Publications

From SOFTICE

This page contains references to the publications by the softice team

Journals

Enabling new pedagogies in operating systems concepts and networking courses through state of the art open source kernel and virtualization technologies

• A. Gaspar, S. Langevin, W. Armitage, M. Rideout (IN PRINT)
• CCSC-NE, 2008
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March of the (virtual) machines: Past, present and future milestones in the adoption of virtualization-based classroom management

• A. Gaspar, S. Langevin, W. Armitage, M. Rideout (IN PRINT)
• CCSC-NE, 2008
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Virtualization Technologies in the Undergraduate IT Curriculum

• A. Gaspar, S. Langevin, W. Armitage
• IEEE IT PRO Journal, July-August 2007, pp. 10-17, Lead Article in a special issue on Virtualization Technologies
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A UML + MLN based approach to implementing a networking laboratory on a scalable Linux cluster

• W. Armitage, A. Gaspar
• The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 23 issue 2, pp. 112—119, CCSC Publisher (Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, USA), 2007
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Design of a distance education, 2+2 years articulated, IT curriculum in Linux System Administration

• A. Gaspar, W. Armitage, N. Boyer
• The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 23 issue 2, pp. 104—111, CCSC Publisher (Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, USA), 2007
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SOFTICE: Facilitating both Adoption of Linux Undergraduate Operating Systems Laboratories and Student’s Immersion in Kernel code

• A. Gaspar, S. Langevin, J. Stanaback, C. Godwin
• Journal of Systemics Cybernetics and Informatics, JSCI, vol. 5:3, pp. 30-35
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Root-kits & loadable kernel modules: exploiting the Linux kernel for fun and (educational) profit

• Alessio Gaspar, Clark Godwin
• The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, CCSC (Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges), Vol 22, Number 2, December 2006, pp. 244-250
• CCSC-SE: 20th Annual CCSC:Southeastern Conference at Lipscomb University, web site, November 10-11 2006, Nashville, Tenessee, USA.
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International Conferences

Remotely Accessible Sandboxed Environment with Application to a Laboratory Course in Networking

• W. Armitage, A. Gaspar, S. Langevin, M. Rideout
• Proceedings of the ACM Special Interest Group in IT Education Conference, Oct 18-20, Sandestin, FL, 2007
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Three years of SOFTICE: Remotely accessible, load-balanced, virtual machines for operating systems and networking laboratories

• M. Rideout, S. Langevin, A. Gaspar, W. Armitage
• accepted to SIGCSE 2007, ACM’s Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education, NSF CCLI showcase, March 7-10, Covington, KY

Inexpensive, Scalable and Transparent Open Source Classroom Management for Linux-based Laboratories,

• Alessio Gaspar, Sarah Langevin, William D. Armitage
• EIAE: IEEE International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment and E-Learning, website, December 4-14, 2006.
• paper accepted, waiting for publication
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The case for Case Study Assignments in Undergraduate Operating Systems Courses

• A. Gaspar, S. Langevin
• EIAE 2006, IEEE International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment and E-Learning, website, December 4-14, 2006.
• paper accepted, waiting for publication
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New approaches for Linux-based undergraduate operating system concepts laboratories

• Alessio Gaspar, Sarah Langevin
• EIAE: IEEE International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment and E-Learning, website, December 4-14, 2006.
• paper accepted, waiting for publication
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SOFTICE: Facilitating both Adoption of Linux Undergraduate Operating System Laboratories & Students' Immersion in Kernel code

• Alessio Gaspar, Joe Stanaback, Clark Godwin
• EISTA: 4th International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications, website , July 20-23 2006, Orlando, Florida, USA.
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SOFTICE: Undergraduate Operating Systems Laboratory

• Alessio Gaspar, Joe Stanaback, Clark Godwin
• ITICSE: ACM's 11th International Conference on Computer Science Education, Software & Courseware Announcements, web site, 16-28 june 2006, University of Bologna, Italy.
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SOFTICE: Scalable, Open, Fully Transparent and Inexpensive Clustering for Education

• Alessio Gaspar, Francois Delobel, William D. Armitage, Arthur Karshmer and Farimah Fleschute
• International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications, EISTA'04, pp. 335-340, July, 2004.
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Posters at the 21st Century Symposium on Teaching Excellence

Softice year #3: serving virtual machines from a scalable hardware platform in undergraduate IT laboratories

• A. Gaspar, S. Langevin, W. Armitage
• 21st century symposium on teaching excellence, p. xxx, 02/28/2008, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fl

SOFTICE project Y2: First results in Operating Systems Laboratories Development

• Alessio Gaspar, Joe Stanaback, Clark Godwin
• Symposium for 21st Century Teaching Technologies, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA, 03/08/2006.
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Networking Laboratories using SOFTICE

• Wiliam Armitage, Alessio Gaspar, Farimah Fleschute
• Symposium for 21st Century Teaching Technologies, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA, 03/08/2006.
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SOFTICE: Linux SSI clustering & emulation can facilitate Hands-on Computer Science Education

• Alessio Gaspar, Dave Armitage, Farimah Fleshute
• Symposium on 21st Century Teaching Technologies, 2005, University of South Florida, March 3 2005, USF, Tampa, FL.
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Posters at the USF Scholarship Day

EDELWEISS: A USFL / PCC online articulated curriculum for Linux System Administration

• A. Gaspar, W. Armitage, N. Boyer
• USF Lakeland’s Scholarship Day, Poster and demonstration, April 20th 2007, Lakeland, FL

SOFTICE: 3 years of Technological and Pedagogical Contributions to Operating Systems and Networking Labs

• A. Gaspar, W. Armitage
• USF Lakeland’s Scholarship Day, Poster and demonstration, April 20th 2007, Lakeland, FL

From Hacking to Learning: Undergraduate Operating Systems Laboratories with SOFTICE

• Alessio Gaspar, Joe Stanaback, Clark Godwin
• USF Lakeland Scholarship Day, April 21st 2006.
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SOFTICE-based networking laboratories

• Dave Armitage, Alessio Gaspar, Farimah Fleschute
• USF Lakeland Scholarship Day, April 21st 2006.

SOFTICE: developing hands-on opportunities for Operating System and Networking courses with Linux SSI clustering and emulation

• Alessio Gaspar, Wiliam Armitage, Farimah Fleschute
• USF Lakeland Scholarship Day, April 8th 2005.
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