NDLI: Simplifying Hands-On Teaching of Distributed Algorithms with SPLAY

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Riviere, E.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Teaching distributed algorithms using a learning-by-doing approach is usually associated with a slow and cumbersome learning process for students. In order to test and evaluate even simple protocols, students need to learn how to set up and operate a test bed, and to write scripts for deploying, running their program and finally retrieving some logs for parsing and observation of the results. Moreover, the amount of code required in languages such as C# or Java for implementing even a simple protocol is often one order of magnitude more than the length of the protocol pseudo-code description as discussed in class or in research papers. Nevertheless, teaching distributed algorithms and protocols using real deployed code on real conditions is highly desirable and can not always be replaced by the use of simulators. We present in this paper our experience of using SPLAY, a distributed systems evaluation framework that greatly simplifies the work of both instructors and students for hands-on learning of distributed systems. SPLAY simplifies the writing, deployment and observation of distributed algorithms and the management of test environments, narrowing the complexity gap between pseudo-code descriptions and executable implementations. In addition, SPLAY's features and the focus kept on the algorithms and their evaluation, allow students to evaluate their protocols in a variety of conditions, by controlling the experiments and their running conditions, or by allowing running them on multiple test beds at no additional costs and with minimal administration complexity.
Starting Page	1311
Ending Page	1316
File Size	921655
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467309745
DOI	10.1109/IPDPSW.2012.162
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-05-21
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Evaluation Protocols Peer to peer computing Education Distributed systems Programming Learning-by-doing Deployment Libraries Complexity theory Distributed algorithms
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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