CSC 435 Distributed Systems I
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CSC435 Distributed Systems Syllabus -- Elliott
Winter 2012/2013
Logistics:
Class meets: Thursday 5:45 Loop Campus, CDM218
Professor: Dr. Clark Elliott
email: elliott AATT cdm depaul edu. Include "435: " prefix in
subject line and meaningful mail header!
Grader email: elliottgrading AATT gmail com. (Administration of submissions only)
Textbooks:
Required text: Tanenbaum, Andrew S., and van Steen, Maarten (2007),
"Distributed Systems, Principles and Paradigms, 2nd Edition" Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall. www.prenhall.com/tanenbaum.
Recommended background text: Kurose, James F., and Ross, Keith W. (2007 -- )
"Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, [any]
Edition," Boston: Addison Wesley. (2012 is the 6th edition, but any version from 2007 on will contain the bulk
of the background material if you want to save money.)
Grading:
Exams 35%
Assignments 65%
Grading Scale:
95% A
90% A-
86,83,80 B+,B,B-
78,74,70 C+,C,C-
65,60 D+,D
I reserve the right to raise the grade of a student that has demonstrated
exceptional contributions in some particular portion of the class (newsgroup
participation, programming, study log, etc.).
Topics:
In
general we will follow the outline in the textbook "Distributed
Systems: Principles and Paradigms" by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Maarten van
Steen. We will cover many aspects of distributed systems dealing with system
structure, models of time, client/server protocols, state maintenance,
security, and so on.
Class structure:
This is primarily a lecture and reading class.
Newsgroup participation is required.
Maintaining a written study log is required
Class will be challenging. Students are expected to do much of the reading
on their own. Some topics will be covered in the lectures, but because time
is short a number of topics will be covered only in the reading, and will
appear on exams.
We will have programming assignments, and may have non-programming assignments.
Java or C++ programming background is required. However if you program well
in other similar languages you can probably pick up enough java to pass the
class. This is primarily a lecture class, but the programming
assignments are used to guarantee deep understanding of the material.
Programming assignments are substantial. Programming tips may be discussed,
but programming will not be taught.
Submission File Formats
All text submissions must be made in standard, or compatible, Microsoft Word
format, or in plain ascii HTML, or plain ascii text. (Free programs are
available to produce each of these formats.) No other formats will be graded.
Submissions MUST be submitted to both COL and TurnItIn.com before they will
be graded for credit.
Academic Integrity:
Cheating, plagiarism, and unethical conduct are
not allowed, and will be sactioned, including referral to the dean's
office, and failure in the class. Please refer to the academic handbook
by which rules you are expected to abide.
Violations include, but are not limited to: making claims on any checklist for
work that has not been done; including ANY uncited work of others in any documents you
turn in; turning in work, including programs, that has been authored by
someone other than yourself.
This syllabus is subject to change as necessary during the quarter. If a change occurs, it will be thoroughly addressed during class, posted under Announcements in D2L and sent via email.
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content to meet the learning goals of the course and the academic needs of the students. They are a requirement of the course and are key to continue to provide you with the highest quality of teaching. The
evaluations are anonymous; the instructor and administration do not track who entered what responses. A program is used to check if the student completed the evaluations, but the evaluation is completely
separate from the student’s identity. Since 100% participation is our goal, students are sent periodic reminders over three weeks. Students do not receive reminders once they complete the evaluation.
Students complete the evaluation online in CampusConnect.
This course will be subject to the university's academic integrity policy. More information can be found at http://academicintegrity.depaul.edu/ If you
have any questions be sure to consult with your professor.
All students are expected to abide by the University's Academic Integrity Policy which prohibits cheating and other misconduct in student coursework. Publicly sharing or posting online any prior or current materials from this course (including exam questions or answers), is considered to be providing unauthorized assistance prohibited by the policy. Both students who share/post and students who access or use such materials are considered to be cheating under the Policy and will be subject to sanctions for violations of Academic Integrity.
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