Seattle University

Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

 

CSSE 550

Distributed Computing

Fall 2005

Monday 6:00-8:40pm – EGRN 304

 

Instructor:

• Roshanak Roshandel
• Email: roshanak@seattleu.edu
• Course webpage: http://fac-staff.seattleu.edu/roshanak/web/teaching/f05/csse550
• Office: EGRN 507
• Phone: (206) 296-5510
• Office Hours: Mondays 5:00-6:00pm and by appointment

 

Textbook and Readings:     

·         Engineering Distributed Objects, by Wolfgang Emmerich

·         Supplemental Readings

 

Prerequisite: CSSE 504

 

Grading:

• Project 35%
• Assignments 20%
• Exams 30%
• Presentation and Discussion 15%

 

Course Description:

Common principles of distributed systems, Design of distributed objects, Middleware, Quality of service in distributed systems

The discussion is centered on the topics covered in the book, as well as supplementary readings assigned by the instructor throughout the quarter. Each student is required to present at least one paper during the quarter.

 

Project:  The topic of the project is related to a quality of service attribute in distributed systems (security, reliability, availability, performance…). The project activities are distributed throughout the quarter and involve researching the related literature on a specific QoS attribute for distributed systems, and either implementing it on top of a middleware, or performing research in the specific area.

Exams: Exams include a midterm exam (20%) and a few quizzes throughout the quarter (10%). There is no final exam.

Homeworks: Homeworks are due by the end of the class every Monday. No late homework will be accepted.

Regrading policy: If you would like a portion of an exam, quiz, or homework regraded because you think you deserve more points or the points were added wrong, please submit your graded papers and a brief written description on a separate piece of paper of precisely what you think is wrong.

 

Academic Honesty

Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of the work or intellectual property of other persons, published or unpublished, presented as one’s own work. All students are expected to work on all individual assignments independently. Collaboration on individual assignments is considered cheating and will be penalized accordingly. Other examples of behavior that is not tolerated in this class include copying all or part of someone else’s work and submitting it as your own, sharing your assignment solution with other students in the class, consulting with another student during an exam, and copying text from published literature without proper attribution. If you have questions about what is allowed, please discuss it with the instructor. All students are responsible for reading and following the Seattle University Academic Honesty Policy. Students who violate University standards of academic honesty are subject to disciplinary sanctions, including failure in the course and suspension from the University.