Indian Institute Of Technology, Madras

Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering

CS621:Performance Evaluation Of Computer Systems And Networks

Odd Semester (Aug.-Nov.) 2007, G Slot (W: 3pm, Th: 11am, Fr: 10am), CS 24
Dr. Krishna Sivalingam,
TAs: Rohith D Vallam, Bimal Viswanath
For appt. at other times, pl. send email to krishna@csee.umbc.edu


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Brief Description:

The objective of this course to understand the fundamental concepts of computer system performance evaluation. This will include introduction to mathematical modeling techniques, discrete event simulation modeling, experiment design, workload characterization, measurement of performance metrics, and presentation of results.

Pre-requisites: Undergraduate Operating Systems course, Undergraduate Computer Networks course, Basics of Probability and Statistics.

Reference Textbook: RJ Raj Jain- The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis: Techniques for Experimental Design, Measurement, Simulation, and Modeling, Wiley-Interscience, 1991


  1. Syllabus and Course Schedule are available in the class layout
  2. Assignment 1
  3. Assignment 2
  4. Tutorial Schedule
  5. Quiz-1 Syllabus
  6. Tutorial-2
  7. Assignment 3
  8. Simulator
  9. Assignment 4
  10. Student Research Paper Presentation
  11. Quiz-2 Syllabus
  12. Giving Effective Presentations
  13. Component Weights
  14. Assignment-5 (Optional)
  15. Tutorial-7
  16. Final Exam on 30th November. Time: 1-4pm. Venue: CS24
  17. Final Exam Syllabus