CSCI 8710
Fall 2008
Course project
Students will work individually.
Each student will work on a different project and will present his or her project
description and results to the class on the day scheduled for the final exam.
(Tuesday, December 11th, 3:30 - 6:30 pm)
Students will propose a project that builds on work that we have done in class.
For example, students might:
- Given a collection of access logs for the CS department web server,
perform a workload characterization of the requested files (Build a
workload model -- determine the number of clusters and characterize
those clusters.) Then, given a second set of access logs from the
same server, evaluate your model.
- Given a collection of access logs for the CS department web server,
"sessionize" the logs and build a user model. Try to cluster the users
into groups and characterize the clusters.
- Design a visualization of WWW log data, apply it to a set of access logs,
and interpret the results.
- Perform a performance evaluation of a system to which you have access.
Propose a modification that would improve performance and estimate the
benefits.
- Apply Markov modeling to a system of interest.
- Design and implement a tool that allows users to design and run experiments
involving queueing networks.
- Design and implement a tool that allows users to design, parameterize and
solve Markov Models.
To propose your project, prepare a 1-page summary of your plan and submit it to
Dr. Kraemer for approval by Tuesday, November 4th. The content of the project
summary will differ with the nature of the project, but is likely to include
- What input date will you use?
- What types of analysis will you perform?
- How will you evaluate your results?
- What will your final report contain?
Each student will turn in a written report describing the performance problem being
studied, the model built, the data collection procedures used, the various numerical
results, and conclusions obtained.
A Web page will be developed for each project and students are expected to
"publish" their projects in html.