National University of Singapore

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

CS5224 CLOUD COMPUTING

Schedule (AY2014/15 – Semester 2)

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Date

Lecture: Tue 6.30-8.30pm, LT15

Others

1

13 Jan

L00: Overview

Part A: Principles of Cloud Computing

L01: Introduction

2

20 Jan

L02: Fundamental Concepts & Models

3

27 Jan

L02: Fundamental Concepts & Models

4

3 Feb

Part B: Technologies & Applications

L03: Technologies behind Cloud Computing

SoC Datacenter

5

10 Feb

L08: IBM Cloud Services

Hands-on: HelloWorld.js, package.json, manifest.yml, EdStats-Country, plotdata.R

Assignment 1 (individual) (20%) due on Mar 1, data files: Oakland_crime_data_2012.csv, Oakland_crime_data_2013.csv

Assignment 1 - comments

6

17 Feb

L04: Cloud Architectures

Quiz (20%): closed book

Assignment 2 (group) (30%)

·       list of business cases

·       comments on preliminary reports

·       comments on draft reports

Recess Week: 21 Feb – 1 Mar, IBM Client Center Visit, 0920am, 6 Mar

7

3 Mar

L05: Applications and Paradigms

Quiz (Supplementary), 7 Mar

8

10 Mar

L06: Cloud Infrastructure

e-learning

9

17 Mar

L09a: K-means Clustering using Elastic MapReduce

L07: Amazon Web Services

L09a Programs

L07 Programs – HelloWorld, WordCount

10

24 Mar

IBM Guest Lecture

Speaker: Mr Prashant Jain, IBM Global Cloud Solutioning Leader

Title: Cloud Computing: An Industry Perspective

List of Topics Covered

11

31 Mar

L09b: Building a Video-Sharing SaaS Cloud Application

12

7 Apr

Part C: Cloud Management

L10: Cost Metrics, Pricing Models, Service Metrics and TCO

L11: Summary & Open Issues

Modeling Costs of Datacenter

TCO excel sheet

13

14 Apr

Test (30%): closed book

Check CA Marks (deadline Tue, 5 May, 2015)

Reading Week: 18-24 Apr

Assignment 2: Project Presentations on 20 (Mon) and 21 (Tue), Apr, 6.30pm to 9pm

Venue: Com2, 04-02, Executive Classroom

List of Business Cases with Presentation Dates, Peer Evaluation Forms: 20 Apr, 21 Apr

Groups 1-5 Peer Evaluation Comments, Groups 6-10 Peer Evaluation Comments

       (updated: 30 April 2015)