Essay for IT class.

Nova Southeastern University

College of Engineering and Computing

Winter 2021 - Master Level Course

Term Code: 202130 – CRN: 31037 Sec: L01 Cr: 3.0

Dates: 16 weeks: 01/04/2021 - 04/25/2021

MSIT 650 Platform and Network Tech (3 Credits)

Assignment 2 – Research Paper

Please refer to the course calendar and syllabus for assignment due date and

assignment grade percentage.

Your documents must be submitted before or on the due date on the proper

blackboard assignment number (assignment 2)

Your document for this project will be submitted to Canvas (Assignment 2) in one

of the following file formats: ASCII, MS Word, or PDF.

Assignment 2:

In your book, Guide to Operating Systems by Greg Tomsho, each chapter deals

with a specific area within operating systems and networking.

These areas are broken down by chapter

• Operating system theory

• Popular operating systems

• Operating system hardware components

• File systems

• Installing an upgrading operating system

• Configuring input and output devices

• Using and configuring storage devices

• Modems and other communication devices

• Network connectivity

• Resource sharing over a network

• Standard operating and maintenance procedures

For this assignment you can write on one of the following areas:

1) Operating Systems evolution (future) 2) File systems evolution (future) 3) CPU evolution (future) 4) Installation and configuration techniques (future) 5) Input output Devices (future) 6) Communications Devices (future) 7) Configuring Storage Devices (future) 8) Resource Sharing over a network (future) 9) OS Maintenance (future)

These 9 areas listed above are currently active areas of research, choose one from

the list of nine, and then write a paper on what changes will be in the future using

current research. Your book covers historical and up to current technologies, your

paper will address where things are going in one of the above listed areas.

You must use proper journals such as IEEE and ACM. You may also use trade

publications, but no web references, book references (except textbook) or white

papers.

Keep your references as current as possible. Be careful not to choose to global

a topic, for example, all the “operating systems” currently being researched is

to global, choose one operating system being researched and research that.

Refrain from using generation references, each reference must pertain to your

paper, not a referenced paper.

Your paper must include a well-defined direction and review of the influential

research that was the basis for your paper. The paper must be between 10-12 pages

and include a minimum of 8 citations, do not exceed twelve pages. Each citation in

the paper must appear in the reference list.

This research paper will be evaluated on the content and clarity of each section as

well as the effectiveness with which the document is organized and planned.

Factors affecting the evaluation process include the purpose, significance, merit of

the investigation, detail, focus and flow.

Notes:

Do not make your paper to global, only choose a few papers to review in a

specific topic area. Make sure you define the problem area and a goal.

For example, Current operating systems are not robust enough to address the

changes necessary to support a wide range of hardware devices. (Kane,2013). This

paper will provide research that addresses the changes necessary to allow a more

consistent model across many different hardware platforms.

Form and Style.

Your paper should pay close attention to maintaining a consistent flow in form.

The document must be well written and should be proofread for detail and

accuracy. The paper should follow the basic framework for a scientific paper

should answer the following questions:

What is the Problem?

How did you address it?

What were the results?

Further definition of structure would be:

1) Define your problem. 2) State your goal. 3) Why is this work significant and relevant? 4) Review current research in your area of choice, focusing on your defined

problem

5) Conclusion and future work.

Margins:

Left-hand 1.5 inches, all other 1 inch

Spacing:

Double spacing

Page Numbers:

Arabic numerals in the upper right-hand corner.

Type style.

12 point, Times Roman or similar Serif typeface

Definitions:

Methodology, goal, significant, relevance, summary, conclusion and future

work:

Refer to the Nova Southeastern University Dissertation Guide.

References and Citation:

Follow the APA guidelines for references and citations.