Course Description

This course will focus on stuying distributed object-oriented middleware (DOOM) technology. We will closely examine DOOM such as CORBA, DCOM and JavaBeans. Students will compare and analyze the techniques involved and develop distributed applications using them. Students will be asked make class presentations on the survey and in-depth study on DOOM. For a term project, students will develop a CORBA ORB (Object Request Broker).

Lecture Hours: 2:45 ~ 4:00 pm, Tue. & Thu., ±³¾çÇе¿ 201È£ (¸ÖƼ¹Ìµð¾î °­ÀǽÇ)

Instructor: Prof. J. Won-Ki Hong (jwkhong@postech.ac.kr)
Office: PIRL 434
Phone: 279-2244

Pre-requisites:

A course on computer networks or distributed systems is required. If a student has not taken either course but wishes to take the course, the student still may be admitted under the discretion of the instructor.

Required Texts:

There is no required textbook for this course.

Strongly Recommended References:

• T. J. Mowbray and R. Zahavi, The Essential CORBA, Wiley and OMG, ISBN 0-471-10611-9, 1995.
• Robert Orfali, Dan Harkey and Jeri Edwards, The Essential Distributed Objects Survival Guide, Wiley, ISBN 0-471-12993-3, 1996.
• Jon Siegel, CORBA Fundamentals and Programming, Wiley, ISBN 0-471-12148-7, 1996.
• Dan Harkey and Robert Orfali, Client/Server Proramming With Java and CORBA Wiley, ISBN 0-471-16351-1, 1997.
• A. Vogel and K. Duddy, Java Programming with CORBA, Wiley, ISBN 0-471-17986-8, 1997.
• Java Developer's Journal

Recommended References:

• David Chappell, Understanding ActiveX and OLE. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1996, ISBN 1-572-31216-5.
• Guy Eddon and Henry Eddon, Inside Distributed COM. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1998, ISBN 1-57231-849-x.
• Richard T. Grimes, Professional DCOM Programming. Chicago, IL: Wrox Press, Inc., 1997, ISBN 1-861-00060-X.
• Richard T. Grimes, Alex Stockton, George Reilly and Julia Templeman, Beginning ATL COM Programming. Birmingham, UK: WROX Press Ltd., 1998, ISBN 1-861-00011-1.
• Frank E. Redmond III, DCOM: Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model. Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, 1997, ISBN 0-764-58044-2.
• Roger Sessions, COM and DCOM: Microsoft's Vision for Distributed Objects. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1997, ISBN 0-471-19381-X.
• John Bloomer, Power Programming with RPC, O'Reilly & Associates, ISBN 0-937175-77-3, 1992.

Course Evaluation:

• Term Project: 60%
  
• Presentations: 20%
  
• Assignments: 15%
  
• Class Participation: 5%
  

Term Project:

There will be a single major group term project (worth 60% of the final mark). It will involve developing a CORBA ORB (Object Request Broker). This is a non-trivial project and require an enthusiastic team effort. We will take a solid software engineering approach for this project. It will involve generating a number of documents (including requirements, design, implementation, system and testing), oral presentations and demos. More detailed description and the schedule on the project will be available during the course.

Assignments:

There will be several small assignments (worth 15% of the final mark).
• Assignment 1
• Assignment 2
• Assignment 3
• Assignment 4

Late assignments may be handed in, but there will be a penalty of 20% of the mark for assignments turned in less than one day late, and an additional penalty of 10% for each day thereafter.

Cheating Policy:

Cheating will not be tolerated in this course. Students are encouraged discuss things related to courses and assignments but the materials handed in for individual assignments must be his/her own. The maximum penalty for each offense is -100% for the assignment in question.

Class Participation:

Students are strongly encouraged to attend all lectures and to participate in discussions during lectures. Up to 5% of the final mark will be given for good class participation.

Computer Accounts:

You should all have a HEMOS account. If you do not have one yet, you should get one right away since it will be used extensively for accessing course-related materials and submitting assignments.

Reading the News:

The newsgroup postech.class.cs720 has been set aside for course use. You can read and post news using Netscape or Internet Explorer. If you wish to post or read articles, click (postech.class.cs720) In this newsgroup you will find changes to the lecture schedule, clarifications to the assignments, etc. It is your responsibility to read this newsgroup on a regular basis.

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