Office:Bryan 405D
| Office Hours: | Mondays: 11:00AM-12:00PM |
| Wednesdays: 3:30PM-4:30PM |
Graders :To be announced.
All question about the homeworks and mid-term exams 1 and 2 grading should be directed to graders.
Course Description (Revised):
Formerly CS 557M.
Comparing systems using measurement, simulation, and queueing models. Common mistakes and how to avoid them, selection of techniques and metrics, art of data presentation, summarizing measured data, comparing systems using sample data, introduction to experimental design, fractional factorial designs, introduction to simulation, common mistakes in simulations, analysis of simulation results, random number generation, random variate generation, commonly used distributions, introduction to queueing theory, single queues, and queueing networks. The techniques of the course can be used to analyze and compare any type of systems including algorithms, protocols, network, or database systems.
Prerequisites:CSE 131 or CSE 126 or their respective equivalents. CSE 280 is not required. If you have any questions about the prerequisites, please feel free to see the instructor or discuss in the first session.
Credits:3 Units.
Time:Monday-Wednesday 1:00PM-2:30PM
Text Book:Raj Jain, " The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis: Techniques for Experimental Design, Measurement, Simulation, and Modeling," Wiley-Interscience, New York, NY, April 1991, ISBN:0471503363
Tentative Schedule:
| Class 1 | Wednesday | 8/30/2006 | Course Introduction | |
| Monday | 9/4/2006 | Memorial Day Holiday - No class | ||
| Class 2 | Wednesday | 9/6/2006 | Common Mistakes | Chapter 2 |
| Class 3 | Monday | 9/11/2006 | Selection of Techniques and Metrics | Chapter 3 |
| Types of Workloads | Chapter 4 | |||
| Workload Selection | Chapter 5 | |||
| Class 4 | Wednesday | 9/13/2006 | Workload Characterization | Chapter 6 |
| Class 5 | Monday | 9/18/2006 | Data Presentation | Chapter 10 |
| Ratio Games | Chapter 11 | |||
| Class 6 | Wednesday | 9/20/2006 | Summarizing Measured Data | Chapter 12 |
| Class 7 | Monday | 9/25/2006 | Comparing Systems Using Random Data | Chapter 13 |
| Class 8 | Wednesday | 9/27/2006 | Comparing Systems Using Random Data (Continued) | Chapter 13 |
| Class 9 | Monday | 10/2/2006 | Mid-Term Exam 1 | |
| Class 10 | Wednesday | 10/4/2006 | Simple Linear Regression Models | Chapter 14 |
| Class 11 | Monday | 10/9/2006 | Other Regression Models | Chapter 15 |
| Class 12 | Wednesday | 10/11/2006 | Experimental Designs | Chapter 16 |
| 2k Experimental Designs | Chapter 17 | |||
| Class 13 | Monday | 10/16/2006 | Factorial Designs with Replication | Chapter 18 |
| Class 14 | Wednesday | 10/18/2006 | Fractional Factorial Designs | Chapter 19 |
| Class 15 | Monday | 10/23/2006 | One Factor Experiments | Chapter 20 |
| Two Factor Full Factorial Design w/o Replications | Chapter 21 | |||
| Class 16 | Wednesday | 10/25/2006 | Two Factor Full Factorial Designs with Replications | Chapter 22 |
| General Full Factorial Designs | Chapter 23 | |||
| Class 17 | Monday | 10/30/2006 | Introduction to Simulation | Chapter 24 |
| Class 18 | Wednesday | 11/1/2006 | Introduction to Simulation (Continued) | Chapter 24 |
| Class 19 | Monday | 11/6/2006 | Mid-Term Exam 2 | |
| Class 20 | Wednesday | 11/8/2006 | Analysis of Simulation Results | Chapter 25 |
| Class 21 | Monday | 11/13/2006 | Random Number Generation | Chapter 26 |
| Class 22 | Wednesday | 11/15/2006 | Testing Random Number Generators | Chapter 27 |
| Random Variate Generation | Chapter 28 | |||
| Class 23 | Monday | 11/20/2006 | Introduction to Queueing Theory | Chapter 30 |
| Analysis of Single Queue | Chapter 31 | |||
| Wednesday | 11/22/2006 | Thanksgiving Holiday - no class | ||
| Class 24 | Monday | 11/27/2006 | Queueing Networks | Chapter 32 |
| Operational Laws | Chapter 33 | |||
| Class 25 | Wednesday | 11/29/2006 | Operational Laws (Cont) | |
| Class 26 | Monday | 12/4/2006 | Mean-Value Analysis | Chapter 34 |
| Class 27 | Wednesday | 12/6/2006 | Convolution Algorithm | Chapter 35 |
| Class 28 | Monday | 12/11/2006 | Final Exam | |
| Class 29 | Thursday | 12/21/2006 | Class Meeting: Final Grades |
Grading:
Exams: 60%
Homeworks: 15%
Project: 20%
Class participation: 5%
Project: The students will be required to write a 10-15 page report on application of analysis techniques to systems of their interest, e.g., networks, database systems, web systems, etc or a survey of recent analysis techniques used in such systems.
Student Project Reports:
Performance Analysis of Data Encryption Algorithms
Case Study of the Performance of a Gamma-Ray Event Parameterization Application
Survey on Performance Analysis of MAC protocols
A Summary of Network Traffic Monitoring and Analysis Techniques
A Survey of Network Performance Monitoring Tools
Survey of Network Performance Monitoring Tools
SNMP and Beyond: A Survey of Network Performance Monitoring Tools
A Survey of Network Traffic Monitoring and Analysis Tools
Operating System and Process Monitoring Tools
A Survey of Performance Analysis Tools
Processor workloads
Case Study: Performance Analysis of a Diversified Router
Performance Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks
An Overview of Software Performance Analysis Tools and Techniques: From GProf to DTrace
Survey of Software Monitoring and Profiling Tools
From Poisson Processes to Self-Similarity: a Survey of Network Traffic Models
A Historical View of Network Traffic Models
A Survey of Network Traffic Models
Verification and Validation of X-Sim: A Trace-Based Simulator
A Performance Model for a Thermally Adaptive Application Implemented in Reconfigurable HW
A list of Sample Projects, Project Guidelines, Paper Review Form