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Project Writeup On Amethyst: A 3d Adventure Game For Tablets, Adam Hintz
Project Writeup On Amethyst: A 3d Adventure Game For Tablets, Adam Hintz
Computer Science and Software Engineering
Amethyst is a point-and-click science fiction adventure game for tablets, developed over two quarters to demonstrate applied principles of computer graphics and software engineering discipline. Using a novel interaction system, players can engage in environmental puzzles. Development of Amethyst required non-trivial quality assurance measures and workflow enhancements. The end result is a functional technical demo showcasing a single level, with the ability to rapidly produce more content.
Reducing Cluster Power Consumption By Dynamically Suspending Idle Nodes, Brian Michael Oppenheim
Reducing Cluster Power Consumption By Dynamically Suspending Idle Nodes, Brian Michael Oppenheim
Master's Theses
Close to 1% of the world's electricity is consumed by computer servers. Given that the increased use of electricity raises costs and damages the environment, optimizing the world's computing infrastructure for power consumption is worthwhile. This thesis is one attempt at such an optimization. In particular, I began by building a cluster of 6 Intel Atom based low-power nodes to perform work analogous to data center clusters. Then, I installed a version of Hadoop modified with a novel power management system on the cluster. The power management system uses different algorithms to determine when to turn off idle nodes in …