Distributed Computing Applications and Infrastructure Fall 2010

Week 0:  Place-In/Place-Out Exams

• 8/26:  Place-Out Exam administered 8 – 9 AM; Place-In Exam distributed 3:30 PM
• 8/27:  Place-In Exam due 3:30 PM

Week 1:  Introduction; Computer Architecture

• 8/30:  Course Overview
• 9/1:  Computer Architecture; Data Representation; Information Theory
• 9/1 Lab:  Best Practices for the Place-In Exam

Week 2:  CPU Operation

• 9/6:  Labor Day — No class
• 9/8:  Boolean Logic; CPU Operation; [A1 posted]
• 9/8 Lab:  Boolean Logic; De Morgan’s Law

Week 3:  Software Design

• 9/13:  CPU Operation (continued); Machine Language
• 9/15:  Software Design; [A1 due; A2 posted]
• 9/15 Lab:  OOP Example

Week 4:  Analysis of Algorithms

• 9/20:  Software Design
• 9/22:  Analysis of Algorithms
• 9/22 Lab:  UML Diagrams

Week 5:  Operating System

• 9/27:  Analysis of Algorithms; Test 1 Review; [A2 due; A3 posted]
• 9/29:  Test 1; Memory Hierarchy
• 9/29 Lab:  Big-O Notation

Week 6:  Data Structures

• 10/4:  Operating System
• 10/6: Introduction to Data Structures; [A3 due]
• 10/6 Lab:  Best Practices for A2

Week 7:  Data Structures

• 10/11:  Lists
• 10/13:  Dictionaries; [A4 posted]
• 10/13 Lab:  Data Structures – Lists and Dictionaries

Week 8:  Data Structures

• 10/18: Trees
• 10/20:  Heaps & Graphs
• 10/20 Lab:  Data Structures – Trees and Heaps

Week 9:  Regular Expressions

• 10/25: Graphs; Test 2 Review; [A4 due]
• 10/27: Regular Expressions; [A5 posted]
• 10/27 Lab: Review for Test 2

Week 10:  Distributed Systems; Inter-Process Communication

• 11/1: Introduction to Distributed Systems
• 11/3: Test 2; Inter-process Communication
• 11/3 Lab: Regular Expression Practice

Week 11:  Network Architecture

• 11/8:  Inter-process Communication; [A5 due; A6 posted]
• 11/10:  Network Architecture
• 11/10 Lab:  Python Networking Library

Week 12:  Networking Protocols

• 11/15:  Networking Standards and Protocols; [A6 Part 1 due]
• 11/17:  Networking Standards and Protocols; Computer Security
• 11/17 Lab:  Best Practices for Assignment 5

Week 13:  Security

• 11/22:  Computer Security
• 11/24:  Computer Security; System Performance [A6 Parts 2 and 3 due]
• 11/24 Lab:  Cryptographic Operations

Week 14:  System Performance

• 11/29:  System Performance; [A7 posted]
• 12/1:  Test 3 Review; Course Review; Course Evaluation
• 12/1 Lab:  Test 3 Q &A; Extra Office Hour

Week 15:  RRR Week

• 12/6:  No Class
• 12/8:  No Class; [A7 due]

Week 16:  Final Exam

• 12/13:  Test 3