Course Description:

Course considers design principles, implementation issues, and performance evaluation of system software in advanced computing environments. Topics include resource allocation and scheduling, information service provider and manipulation, multithreading and concurrency, security for distributed systems.

Instructor:

Instructor	Dr. Wei Wennie Shu
Office	Room 225C, ENGR(ECE)
Office Hours	Thu 8:15-9:30am
Phone	505-277-1433
E-mail	shu@ece.unm.edu
Homepage	http://www.ece.unm.edu/~shu

Textbook:

• Required:
  • Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Maarten van Steen, Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms ISBN 0-13-088893, Prentice-Hall, 2002.
• Other References:
  • George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore and Tim Kindberg, Distributed Systems --- Concepts and design, third edition, ISBN 0201-61918-0, Pearson Education Limited, 2001.
  • Sape Mullender, editor, "Distributed Systems", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-62427-3, the ACM Press, 1993

  • Keith Haviland, Dina Gray, Ben Salama, " UNIX: System Programming," second edition, ISBN 0-201-87758-9, Addison-Wesley, 1999. This is a good beginner's guide to software development on UNIX, presenting a detailed study of the programming interface between the UNIX kernel and application software running in the UNIX environment. What missing here is about threads.
  • W. Richard Stevens, UNIX Network Programming, volume 1: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI, 2nd edition, ISBN 0-13-490012-X, Prentice Hall, 1998.
  • W. Richard Stevens, UNIX Network Programming, volume 2: Interprocess Communications, 2nd edition, ISBN 0-13-081081-9, Prentice Hall, 1999.

Course Information:

Course Number	ECE536, SEC 001
Call Number	12731
Lecture Place	ECE 210
Lecture Time	Tue/Thu 11:00-12:15pm
Homepage	http://www.ece.unm.edu/~shu/course/536s05/
Prerequisites	both ECE331 and ECE337L Knowledge of OS & Networking

Course Modules:

• Slides
• Reading and Presentation List, updated on March 1, 2005.

Course Handouts:

• #536001: Course Syllabus
• #536002: Tentative Class Schedule
• #536003: Human Communication Protocols
• #536004: Assignment #1, due on 2/8/05
• #536005: Assignment #2
• #536006: Assignment #3, due on 2/24/05 and 3/8/05
• #536007: Exam I Review List, exam on 3/01/05.
• #536008: Assignment #4, Solution
• #536009: Assignment #5
• #536010: Exam II Review List, exam on 4/26/05, sample exam.

WebCt Page:

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