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CSC5340 Advanced Topics in Distributed Software Systems

Dr. Michael R. LyuComputer Science & Engineering Department

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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How to reach me?

Engineering Building, Room 927

2609 8429

Lyu@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.

Object Request Broker

ApplicationObjects

CORBAfacilities

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 Issues2 Distributed Software Engineering by CORBA3 Communication4 RPCs vs. CORBA 5 CORBA/DCOM/RMI6 Building Distributed Systems with CORBA7 CORBA Generosity and Interoperability 8 Security9 Naming and Trading10 Concurrent Processes and Threads11 Transactions12 Reliability