CSC5340 Advanced Topics in Distributed Software Systems

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CSC5340 Advanced Topics in Distributed Software
Systems

• Dr. Michael R. Lyu
• Computer Science Engineering Department
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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How to reach me?
Engineering Building, Room 927
2609 8429
Lyu_at_cse.cuhk.edu.hk
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Organization of the Course

• Lectures T3-5 (ELB LT2)
• Tutorial T9 (SC L3)
• Th4 (MMW 703)
• Projects
• Homework
• Late Midterm, Final

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Nature of the Course

• This is a practical lecture with hands-on
  experience!
• Involves C/Java (your choice) Programming.

Application Objects
CORBAfacilities
Object Request Broker
CORBAservices
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What You Will Learn

• Problems that occur during construction of
  distributed systems.
• Principles and techniques to solve them.
• Components of an infrastructure for distributed
  systems (OMG/CORBA).
• Practical experience with an OMG/CORBA
  implementation.

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Other Related Courses

• Software Engineering (CSC3100)
• Networking (CSC4430)
• Database (CSC3170)
• Operating Systems (CSC3150)
• Security (CSC5470)

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Required Textbook

• Distributed Systems Concepts and Design, George
  Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, and Tim Kindberg,
  Addison-Wesley, 3rd edition, 2001

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Suggested References

• Wolfgang Emmerich Engineering Distributed
  Objects. Wiley. 2000.
• Tanenbaum van Steen Distributed Systems.
  Prentice-Hall. 2002.
• Sloman and Kramer Distributed Systems and
  Computer Networks. Prentice Hall. 1987.
• Baker CORBA Distributed Objects. Addison-Wesley.
  1997.
• Mowbray and Zahavi The Essential CORBA. Wiley.
  1995.

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Coursework

• Projects (40)
• 1 median-size project (10), 1 larger project
  (30).
• Done in teams (3-4 per team). No joint team work.
• The large project will use Iona Orbix or
  Visigenic systems.
• Involves C, C or Java Programming.
• Homework (5)
• 2 assignments when there is no project work due.
• Discussions allowed but no plagiarism.
• Late Mid-Term Exam (15) November 12, 2002
• Final Exam (40)

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Course Outline
1 Distributed Systems Characteristics and Design
Issues 2 Distributed Software Engineering by
CORBA 3 Communication 4 RPCs vs. CORBA 5
CORBA/DCOM/RMI 6 Building Distributed Systems
with CORBA 7 CORBA Generosity and
Interoperability 8 Security 9 Naming and
Trading 10 Concurrent Processes and
Threads 11 Transactions 12 Reliability