Course Plan

CS 491
Cloud

Mr.Md Mustaq Ahmed

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Cloud Computing
Ist Semester 2015 -16

I. Course Identification
Instructor

Credit

Mr.Md Mustaq Ahmed

3
262

Group

Level

Hours

Mon 8-10 AM
Tues 4-5 PM

II. Course Description

Curriculum Description
Fundamentals of cloud, Overview of cloud Applications, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud
Solutions, Cloud Offerings, Cloud Management, Virtualization Concepts, Virtualization management, Cloud
Security Requirements, Cloud Security Issues & Managements, Market based Management of Clouds &
Case studies.

Expectations and Goals

The primary learning outcomes of this course are five-fold. Students will be able to
1) Explain the core concepts of the cloud computing paradigm: how and why this
paradigm shift came about, the characteristics, advantages and challenges brought
about by the models, environments, requirements, infrastructure and services in cloud
computing.
2) Understand the cloud applications like ECG Analysis in the cloud, Protein structure
prediction ,Gene Expression Data Analysis, Satellite Image Processing, CRM and
ERP ,Social networking.
3) Apply Virtualization Concepts, Cloud management, Concepts of Map reduce, Cloud
governance High availability and Disaster Recovery, Design principles and policies.
4) Discuss Cloud Reference Model, Cloud solutions,
5) Analyze cloud with models, Cloud security issues like Security Architecture and
Management, Market based management of Clouds, Cloud Offerings
6) Illustrate case studies about Hadoop, Amazon, Aneka

Prerequisites
CS422, CS335

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III. Course Tentative Schedule

Week

Topic

Learning Objectives

Week 1

Introduction-I

Historical development,
Vision of Cloud Computing
Characteristics of cloud computing as per NIST
Cloud computing reference model

Week 2

Introduction-II

Cloud computing environments

Cloud services requirements
Cloud and dynamic infrastructure
Cloud Adoption and rudiments

Week 3

Overview of cloud Applications

ECG Analysis in the cloud

Protein structure prediction
Gene Expression Data Analysis
Satellite Image Processing
CRM and ERP, Social networking

Week 4

Cloud Computing Architecture

Cloud Interoperability & Standards

Scalability and Fault Tolerance

Week 5

Cloud Solutions

Cloud Ecosystem
Cloud Business Process Management
Cloud Service Management

Week 6

Cloud Offerings

Cloud Analytics
Testing Under Control
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Week 7

Test 1

Revision: Week 1-6 & Test

Week 8

Cloud Management-I

Resiliency,
Provisioning
Asset management

Week 9

Cloud Management -II

Cloud Governance
High Availability and Disaster Recovery

Week 10

Virtualization Concepts

Fundamental concepts of compute

storage, networking

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Week

Topic

Learning Objectives
desktop and application virtualization
Virtualization benefits

Week 11

Virtualization management

server virtualization
Block and file level storage virtualization
Hypervisor management software
Infrastructure Requirements

Week 12

Test 2

Revision: Week 7-11 & Test

Week 13

Cloud Security Requirements

Cloud Information security fundamentals

Cloud security services
Design principles
Secure Cloud Software Requirements

Week 14

Cloud Security Managements

Cloud Computing Security Challenges

Virtualization security Management
Cloud Computing Security Architecture

Week 15

Market based Management of

Clouds & Case studies

Market Based Management of Clouds

Federated Clouds/Inter Cloud
Characterization & Definition
Hadoop, Amazon, Aneka

IV. Learning Resources

Required Text
Buyya, Selvi , Mastering Cloud Computing ,TMH Publications

Reference Materials

Buyya, Selvi , Mastering Cloud Computing ,TMH Publications

Kumar Saurabh, Cloud Computing , Wiley Publications
Krutz , Vines, Cloud Security , Wiley Publications
Velte, Cloud Computing- A Practical Approach ,TMH Publications
Sosinsky, Cloud Computing , Wiley Publications

Websites for Reference

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 http://www.cisco.com/web/solutions/trends/cloud/index.html
http://www.slideshare.net/dattudharanikota/cloud-computing-ppt

14857120
www.umiacs.umd.edu/~jimmylin/cloud-2008-Fall/Session1.ppt
www.cse.unr.edu/~mgunes/cpe401/cpe401sp12/lect15_cloud.ppt
www.cse.buffalo.edu/~bina/CloudComputingJun28.ppt
www.tutorialspoint.com/cloud_computing/cloud_computing_archite

ctur...
www.
resources.sei.cmu.edu/asset_files/.../2010_017_001_23337.pdf

List of Experiments
Working of Google Drive to make spreadsheet and notes.
Installation and Configuration of Justcloud.

V. Grading Policies
Type

Sub Types

Number

Mark
Distribution (%)

Test 1

20

Test 1

20

Internal Assessments

Final Test

Total

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10
Quiz

Assignment

Oral

Class Activity

2
1

50

100

VI. Promotion Policy

Attendance
Students must have a minimum of 75 % of attendance, failing which
may result in debarring from the course
Academic
Students must have a minimum of 60% mark, to pass the course.

Signature of the
Staff

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