Overview
Schedule
Assignments

Course Schedule


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 -