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CS 425 / CSE 424 / ECE 428 [Fall 2009]

 

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Latest Announcements and News:

  •  [12/19] Final Exam Viewing and Regrading: January 14, 9-10am, January 27, 9-10am, January 28, 9-10am (if you can’t come during these times, email me for meeting scheduling). The absolute deadline for any re-grading of final exams is January 30, 2010.
  • [12/19] Final Grades: are posted in compass! You should be able to see your letter grade (that was also entered in the banner system) and the statistics of the class in compass. Please, keep in mind that the undergraduate students were graded separately from graduate students as advertised in the class at the beginning of the semester. For more information see cs425 newsgroup.
  • [12/18] MP3 histogram is posted.
  • [12/16] Return Phones: Please, don’t forget to return the G-Phones to Paula Welch in 1330 SC by December 18. She is in the office between 9-4pm. I cannot give you final grade in the class if you don’t return the phones.
  • [12/16] Final Grades: Final Grades will be posted in Compass and in Banner by 5:00 pm, Monday, December 21, 2009.
  • [12/10] Qualcomm is looking for summer interns and for permanent employees who know how to work with Android/Google phones. If you are interested in internships or permanent employment, please, email to Dr. Dave Craig (dwcraig@qualcomm.com).
  • [12/9] Winners of Qualcomm-sponsored Kindles are Hee Dong Jung, Hyun Duk Kim, Chia-Chia Lin (Group 3). The application they developed was called G-Clicker. The second place went to Wee Hong Yeo, Yun Wei Chang, Samuel Laurence (Group 9) for their application “Indoor Localization for Virtual Tours in Siebel Center”. Third place was awarded to Craig McIntyre, Ohm V. Patel, Michael D. Ford (Group 5) for their “Quiz” application. Congratulation to all winners!!!!! However, I want to stress that it was a very difficult decision to come up with the final three since all five final applications and presentations were very impressive.
  • [12/8] HW4 histogram is posted.
  • [12/7] Qualcomm competition schedule is out. It is held between 2-5pm in room 216 SC.  

                         Group 5                2-2:30pm (Quiz application)

                         Group 13              2:30-3pm (Distributed SVN/Notification System)

                         Group 3                3-3:30pm (G-Clicker)

                         Group 4                3:30-4pm (Calendar)

                         Group 9                4-4:30pm  (Indoor Localization)

            Congratulations to the selected teams.

  • [12/3] Return Phones: phones need to be returned December 14-18 (final exam week),  9-4pm in room 1330 SC  to Paula Welch/Rick van Hook
  • [12/3] MP3 Report due on Wednesday, December 9th ,
  • [12/3] MP3 Demonstration – MP3 pre-competition on Monday, December 7, 216 SC (see online sign up sheet on Assignment website), MP3 final project competition on Tuesday, December 8, 2-5pm in 216
  • [12/3] Final Exam: Wednesday, December 16, 7-10 pm. Location: 1105 SC for students with last name A-L, 1214 SC for students with last name M-Z. Exam Coverage: Comprehensive
  • [12/2] HW4 solution is out
  • [12/1] Please include version number in your protocol for better protocol maintenance. Server should check version info for every message from clients.
  • [12/1] Submit MP3 (apk, tar/zip of source code, ppt, report) by filling out all the needed information at link. Send only your project link in Agora to TA by Dec. 9th.
  • [11/17] MP2 (required part) histogram is posted
  • [11/14] HW3 solution is out
  • [11/10] HW4 and MP3 are posted. HW4 is Due December 1, 2009 (Tuesday) at the beginning of class. MP3 demonstrations will (a) pre-competition on December 7 (Monday) and (b) finalists competition on December 8 (Tuesday). MP3 documentation submission is due by 11:59pm, December 9th.
  • [11/6] MP2 report due on Monday, Nov. 9th.
  • [11/6] [MP2] 10% penalty for demoing on emulators.
  • [11/2] Grading Criteria for MP2 is finalized.
  • [10/28] Some links are hidden in MP2 pdf file. Please refer to doc file.
  • [10/15] Midterm Solutions posted.
  • [10/15] Instructor office hours on October 21 and 22 are cancelled.
  • [10/15] HW1+H2+MP1+Midterm histogram is posted.
  • [10/15] Midterm Exam histogram is posted.
  • [10/15] Homework 3 is out. Deadline for HW3 is Thursday, October 29, 2pm in class.
  • [10/12] MP3 proposal document is out. It includes the proposal template and also possible projects. Deadline: October 25, email to TA.
  • [10/08] HW2 solution is out
  • [10/06] Extended Office Hours for Midterm: Monday 10/12, 3-4pm in 3104 SC.
  • [10/06] Instructions to lease/return a phone for MP2 and MP3 (see assignments website or class notes from 10/06)
  • [10/05] Signup time to discuss MP3 proposal with either Klara or Ying during Oct. 26 and Oct. 28
  • [10/05] Deadline for each group MP3 proposal is October 25 by email to TA
  • [10/05] MP1 sample code for the required part is out. Refer to it when you have any questions about MP1.
  • [10/05] MP2 is out. Tentative point assignment is also available. Deadline for MP2 is your demo time, Friday, Nov. 6 @ Lab 0216SC. Signup a slot.
  • [10/01] HW2 is due Tuesday, October 6, at 2pm in class (to remove any misunderstanding)
  • [9/29] MP1 grading criterion is posted.
  • [9/24] Extended TA office @ 0216SC hour tonight 7pm-11pm. TA office hour is cancelled next week.
  • [9/22] MP1 report and code submission due on Monday, Sept. 28
  • [9/22] HW1 point assignment and histogram is posted.
  • [9/21] HW1 solution is out.
  • [9/14] Check MP1 tutorial on course website.
  • [9/09] MP1 Tutorial is going to be on September 14, Monday at 7pm in room 3401 SC.
  • [9/09] Work in group using SVN. See SVN info in assignments section.
  • [9/08] MP1 is out. Deadline for MP1 is your demo time, Friday, September 25 @ Lab 0216SC. Signup a slot.
  • [9/03] Homework 1 is out. Deadline for HW1 is Thursday, September 17, 2pm in class.
  • [9/01] Use ta425@cs.uiuc.edu or huang23@illinois.edu to contact TA. If you do not receive TA’s reply for group info, please resend.
  •  [8/31] MP0 (optional) is posted on assignments section.
  •  [8/31] TA’s office hour has been updated.
  •  [8/25] Please find your group partners by Sep. 1st
  •  [8/20] Website created.

Lectures in 1105 SC. 

Course Information and Schedule: [pdf]  

Student Infosheet (fill and return): [pdf]  

Class Meets:  Tu and Th, 2:00 pm-  3:15pm 1105 SC (Siebel Center)

Office Hours: 

  • [Professor Klara Nahrstedt] We (9:00 am – 10:00 am) and Th (9:00 am – 10:00 am), 3104 Siebel Center
  • [TA – Ying Huang] Mo (2:00 pm – 3:00 pm) and Th (3:15 pm – 4:15 pm), 0207 Siebel Center

Textbook:

[Recommended purchase]  Coulouris, G., Dollimore, J., and Kindberg, T., Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, Addison-Wesley, Fourth Edition, 2005, ISBN: 0201619180. Please note: The third edition ought to suffice for most of our material, but we will refer to chapter, section, and problem numbers ONLY in the Fourth Edition. Correct interpretation/translation of these numbers in the 3rd edition is solely the students' responsibility (no excuses).