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CS 843
Distributed Computing Systems
Spring 2003

Class Information

Class Time: M,W 11:30 AM-12:45 PM
Class Room: 100 Lindquist Hall

Contact Information

Chin-Chih Chang
Office: 209 Jabara Hall
Office Phone: 978-3917
Office Hours: M,W 10:00-11:30 AM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: chang@cs.twsu.edu

Teaching Assistant:Abdul Basit
Office:242 Jabara Hall
Office Phone: 978-3729
Office Hours: T,Th 4:00-5:30 PM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: axbasit@cs.twsu.edu

Course Description

A study of hardware and software features of online multiple computer systems emphasizing network design and telecommunications. Including distributed data bases, interprocessor communication and centralization versus distribution. Also includes study of the use of microcomputers in representative configurations.

Prerequisites: CS 540 - Operating Systems with good knowledge of computer 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 (PDF)

Lecture Notes

Introduction (01/22/03, 01/27/03, 01/29/03)
Communication, Scoket Programming (02/03/03, 02/05/03, 02/10/03, 02/12/03, 02/17/03, 02/19/03, 02/24/03, 02/26/03)
Processes, Threads (03/03/03, 03/05/03, 03/10/03, 03/12/03)
Naming (4.1 - 4.2) (03/26/03, 03/31/03, 04/02/03)
Synchronization (5.1 - 5.2, 5.6) (04/16/03, 04/21/03, 04/23/03)
Consistency and Replication (6.1) (04/09/03)
Fault Tolerance (7.1) (04/14/03)
Security (8.1) (04/23/03, 04/28/03, 04/30/03, 05/05/03, 05/07/03)
Distributed Object-Based Systems, Java IDL, IDL-to-Java language mapping, MICO (04/07/03, 04/09/03)
Distributed File Systems
Distributed Document-Based Systems
Distributed Coordination-Based Systems

Tutorials

Programs

Programming Assignment #1 (Due 03/05/03) (Submission ID 1 using handin system) (Statistics)
Programming Assignment #2 (Due 04/07/03) (Submission ID 2)
(Demo Session Time: 3 - 6 PM, 04/15/03 - 04/17/03, Place: Sign up at JB 242 or axbasit@cs.twsu.edu) (Statistics)
Programming Assignment #3 (Due 05/05/03) (Submission ID 3) (Demo Session Time: 1 - 8 PM, 05/13/03, Place: Sign up at JB 242 or axbasit@cs.twsu.edu)

Note: Copy and Paste will lead to 0 mark.

Sample Programs in C
Sample Programs in Java
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)
Networking Programming with Perl (Source code)
Java RMI by William Grosso ( Source code)
RPC Programs
JAVA RMI Programs
CORBA Examples (in Java) (in C++)
(Use kill -9 -1 to kill all your processes before you log out.)
Run your CORBA applications.
Display your HTML files.
Run your applets.

Exams

Mid-Term Exam (chap 1 - 3) (Monday, 03/24/03 in class) (Study Guide) (Midterm of 2002) (Solution) (Statistics)
Final Exam (Friday, 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM, 05/16/03, LH 100) (Information) (Study Guide) (Final of 2002)

Term Project

Guideline (No draft is required.)
Oral Presentation Schedule (04/28/03 - 05/07/03, LH 100)(Submission ID draft) (Online Presentation Available)
Due Date (Friday, 05/09/03 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 2002
Sample Papers 1, 2, 3, 4

Homework

Homework 1 (Due 02/12/03) (Solution)
Homework 2 (Due 03/24/03) (Solution)
Homework 3 (Due 04/21/03) (Solution)
Homework 4 (Due 05/07/03) (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.twsu.edu)

CS 843 Distributed Computing Systems Spring 2003