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CS 843
Distributed Computing Systems
Spring 2005

Class Information

Class Time: M,W 5:35 PM - 7:25 PM
Class Room: 127 Jabara Hall

Contact Information

Chin-Chih Chang
Office: 209 Jabara Hall
Office Phone: 978-3917
Office Hours: M,W 3:30-5:00 PM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: chang@cs.wichita.edu

Teaching Assistant:Bimal Deepak Manukonda
Office:217 Jabara Hall
Office Phone:316-978-5272
Office Hours:Tu, Th 2 - 3 PM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: bdmanuko@cs.wichita.edu

Course Description

This course is designed to study software components of distributed computing systems. The communication and interconnection architecture of multiple computer systems is introduced. The design issues of distributed computing systems are discussed. The course emphasizes developping applications on various distributed computing platforms or environments.

Prerequisites: CS 540 - Operating Systems and CS 742 - Computer Communication Networks

Textbook

Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms
Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Maarten van Steen
Prentice Hall, 2002, ISBN: 0-13-088893-1

Syllabus

A copy of the syllabus can be found here (HTML format) (PDF)

Spring 2003

Lecture Notes

Introduction (01/19, 01/24, 01/26)
Communication (01/31, 02/02, 02/07, 02/09)
Processes (02/14, 02/16, 02/21) (Threads)
Naming (4.1 - 4.2) (02/21, 02/23, 02/28)
Synchronization (5.1 - 5.2, 5.6) (03/02, 03/07)
Consistency and Replication (6.1) (03/09)
Fault Tolerance (7.1) (03/09)
Security (8.1) (03/14, 03/28, 03/30)
Distributed Object-Based Systems (9.1 - 9.2), CORBA CCM (04/04, 04/06, 04/11, 04/13)
.NET (04/18, 04/20, 04/25)
Distributed File Systems
Distributed Document-Based Systems
Distributed Coordination-Based Systems

Lab Notes

Introduction to Java (01/19)
Scoket Programming (Echo)(01/24)
Remote Procedure Call (01/26, 01/31, 02/02)
Remote Method Invocation (02/02, 02/07)
Programming Assignment 1 (Sample Programs - Updated 03/02) (02/09, 02/14, 02/16, 02/21)
CORBA (02/23)
Programming Assignment 2 (02/23)
Java IDL, IDL-to-Java language mapping, MICO (02/23, 02/28, 03/02, 03/07, 03/09)
MPI (03/28, 03/30, 04/04, 04/06)
C# (04/11, 04/13, 04/18, 04/21)

Blackboard

Tutorials

Programs

Programming Assignment 1 (Sample Programs - Updated 03/02) (Due 03/07/05) (Submission ID 1)
Programming Assignment 2 (Sample Programs - Updated 03/27) (Due 04/06/05) (Submission ID 2)
Programming Assignment 3 (Sample Programs - Updated 04/21) (Due 05/12/05) (Submission ID 3)

Note: Copy and Paste will lead to 0 mark.

Sample Programs in C
Sample Programs in Java
RPC Programs
JAVA RMI Programs
MySQL Programs, Compile MySQL Programs in Java and C. MySQL C API.
CORBA Examples (in Java) (in C++)
(Use kill -9 -1 to kill all your processes before you log out.)
Run your CORBA applications in Java and C++.
MPI Examples
Run your C# program.
C# Examples
Access to machines in the department through tunnelling
Display your HTML files.
Run your applets.
Sample Programs in Perl
Unix Network Programming by W. Richard Stevens (Source code)
Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol. 3 (Source code)
TCP/IP Sockets in C by Donahoo and Calvert (Source code)
TCP/IP Sockets in Java by Calvert and Donahoo (Source code)
TCP/IP Sockets in C# by Makofske, Donahoo, and Calvert (Source code)
Networking Programming with Perl (Source code)
Java RMI by William Grosso ( Source code)

Exams

Mid-Term Exam (Chap 1 - 3, 4.1, 4.2) (Wednesday, 03/16/05 in class) (Study Guide) (Midterm of 2002, 2003) (Final of 2002, 2003) (Solution) (Statistics)
Final Exam (Chap 1 - 3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2, .NET) (Wednesday, 05/11/05, 5:40 PM - 7:30 PM, JB 127) (2005 Final Exam - Part 3) (Study Guide) (Midterm of 2002, 2003) (Final of 2002, 2003, 2003 Solution)

Term Project

Guideline (Proposal due 02/14/05, Submission ID plan) (Command: ~cs843/bin/handin plan yourproposal)
Oral Presentation Schedule (04/18/05 - 05/09/05, JB 127)(Submission ID draft) (Online Presentation Available)
Due Date (Monday, 05/09/05 soft and hard copy) (Submission ID project)
Softcopy for the programs and both softcopy and hardcopy for the paper and report
Accepted Proposals, Accepted Proposals in Spring 2003, Spring 2002
Sample Papers (1, 2, 3, 4), Students' Sample Papers (1, 2, 3, 4)

Homework

Homework 1 (Due 02/09/05) (Solution)
Homework 2 (Due 02/28/05) (Solution)
Homework 3 (Due 04/11/05) (Solution)
Homework 4 (Due 05/02/03) (Solution)

Worksheets

Electronic Handin

Students should submit their programs in the electronic form with the handin program.

Useful Links

Download

putty (PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 platforms.)
Source Code of Linux Socket Programming
Source Code of Comer's Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol 3
Source Code of Stevens' UNIX Network Programming

Chin-Chih Chang (chang@cs.wichita.edu)

CS 843 Distributed Computing Systems Spring 2005