Transcript Course Organization, Introduction

90-702
Communications,
Organizations &
Technology
Course Organization
Syllabus
Prithvi N. Rao
H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and
Management
Carnegie Mellon University
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Agenda
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Instructor Information
Cheating Policy
Objectives
Syllabus
Textbooks
Course Overview
Instructor
 Prithvi N. Rao
 2105 Hamburg Hall
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[email protected]
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Electronic Mail
Telephone:
(412) 921-5434 (h)
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Office Hours
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Discuss in class
 Send email to set up meetings at other
times
 Course web page to be announced
(notes, other related documents, links)
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Cheating
 CMU Student Handbook Describes Campus Cheating
Policy
 Instructors must specify cheating policy for each course.
In this Course:
You cheat if you represent
someone else's work as your
own.
 Each document, presentation, code fragment, etc. should
show the name(s) of the author(s) and acknowledge
contributions from others.
 Let's not have to mention the subject again.
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Objectives
 Understand the essential characteristics of Networks
 Understand their relationship on Management
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Infrastructure
Introduce the most common distributed object enabling
Technologies (CORBA, DCOM, RMI)
Present Examples of the use of these technologies
Understand through Essays and Case Studies the use of
networks and distributed software infrastructure in
mainstream industries (Financial, Medical,
Telecommunication, etc.).
Present networking technologies for WAN, Wireless,
Voice etc.
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Course Pattern
 Tuesday evening class lecture
 Additional classes can be held if there is interest
 Homework assignments due
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Tuesday one week after it is assigned unless stated
otherwise.
No Late assignments accepted this includes essays.
Discussion and evaluation of solutions to other problems
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Essays 25% each (1 essay;due date is announced on
handout).
Homework 10% each (3 homework assignments in total)
Midterm exam (20 %) yet to be announced.
Final exam (25%) yet to be announced
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Grading Policy
 A+: > 95
 A:
90 – 95
 A-
85 – 90
 B+: 80 – 85
 B:
75 – 80
 B-:
70 – 75
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Guidelines for Essays
 The essay question must conform to the following:
a) Single spaced
b) Five pages maximum in length, and four pages
minimum
c) Verifiable references must be attached (part of the 5
pages).
d) Must have a “discussion section”. This is where you
must inject your own views on the topic. There should
be very little (if any) opinion stated that is not yours.
e) Discussion section must be one page.
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Guidelines for Essays
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Clearly state the objective of the essay
- what topic are you selecting and why?
- what will the reader gain from reading this paper?
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Present the background for the topic
- why is this topic important?
- what is the main issue you are addressing in this topic?
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Present evidence
- give references for your sources
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Discussion
- present your own thoughts and support your ideas with
evidence from what you have read.
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Syllabus
 Week 1
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Course Organization, Introduction
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Evolution of PC-LANS and Networks and
Network Data
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Classification and Standards
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Network Components Cabling and Design
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Network Topology and Internetworking
 Week 6
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CORBA
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Syllabus
 Week 7
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Guest Lecture 1
 Week 8
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CORBA
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Internetworking Networks and Management
Tools
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DCOM
 Week 11
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Guest Lecture 2
 Week 12
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Remote Method Invocation
 Week 13
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Course Summary
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Textbook
 Textbook
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Business Data Communications (Third Edition)
William Stallings and Richard van Slyke
ISBN 0 – 13 – 594581 - x
No book for CORBA/DCOM and RMI.
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