer Networks, 4th ed. Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, 3rd ed. Modern Operating Systems, 2nd ed. Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms How to Prepare Your Input PostScript  PDFSoftware and supplementary material for my books 

Papers

Refereed papers  

Software

MINIX 3AmoebaGlobe

HONORS

European Research Council Advanced Grant winner 2008 (for about $4.5 million)USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award 2008Honorary Doctorate from the Polytechnic University of BucharestFellow of the IEEEFellow of the ACMMember of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and SciencesAcademy Professor Winner of the IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education medalWinner of the 2003 TAA McGuffey AwardWinner of the 2002 Texty Textbook Excellence AwardWinner of the 1997 ACM CSE Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education AwardWinner of the 1994 ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator AwardDistinguished Paper Award, 10th ACM Symposium on Operating System PrinciplesListed in Who's Who in the World

PH.D.THESES SUPERVISED:

Melanie Rieback:Security and Privacy of Radio Frequency Identification, 2008(cosupervised with Bruno Crispo)Bogdan Popescu:Design and Implementation of a Secure Wide-Area Object Middleware, 2007(cosupervised with Bruno Crispo)Michel OeyThe Design of a High-Integrity Disk Management Subsystem, 2005.(cosupervised with Wiebren de Jonge) Werner VogelsScalable Cluster Technologies for Mission-Critical Enterprise Computing,2003.(Henri Bal was co-supervisor) Gerco BallintijnLocating Objects in a Wide Area System , 2003.(cosupervised with Maarten van Steen) Arno BakkerAn Object-Based Software Distribution Network , 2002.(cosupervised with Maarten van Steen) Philip HomburgThe Architecture of a Worldwide Distributed Systems, 2001.(cosupervised with Maarten van Steen) Leendert van DoornThe Design and Application of an Extensible Operating System , 2001. Raoul BhoedjangCommunication Architectures for Parallel-Programming Systems , 2000.(cosupervised with Henri Bal) Frans Kaashoek:Group Communication in Distributed Computer Systems, 1992.Baalbergen, E.H.:The Declarative Operating System Model, 1992.Henri Bal:The Shared Data Object Model as a Paradigm for Progr. Distr. Sys.,1989.Robbert van Renesse:Functional Processing as a Paradigm for Distr. Computing, 1989.Sape Mullender:Principles of Distributed Operating System Design, 1985. 

CURRENT PH.D. STUDENTS:

Jorrit Herder(Co-supervised with Herbert Bos David van Moolenbroek Guido van 't Noordende (Co-supervised with Frances Brazier ) Srijith(Co-supervised with Bruno Crispo )

COURSES

Computer Organization Operating Systems Computer Networks

COLLEAGUES

Henri E. Bal Frances Brazier Bruno Crispo Maarten van Steen Dick Grune

TALKS

Overhead sheets for my keynote talk at CSE-97   PostScript   PDFOverhead sheets for my DAS talk at ASCI-97   (html)

PHOTOS

Some countries I have visited VU campus . ACM SIGOPS 17th SOSP Conference Xmas 2006 2004 Uitje Xmas 2003 2003 Uitje 2002 Uitje 1998 Uitje 1997 Faculty picnic++

STEGANOGRAPHY DEMO

Steganography means covered writing

MESSAGE TO DUTCH HIGH SCHOOL (VWO) STUDENTS

Als je wilt studeren aan mijn afdeling, kom een keer langs enbekijk ons nieuwe programma. De afdeling Informatica heeft een een breed scala aanandere opleidingen die mogelijkinteressant voor je zijn, zoals kunstmatige intelligentie,informatiekunde en'bedrijfswiskunde eninformatica'.               Computer Science   FEW   VU   VU Home Phonebook Search Page owner   Site Meter
 

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Amsterdam;

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