National University of Singapore

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

CS5239 Computer System Performance Analysis

Course Schedule (AY2006/07 – Semester 2)

Week	Date	Lecture	Others
1	12 Jan	L00 - Overview L01 - Introduction	Course Description Topics Detail (tentative)
2	19 Jan	L02 - Capacity Planning
Measurement Techniques & Tools
3	26 Jan	L03 - Selection, Characterization & Forecasting of Workload	Supplementary Slides L03S - Input Data Modeling
4	2 Feb	L04 – Instrumentation & Representation of Measurement Data	Conference leave, make up class ?
Simulation
5	9 Feb	L05 – Basics of Computer Simulation	M/M/1 Simulator C code
Analytic Modeling Techniques
6	16 Feb	L06 - Introduction to Queuing Theory	Quiz (move to 2 Mar)
17-25 Feb, Mid-Semester Break
7	2 Mar	L07 - Operational Analysis	Quiz
8	9 Mar	L08 - Analysis of a Single Queue	Assignment 1 due, 9 March
9	16 Mar	L09 - Analysis of Queuing Networks	Supplementary Slides L09S - Analysis of Queuing Networks (Multiple Job Classes)
10	23 Mar	L10 – Principles of Scalable Performance L11 - Performance of Client-Server Architectures
Case Studies
11	30 Mar	L11 - Performance of Client-Server Architectures	conference leave – no class Assignment 2 due, 30 March
12	6 Apr	L12 – Web Performance Modeling Good Friday (no class)	Assignment 2 due, 6 Apr Test (Closed Book)
13	13 Apr	L12 – Web Performance Modeling Conclusion & Revision	Table of Contents Test (Closed Book) Term paper due, 13 Apr Reading - Operational Analysis, P. Denning, 2004 (on operational analysis versus stochastic analysis)
14-20 Apr, Reading Week
Open Book Examination: 27 April 2007, evening (to be confirmed)

(updated: 12 April 2007)