DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING IN GRIDS AND CLOUDS
| Title | ΚΑΤΑΝΕΜΗΜΕΝΗ ΕΠΕΞΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ ΣΕ ΠΛΕΓΜΑΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΦΗ / DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING IN GRIDS AND CLOUDS |
| Code | NA17 |
| Faculty | Sciences |
| School | Informatics |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Eleni Karatza |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 40002588 |
| Academic Year | 2016 – 2017 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600039926
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Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600039926
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/auth/saml/login.php
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in distributed processing.
Learning Outcomes
Thorough grasp of distributed processing. Acquaintance with advanced distributed algorithms for new distributed computing environments. Practice in solving exercises based on taught theory.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Distributed Processing in computational grids and clouds. Real time distributed systems – Soft / Hard deadlines: Scheduling of Independent tasks - Scheduling of dependent tasks. P2P systems. Performance versus energy efficiency, economics and trust management in large scale distributed systems. Synchronization in distributed systems. Distributed consensus. Failures – Tolerance – Checkpointing – Recovery – Stabilization.
Keywords
Distributed Processing, Grids, Clouds
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of computer for teaching.
Use of eLearning for communication.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.3 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 75 | 2.5 | ✓ | ||
| Project | 75 | 2.5 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Solving exercises to understand the theory | 36 | 1.2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 225 | 7.5 |
Student Assessment
Description
Written exams 50%, project with presentation 30% (research project, or programming assignment), exercises solving 20%.
The exact procedure is announced at the course site.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Προτεινόμενη βιβλιογραφία και υλικό
1. Σημειώσεις παραδόσεων (Διαφάνειες μαθημάτων), https://elearning.auth.gr/auth/saml/login.php.
2. Distributed Algorithms, Nancy A. Lynch (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems), 1996.
3. Grid Computing: Techniques and Applications, Barry Wilkinson, (Chapman & Hall/CRC Computational Science), 2010.
4. Cloud Computing: Implementation, Management, and Security, John W. Rittinghouse, James F. Ransome, CRC Press, 2010.
Επιπρόσθετη βιβλιογραφία
1. Cloud Computing, K. Jamsa, Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2013.
2. Scheduling: theory algorithms and systems, M. Pinedo, Springer, 2012.
3. Principles of Sequencing and Scheduling, Kenneth R. Baker, Dan Trietsch, Wiley, 2009.
4. Cloud Computing: Principles and Paradigms, Rajkumar Buyya, James Broberg,Andrzej M. Goscinski, Wiley, 2011.
5. Achieving Real-Time in Distributed Computing: From Grids to Clouds, Dimosthenis Kyriazis, Editor, Theodora Varvarigou, Kleopatra G. Konstanteli, IGI Global, 2012.
6. Handbook of Scheduling: Algorithms, Models, and Performance Analysis, Joseph Y-T. Leung, James H. Anderson, Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2004.
7. Hierarchical Scheduling in Parallel and Cluster Systems, S. Dandamudi, 2003, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
8. Quantitative Quality of Service for Grid Computing: Applications for Heterogeneity, Large-scale Distribution, and Dynamic Environments, Lizhe Wang, Jinjun Chen, Wei Jie, IGI Global, 2009.
9. Dependable Computing Systems: Paradigms, Performance Issues, and Applications, Hassan B. Diab, Albert Y. Zomaya, Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2005.
10. Soft Real-Time Systems: Predictability vs. Efficiency, Giorgio Buttazzo, Giuseppe Lipari, Luca Abeni, Marco Caccamo, Springer 2005.
11. Hard Real-Time Computing Systems: Predictable Scheduling Algorithms and Applications, Giorgio Buttazzo, 2005 Springer.
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Last Update
14-10-2015
