Cloud Computing.

Catalog description

Cloud computing has become mainstream in the field of information technology, providing highly scalable computing resources for applications with no up-front capital investment and operating costs proportional to the actual use. Students will study the technological underpinnings that enable modern cloud computing, including virtualization technology, datacenter networks, programming models, and middleware systems. This course will provide a survey of current research focused on improving the performance, security, fault-tolerance, and energy efficiency of cloud computing systems. Further, students will utilize these cloud computing technologies as application programmers to construct distributed large-scale data processing systems. Prerequisites: Graduate or blended students in the School of Engineering and Computer Science and ECPE 170 with a "C" or better.