National University of Singapore

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
CS5239 Computer System Performance Analysis
Schedule (AY2021/22 - Semester 1) - Aug 2021

week	date	online lecture on Mon, 6.30-8.30pm	others
1	9 Aug	public holiday - National Day	* denotes 3-hour lecture to makeup    for public holiday
Capacity Planning
2*	16 Aug	L00: Overview L01: Introduction
Queueing Theory and Operational Analysis
3*	23 Aug	L02: Capacity Planning L03: Review of Probabilities & Statistics	Homework 1: Capacity Planning [solution]
4	30 Aug	L04: Introduction to Queuing Theory	Homework 2: Probabilities & Statistics [solution]
5	6 Sep	L05: Operational Analysis	Assessment: Luminus Quiz (10%) on 11 Sep, Sat, 2-5pm; covers L01-L04 [comments] Homework 3: Operational Analysis [solution]
6	13 Sep	L05: Operational Analysis	Homework 4: Queueing Theory [solution]
Sep 18-26: recess  [consultation:  2pm on 18 Sep and 20 Sep]
7	27 Sep	L06: Markovian Queuing Models I	Mid-term Test (30%) [instructions] [comments]  [sample 2018 test]
8	4 Oct	L07: Markovian Queuing Models II - Examples	Assignment due on 12 Nov (20%) [comments]
Measurement
9	11 Oct	L08: Analysis of Queuing Networks	Open Book Test (sample  questions)
10	18 Oct	L09: Performance Metrics	Homework 5: Performance Metrics [solution]
11	25 Oct	L10: Workload - Selection, Characterization & Forecasting	Homework 6: Workload & Representation of Measurement Data [solution] Consultation Session 1 (for test), 2pm, 30 Oct (Sat)
12	1 Nov	L11: Instrumentation & Representation of Measurement Data	L12: Principles of Scalable Performance (not covered, read if you are interested) Consultation Session 2 (for test), 2pm, 6 Nov  (Sat)
13	8 Nov	Conclusion Open Book Test (40%) [instructions] [comments]	Table of Contents of topics covered
Nov 13-19: reading week

updated: 25 Oct 2021