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Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Network and Computer Systems

CS533 covers modeling and performance evaluation of computer and network systems. The course focuses on measurement techniques, statistical analysis, simulation, analytic models, and queuing theory. Students will complete projects applying these concepts to real performance evaluation problems. The grade is based 50% on exams and 50% on projects. The goal is to provide students skills in quantitatively analyzing system performance beyond just getting a system to function.

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Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Network and Computer Systems

CS533 covers modeling and performance evaluation of computer and network systems. The course focuses on measurement techniques, statistical analysis, simulation, analytic models, and queuing theory. Students will complete projects applying these concepts to real performance evaluation problems. The grade is based 50% on exams and 50% on projects. The goal is to provide students skills in quantitatively analyzing system performance beyond just getting a system to function.

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CS533

Modeling and Performance


Evaluation of Network and
Computer Systems

Mark Claypool
Topics

• Background
• Admin Stuff
• Motivation
• Performance Evaluation!
– (Introduction)
Professor Background (Who am I?)

• Dr. Mark Claypool (professor, “Mark”)


– Systems
– CS502 Operating Systems
– CS529 Multimedia Networking
• Research interests
– Networks (QoS, congestion control…)
– Multimedia (Repair, Perceived quality…)
– Network games
– Performance
• Research groups PEDS and CC
Syllabus Stuff
• http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~claypool/courses/533-S04/
• Office hours:
– TBA (about 3 per week each)
– See Web page
• Email:
– claypool at cs.wpi.edu
– cs533-ta at cs.wpi.edu
– cs533-all at cs.wpi.edu
Text Books
• Required
– Raj Jain. The Art of Computer Systems
Performance Analysis: Techniques for Experimental
Design, Measurement, Simulation, and Modeling,
John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1991.
• Other
– David J. Lilja. Measuring Computer Performance: A
Practitioner's Guide, Cambridge University Press,
New York, NY, 2000.
– Douglas C. Montgomery. Design and Analysis of
Experiments, 5th Edition, Wiley Text Books, June
2000.
Topics

• Measurement techniques
• Monitoring tools
• Statistical analysis
• Simulation
• Analytic models
• Queuing theory
• Benchmarks
• Performance evaluation problems
Course Structure

• Prerequisites
– Analysis of Computations and Systems (CS504,
recommended)
– Analysis of Probabilistic Signals and Systems
(EE502, recommended)
– Interest in performance evaluation
– No networking experience required
• Grading
– Exams (50%)
– Projects (50%)
Exams

• 2 exams
• 50% of grade
• Non-cumulative
• Closed-note
• Closed-paper
• Closed-friend
• One-page “crib-sheet” (handwritten)
Projects

• About 4 projects
• Individual
• Apply concepts taught in class
• Performance evaluation related
– Provide insight not obvious before project
– Most are real problems
Slides

• On the Web
• PPT and PDF
• Caution! Don’t rely upon the slides alone!
Use them as supplementary material
– (come to class)
• See timeline, too
Why This Class?
• WPI CS requirements
– (Course in Systems core area)
• Performance is the bottom line
– Yes, the first line is just getting it to work,
but that is intro CS
– Better at school/job, if you do your own
perf eval or read about others
• You cannot do experiments without
performance evaluation
– Experiments are science!
• Fun!

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