Due: Tuesday, November 4
Our discussion of distributed systems reviews many applications concerning distributed computing in general and about the World Wide Web in particular. For the third writing assignment, you are to select one issue, concept, theme, or application related to the class discussions or the reading on this material. Then with this topic, you should find a few articles or books (at least 3) in the library together with some (at least 2) reputable articles from the World Wide Web that expand upon some aspect of the subject. With this background, you are to write a 2-3 page paper discussing your topic.
In this paper, you will need to define your topic clearly and explain how it relates to the subject of computing in general or to distributing computing in particular. (In other words, you must focus your paper clearly, and you must put your topic in context.) Your paper should also discuss your topic in some depth (within the constraints of a 2-3 page paper).
As with all papers, you must cite other people's ideas in footnotes, and you must include a bibliography (including all references mentioned above).
You must use word processing software to prepare your paper, you must turn in 3 copies of your paper, and your paper must be printed on a laser-quality printer.
Discussion Presentation: Since each person in the tutorial will be considering a different topic, the class on November 4 will be devoted to brief (about 5 minute) presentations by each student concerning the material that he or she studied.
For this presentation, you will want to clearly identify your topic and highlight some of your main findings. As with the writing of a paper, you should state the topic, place the topic in context, and identify the organization of your remarks early in your talk.
http://www.math.grin.edu/~walker/courses/tutorial/writing/paper3.html