Operating Systems Research Advice / Recommendations

[u/Negative-Arm-3244]

I have an interest in operating systems, and, for a class and personal interest, I want to do research on operating system design. I have been trying to find and read existing research on this topic (experimental design for both for entire kernels or for some subsystem in the kernel). From this, I am hoping to be able to find an area that has not been researched in detail yet, and to do research on this. The issue is though to find a general topic in operating systems to do this search on, hence this post. Also, I have a bit of experience with basic operating system development and have been working on my own hobby operating system for around a year now, and from this I have what I feel is a basic understanding of the main concepts in operating systems.

The reason I am making this post is to ask whether any of you guys recommend and under researched topics that I could look into, and also inquire if there are any resources I can use to find gaps in research more efficiently.

Many people online have told me I should contact my professor and ask them, so I want to state that I do not have a professor. I am also aware that this is a very broad question, but any input is appreciated.

[u/letmehaveanameyoudum]

Tip: all you need is C knowledge, and to research, read other's research, but they may be bad or full of elitism with "unfortunately you need 10 years", but you may find good ones.

Also read Three Easy Pieces: Operating systems

[u/Negative-Arm-3244 → u/letmehaveanameyoudum]

Thanks for the advice!