CS600 Assignment #5

This assignment is to be done individually and is worth a total of 12% of
the final mark.

1. Select one of the following hot topics in distributed systems and do 
   a survey on it.
	1. Web 2.0
	2. Semantics Web
	3. Peer-to-Peer Algorithms and Systems
	4. X Internet
	5. Grid Computing
	6. Autonomic Computing
	7. Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi)
	8. Web Services
	9. Large-Scale Sensor Networks 
	10. Distributed Databases
	11. Distributed File Systems
	12. Location-based Services
	13. etc.

2. Prepare around 20 page Powerpoint presentation and present in class
   on the selected topic for about 30 minutes.

3. The presentation should include:
   - movitation, technologies, their applications, products if any, 
	and real-world cases if any.

Due date: in class, Nov. 22, 2006.