Since my last post, things have changed. That time, I was an MSc Computer Science Student. Now, I'm a PhD student. I just skipped to PhD directly (thanks to Institute of Computing of UNICAMP professors and my mentor).
Thus, as PhD student I have to expand my work, so I have one more month to outline what I'll research for the next four years. I won't change the whole topic, it will still be about analyzing power on data center, but my former work must be expanded.
During this three months, I have studied the Apache HTTP Server and I've profiled it. Thus, I've developed a library to use the Intel Core 2 performance counters, so that, I could profile the server. At this moment, I'm working on a model using this information. Sorry, but I can't give further details currently. I'm going to release this library as soon as I can. It will be under LGPL.
I have to developed it because I couldn't find any solution that makes possible to profile a program the way I need. This library runs under Linux, also, it needs a custom kernel having some custom system call. In the mean time, if you need more details about it, just ask.
On December 4th, I dislocated my elbow. I was playing soccer (the finals of our internal soccer tournament), when I was hit by an adversary player. I fell. The result? Ten days using a splint and 20 more days recovering the arm mobility. Now, I'm OK. But, sometimes, I still remember that I fell.
This semester will be hard. Many conferences deadlines, I have to write my PhD project, and, on the top of that, I assigned for two obligatory subjects. I was missing having classes. Last year, I just had them in the first semester. Anyway, a little pressure is always good. I thing I work better with a little pressure.
To conclude, I want to share my indignation against my hometown (Ribeirão Preto) authorities. I'll need to pay a fine for jumping the red at 3:42 am. Fair, OK? Not really. Let me explain why.
As everybody might know, we have much violence in Brazil. We are used not to stopping at the red light at the late night because you are giving opportunity for thieves to steal you. The police advises you to not stop for a long time on the red light at late night. But, somehow, I was fined. My loss? About US$ 100,00 and seven (seven of twenty) points penalty for a year. In that city, you have to choose: Give your money to a stealer or give you money to the State. At least, the State doesn't threaten you with a gun.
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