National University of Singapore

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

CS5239 Computer System Performance Analysis

Course Schedule (AY2009/10 – Semester 2)

Week	Date	Lecture at COM1/204, Wed 6.30-8.30pm	Others
1	13 Jan	L00 - Overview L01 - Introduction	· Course Description · ORNL’s Jaguar Claws its Way to Number One, Top500 Supercomputer Sites, Nov 2009
2	20 Jan	L02 - Capacity Planning
Measurement Techniques & Tools
3	27 Jan	L03 – Performance Metrics
4	03 Feb	L04 - Selection, Characterization & Forecasting of Workload	Supplementary Slides L04S - Input Data Modeling
5	10 Feb	L05 – Instrumentation & Representation of Measurement Data	Homework 1 (solution)
Feb 13 – 21, Recess
Analytic Modeling Techniques
6	24 Feb	L06 - Introduction to Queuing Theory	Quiz – 24 Feb
7	03 Mar	L07 - Operational Analysis	Operational Analysis, P. Denning, 2004 (Operational Analysis vs Stochastic Analysis)
8	10 Mar	L08 - Analysis of a Single Queue	Assignment 1 due, 10 Mar
9	17 Mar	L09 - Analysis of Queuing Networks	Supplementary Slides L09S - Analysis of Queuing Networks (Multiple Job Classes)
10	24 Mar	LP2P – Performance Modeling of File-sharing Peer-to-Peer Networks – Cristina Carbunaru	Away in MIT but lecture as usual by Cristina. Read this paper on modeling of p2p file-sharing.
Case Studies
11	31 Mar	L10 – Principles of Scalable Performance	Homework 2 (solution)
12	07 Apr	L11 - Performance of Client-Server Architectures	Assignment 2 due, 14 Apr
13	14 Apr	L12 – Web Performance Modeling L#13 - Conclusion & Revision	Test (Closed Book) – 14 Apr Table of Contents Term paper due, 14 Apr
Apr 17 - 23, Reading Week
Open Book Examination: Apr 28, 2010, morning (to be confirmed)

(updated: 7 April 2010)