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90-702

Communications, Organizations &

Technology

Course OrganizationSyllabus

Prithvi N. RaoH. John Heinz III School of Public Policy

and ManagementCarnegie Mellon University

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Agenda

Instructor Information

Cheating Policy Objectives Syllabus Textbooks Course Overview

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Instructor

Prithvi N. Rao 2105 Hamburg Hall

• Electronic Mail prithvi+@cs.cmu.edu

• Telephone: (412) 921-5434 (h)

• Office Hours• 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 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

• 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• 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

Clearly state the objective of the essay - what topic are you selecting and why? - what will the reader gain from reading this paper?

Present the background for the topic - why is this topic important? - what is the main issue you are addressing in this topic?

Present evidence- give references for your sources

Discussion- present your own thoughts and support your ideas with evidence from what you have read.

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Syllabus

Week 1• Course Organization, Introduction

Week 2• Evolution of PC-LANS and Networks

and Network Data Week 3

• Classification and Standards Week 4

• Network Components Cabling and Design

Week 5• Network Topology and

Internetworking Week 6

• CORBA

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Syllabus

Week 7• Guest Lecture 1

Week 8• CORBA

Week 9• Internetworking Networks and

Management Tools Week 10

• DCOM Week 11

• Guest Lecture 2 Week 12

• Remote Method Invocation Week 13

• Course Summary

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Textbook

Textbook• Business Data Communications (Third

Edition)• William Stallings and Richard van Slyke• ISBN 0 – 13 – 594581 - x

No book for CORBA/DCOM and RMI.