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| Date | Topic | Suggested Reading |
| Jan 12 | Introduction | - |
| Jan 19 | Performance
Evaluation Methodologies & Metrics-I |
- |
| Jan 31 | Metrics-II & Evaluation Techniques |
Chapter 11, Jain book |
| Feb 2 | Workloads | Chapters 4 & 6, Jain book |
| Feb 7 | LTT Tutorial (by Sushant Rewaskar) |
Analyzing
System Behavior and Performance Using the Linux Trace Toolkit |
| Feb 9 | Measurement Techniques | - |
| Feb 14 | Data Analysis -
I (Summarizing Averages) |
Chapter 12, Jain book |
| Feb 16 | Data Analysis -
II (Confidence Intervals) |
Chapters 13 & 14, Jain book |
| Feb 21 | Data Analysis -
III (Linear Regression) |
Chapters 15, Jain book |
| Feb 23 | Visualization | E.R. Tufte, "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information", Graphics Press, 2002. & Chapters 10, Jain book |
| Feb 28 | Gnuplot Tutorial (by Sushant Rewaskar) & System Modeling |
- |
| Mar 2 | Queuing Basics | - |
| Mar 7 | Single Server Analysis | - |
| Mar 9 | Multi-Server Analysis | - |
| Mar 21 | Network of Servers | - |
| Mar 23 | CPU Scheduling | - |
| Mar 28 | Disk Scheduling | - |
| Mar 30 | Mid-sem Exam | - |
| Apr 4 | Mid-sem and Homework Review | - |
| Apr 6 | Simulation Basics | - |
| Apr 11 | Implementing Simulations | - |
| Apr 13 | Analysis of Simulation Results | - |