Computer science | COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

cod. 0512100002

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

	0512100002
	DIPARTIMENTO DI INFORMATICA
	EQF6
	COMPUTER SCIENCE
	2020/2021

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
INF/01	7	56	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
INF/01	2	16	EXERCISES	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE PRINCIPLES AND THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS AND SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THE USE OF A TOOL THAT ALLOWS THEM DIRECT EXPERIMENTATION. IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE ON THE ANALYSIS AND THE COMPLEXITY OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS. WILL STUDY LOWER BOUNDS AND PROBLEMS HARDLY PARALLELIZABLE. HE WILL ALSO ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE. THE STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE BASIC CONCEPTS THAT CHARACTERIZE P2P, GRID AND CLOUD SYSTEMS. SOME OF THEM WILL BE ANALYZED IN DETAIL. THE PERFORMANCE OF DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS WILL BE ANALYZED IN TERMS OF SPEED PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, FAULT TOLERANCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION CAPABILITIES: - DESIGN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM USING THE JXTA LIBRARIES. - EXPERIMENT THE CONNECTION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, IN SEVERAL COMMUNICATION MODELS (P2P, GRIDS, CLOUDS), BETWEEN DEVICES OF DIFFERENT TYPES, INCLUDING MOBILE PHONES, PDAS, PCS, SERVERS,..

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE PRINCIPLES AND THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS AND SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THE USE OF A TOOL THAT ALLOWS THEM DIRECT EXPERIMENTATION.
IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE ON THE ANALYSIS AND THE COMPLEXITY OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS. WILL STUDY LOWER BOUNDS AND PROBLEMS HARDLY PARALLELIZABLE. HE WILL ALSO ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE.
THE STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE BASIC CONCEPTS THAT CHARACTERIZE P2P, GRID AND CLOUD SYSTEMS. SOME OF THEM WILL BE ANALYZED IN DETAIL. THE PERFORMANCE OF DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS WILL BE ANALYZED IN TERMS OF SPEED PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, FAULT TOLERANCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION CAPABILITIES:
- DESIGN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM USING THE JXTA LIBRARIES.
- EXPERIMENT THE CONNECTION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, IN SEVERAL COMMUNICATION MODELS (P2P, GRIDS, CLOUDS), BETWEEN DEVICES OF DIFFERENT TYPES, INCLUDING MOBILE PHONES, PDAS, PCS, SERVERS,..

	Prerequisites
	TO ATTEND THE COURSE REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE OF: •BASIC ALGORITHMS •COMPLEXITY EVALUATION •COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS AND NETWORKS

	Contents
	1. DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM MODELS AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES 2. COMPUTER CLUSTERS FOR SCALABLE PARALLEL COMPUTING 3. VIRTUAL MACHINES AND VIRTUALIZATION OF CLUSTERS AND DATA CENTERS 4. CLOUD PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE OVER VIRTUALIZED DATA CENTERS 5. SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURES FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING 6. PEER-TO-PEER COMPUTING AND OVERLAY NETWORKS 7. UBIQUITOUS CLOUDS AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE CONSISTS OF LECTURES FOR 7 CFU AND TUTORIAL LESSONS FOR 2 CFU

	Verification of learning
	PROJECT WORK AND A FINAL ORAL EXAM

	Texts
	TEXTBOOKS ARE: DISTRIBUTED AND CLOUD COMPUTING: FROM PARALLEL PROCESSING TO THE INTERNET OF THINGS KAI HWANG, GEOFFREY C. FOX, JACK J. DONGARRA MORGAN KAUFMAN EDITOR