CSS 434: Parallel and Distributed Computing - Spring 2014
CSS 434: Parallel and Distributed Computing
Spring 2014
MW 330-530pm at SSG CNSVTRY
Prof. Munehiro Fukuda
Professor:
Munehiro Fukuda
<mfukuda@u.washington.edu>,
room UW1-331, phone 352-3459,
office hours: MW 245-330pm
Course Description:
This course introduces the concepts and design of distributed
computing systems. Topics covered include message passing, remote
procedure calls, process management, migration, mobile agents,
distributed coordination, distributed shared memory, distributed file
systems, fault tolerance, and grid computing.
The first five weeks focus on the basic mechanism and the Java
programming techniques for message passing, process management,
and migration. We will use Java sockets, MPI: Message Passing
Interface, Java RMI, and UWAgent: a Java-based mobile agent
system the professor and his former CSS students have designed.
The last five weeks discuss advanced topics, where the
instructor will overview each topic; each student will review a
topic-related research paper; and all of us will be involved in
group discussions on those papers.
Four programming assignments are given: (1) A chat server design
with Java sockets, (2) A parallel-computing application programming
with MPI Java, (3) A functional/performance comaprison between Java
RMI and UWAgent, and (4) A distributed file system implementation
using Java RMI. A lab session is planned for each of the first three
assignments to get familiar with sockets, MPI, and mobile agents.
Prerequisites:
CSS343.
Work Load and Grading:
| Course Work |
Percentage |
Achievements |
Approximately Corresponding Numeric Grade |
| Program 1 |
7% |
90s |
3.5 - 4.0 |
| Program 2 |
11% |
80s |
2.5 - 3.4 |
| Program 3 |
7% |
70s |
1.5 - 2.4 |
| Program 4 |
15% |
60s |
0.7 - 1.4 |
| Paper Review |
12% |
| Midterm Exam |
20% |
| Final Exam |
20% |
| Discussions |
5% |
| Lab. Work |
3% |
Textbooks:
75% of the lecture covers the following textbook, while the rest
focuses on some advanced topics such as MPI, mobile agents, and some
research-oriented topics. To help your understanding, I recommend
you should buy this textbook.
-
Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design,, 5th Edition,
George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, Tim Kindberg, and Gordon Blair,
Addison-Wesley Publishers, 2012
References:
Some Programming Textbooks:
The following books and manuals are useful for system, network, and MPI programming.
Policies:
All programming assignments except program 4 and a paper review
are to be done independently. Any collaboration of work will result in
severe penalty. You may discuss the problem statement and any
clarification with each other, but any actual work to be turned in,
must be done without collaboration.
- Paper review: must be done by a team of two students.
- Program 4: may be done by a team of two students. If you
work with a classmate, you must turn in a confidential evaluation of
your partner. If you work independently, you will be awarded +1 extra
credit (5%).
Any homework is due at the beginning of class on the due date. The
submission may be postponed only in emergencies such as accidents,
sickness, sudden business trips, and family emergencies, in which case
you may turn in yor homework late with a written proof. No make-up
exams will be given except under exceptional circumstances. Barring
emergencies, I must be informed before the exam.
To request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact
Disability
Resources for Stuents (DRS) in UW1-175,
(email: drs@uwb.edu, TDD:
425-352-5303, and FAX: 425-352-3581). If you have a documented
disability on file with the DSS office, please have your DSS counselor
contact me and we can discuss accommodations.
Course Goals:
The overall goal of CSS 434, "Parallel and Distributed Computing" includes:
- To learn fundamental concepts that are used in and applicable to a
variety of distributed computing applicaitons,
- To realize fundamental concepts in four programming assignments:
a chat server, a parallel-computing application, a mobile agent, and
a distributed file system, and
- To improve your ability of reviewing, grasping, and comparing the
key idea of research papers
To strengthen your understanding of fundamental concepts, you are
recommended to solve the problems that are given on the final page of
each lecture slide, (while some of them will be solved in class
discussions.). To review research papers, you must visit the
library, search for them, and get prepared for presenting your paper
review with the power point. Finally, you need to work in the Linux
laboratory, (UW1-320) for testing and evaluating the performance of
your distributed program. Therefore, as with most technical courses,
besides ability and motivation, it takes time to learn and master the
subject. Expect to spend an additional 10 to 15 hours a week outside
of class time on the average.
Assignments:
This is a research-flavored course. Each assignment specificaiton only
gives you a topic and a guideline in order to work on the assignment.
The answer and the quality of assignment work just depend on your
enthusiuasm for assignment work. Therefore, there are no specific key
answers.
- Program 1 (pdf, word):
learns how to use Java-based TCP communication through a design
of chat client and server program.
- Program 2 (pdf, word): exercises how to write a parallel-computing
application using MPI Java.
- Program 3 (pdf, word): compares RMI and mobile agenets in terms of
programmability and performance. Click here to download the UWAgent manual.
- Program 4 (pdf, word): designs and implements a very simple
distributed file system.
- Paper review:requires each
student to review a notable research project and to present his/her
understanding in the class.
Please read assignment.html to
understand the environment you use for assignments and the
submission/grading procedures.
Laboratory Work:
We have three laboratory assignments in that we will understand the
usage of and programming with Java sockets, MPI, and mobile
agents. They are intended to mitigate your learning curve of new
programming paradigms and ease your programming work. The grading is
based on your attendance.
- Lab Work 1: is a hands-on
exercise for distributed computing with Java sockets. (1% of an
entire grade)
- Lab Work 2: is a hands-on
exercise for MPI programming. (1% of an entire grade)
- Lab Work 3: is a hands-on
exercise for distributed computing with RMI and mobile agents. (1% of
an entire grade)
Group Discussions:
We are planning to have five group discussions where the class will be
divided into four groups, each discussing about a given topic and
presenting the discussions in the class. Clik here for more detials.
Topics covered and tentative 434 winter schedule:
Note that this is an approximate ordering of topics. Chapters will
take about the allotted time and not all sections in all chapters are
covered.
| Week |
Date |
Topics |
Lab and Discussions |
Chapters |
Reading |
Assignment |
| 1 |
Mar 31 |
System Models |
|
2 |
pp37-79 |
|
| |
Apr 2 |
Networking |
|
3
(3.3 - 3.3.4, 3.4.1) |
pp89-98
pp106-111 |
|
| 2 |
Apr 7 |
Interprocess Communication |
Lab Work 1 (Sockets) |
4
(4.1 - 4.3.2) |
pp145-164 |
Program 1 assigned |
| |
Apr 9 |
Group Communication and MPI |
|
4.4, 4.6, 15.4 |
pp169-174, pp178-180
pp646-659 |
|
| 3 |
Apr 14 |
|
Lab Work 2 (MPI) |
|
|
|
| |
Apr 16 |
Remote Invocation |
|
5 |
pp185-228 |
|
| 4 |
Apr 21 |
Operating System Support |
|
7 |
pp279-334 |
Program 1 due
Program 2 assigned |
| |
Apr 23 |
Process Migration |
Lab Work 3 (RMI and Agents) |
7.4.2 and
non-textbook contents |
pp289-291 |
|
| 5 |
Apr 28 |
Time and Global States |
|
14 |
pp595-628 |
|
| |
Apr 30 |
|
Paper Review
Group Discussion 1 |
|
Timewarp
SPEEDES
| Reviewer: Fukuda
Reviewer: Lenk/Timmerman |
| 6 |
May 5 |
Distributed Shared Memory |
|
6.5 |
pp262-274 |
Program 2 due extended to May 6th
Program 3 assigned |
| |
May 7 |
Midterm exam in class |
|
2 - 6 |
pp37-98, 106-111, 145-164, 169-174, 178-228, 279-334, and 646-659 |
|
| 7 |
May 12 |
|
Paper Review
Group Discussion 2 |
|
Ivy
Dash
Munin
|
Reviewer: Teteak
Reviewer: Choephel/Gunarso
Reviewer: Yang
|
| |
May 14 |
Distributed File Systems |
|
12
16.2.1-16.2.2 |
pp521-564
pp683-690 |
|
| 8 |
May 19 |
|
Paper Review
Group Discussion 3 |
|
Sun NFS
AFS
XFS
Plan9
|
Reviewer: Graham/Larsen
Reviewer: Nguyen/Tran
Reviewer: Knoblich/Van Hof
Reviewer: _____
Program 3 due
Program 4 assigned |
| |
May 21 |
Distributed Transactions and Replication |
|
17.1-17.3
18 |
pp727-740
pp765-816 |
|
| 9 |
May 26 |
Holiday (No School) |
|
|
|
|
| |
May 28 |
|
Paper Review
Group Discussion 4 |
|
Gossip
Coda
GFS or Hadoop
ISIS(JGroup)
|
Reviewer: Grzmiel/Petit
Reviewer: Chheng/Du
Reviewer: Kipps/Prosch
Reviewer: Kwon
|
| 10 |
June 4 |
Grid Computing
AgentTeamwork at UWB |
|
No corresponding chapters |
|
|
| |
June 6 |
|
Paper Review
Group Discussion 5 |
|
NetSolve
Legion
Condor
Globus
|
Reviewer: Morgan/Novakovic
Reviewer: Bartlett/Virgillo
Reviewer: Blackbourn/Djunaedi
Reviewer: Quigley
|
| 11 |
June 9 |
Final exam in class |
|
6.5, 12, 14, 16.2.1-16.2.2, 17.1-17.3, 18 and grid computing |
pp262-274, 521-564, 595-628, 683-690, 727-740, and 765-816 |
|
| |
June 11 |
Program 4 Demonstration |
|
|
|
Program 4 due (330pm) |