Gediz University, Computer Engineering Department Spring 2013 Lecture: Tuesday: 10:00 - 12:45, D-114
Instructor: Halûk Gümüşkaya
Office: D107
Office Hours:
Phone: 0232-355 0000 - 2305
e-mail: haluk.gumuskaya@gediz.edu.tr
Course Description	Pages:
Prerequistes	Lecture Schedule Page
Lecture Schedule	Policies and Regulations
Textbooks
Course Technologies and Tools
Grading

Catalog Description:
Characterization of distributed systems, system models, networking issues for distributed systems, inter process communication, distributed objects and remote invocation, security, distributed file systems, name services, time and global states, coordination and agreement, transactions and concurrency control, distributed transactions, replication.

Objectives: With the emergence of the Internet as a computing platform, distributed applications are being widely deployed by organizations. Understanding the principles/theory and the technologies underlying distributed computing and systems design is increasingly important. Examples of technologies supporting such deployment include JEE architecture, Web services and Cloud Computing.

This course has three major objectives. First, it is designed to introduce students to the principles underlying Distributed Systems and Computing and the design of distributed systems. Second, it aims to provide students with the opportunity to exercise these principles in the context of real applications by having the students use technologies such as XML, SOAP, Web services, and JEE-based application servers. Finally, it seeks to endow students with the capacity to analyze, design, evaluate and recommend distributed computing solutions skills in response to business problems.

Distributed Systems and Computing Principles:
   Distributed computing architectures: Client server and P2P Inter-process communication
   Distributed objects and remote invocation  
   Naming and Name services
   Time and Global State Management
   Security
   Transactions and Concurrency control
   Distributed Transactions

   Material on principles of distributed systems will be taught from books such as the Coulouris et al. book and Tannenbaum and Steen book on Distributed Systems.

Internet and Java enabled Distributed Computing Technologies:
   Application Server architectures: JEE Extensions of the Java Distributed Object model and the DCOM component-based architectures
   Web Services: WSDL, UDDI, SOAP, XML
   Http-based RPC combined with standards for interface definition and naming.
   Discussion and application of selected API’s from the JEE architecture to illustrate distributed transactions, middleware access protocols (MQ Series API), and Messaging services (JMS).

   Project oriented teaching with implementation components to get students hands on skills with JEE frameworks.

Learning Outcomes:

	Describe the functional and non-functional characteristics of distributed systems, applications and differentiate between different types of middleware systems.
	Design, implement, and deploy distributed systems using the prevalent models of web applications, web services, remote objects, and asynchronous messaging.
	Understand the function and interplay of network protocols from ARP to application protocols that enable distributed systems on the Internet.
	Demonstrate the technical ability to code solutions with core networking protocols.
	Program solutions to run on all ranges of devices, including mobile, desktop, and cloud-based servers.
	Understand the challenge of time in a distributed system, and implement a means of assessing a distributed system's state.
	Describe the basic network security principles in distributed systems.

This is the tentative lecture schedule. Please check this page at least once a week during the semester.

There is no single textbook that adequately covers such a diverse range of topics that are taught in this course. Buying multiple textbooks is clearly not very appealing financially. I therefore will try to prepare my own lecture handouts and slides available as course notes and they will be available on the web site of the course. Here are some textbooks that are helpful for various parts of the course:

Main References

	Distributed Systems, Concepts and Design, 5th Edition, G. Coulouris, J. Dollimore, T. Kindberg, Addison Wesley, 2011. The course largely follows portions of this textbook.
	Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms, 2nd Edition, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Maarten van Steen, Prentice Hall, 2006.

Other References

	Principles of Computer System Design-An Introduction, J. Saltzer, M. F. Kaashoek, Morgan Kaufmann, 2009.
	Distribued Systems for System Architects, P. Verissimo, L. Rodrigues, Springer, 2001.
	Java Ağ Programcılığı, H. Gümüşkaya, Ö. Boyacı, ALFA, 2003.

	Programming in Java is an important component of the course
	IDE: Netbeans and Eclipse
	Java Web Applications (Glassfish)
	Java Server Side Programming (Servlets, JSP)
	Web Services (JDK 6, Glassfirsh)
	Message Oritented Middleware (JMS)
	Distributed Objects (Java RMI, CORBA, EJBs)
	Mobile Platform (Android)
	..

	A TA will normally be assigned to grade the projects.
	Given the number of students in the course, we may sometimes use the common practice of selecting one section of a code or project reflection and grading that carefully and assigning the assignment grade based on that segment.