CpE 419 SysEng 419 NetworkCentric Systems Architecting and Engineering

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CpE 419 / SysEng 419Network-Centric
SystemsArchitecting and Engineering

• Dr. Cihan Dagli and Dr. Ann Miller
• Course Overview
• 23 August 2005

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Todays Outline

• Introductions
• Course objectives
• Discussion of course format
• Overview of network-centric systems
• Growing importance of network-centric systems
• Challenges and issues in fielding net-centric
  systems

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Introductions
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Course Objectives

• To gain an appreciation of the importance and
  criticality of network-centric systems
• To explore issues in architecting, developing and
  maintaining large-scale network-centric systems
  throughout the life-cycle

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Course Topics (1 of 2)

• Importance of network-centric systems
• Categories of systems
• Architecture modeling concepts
• Networking concepts
• Enterprise architectures
• Engineering and design issues
• Evaluation and test issues

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Course Topics (2 of 2)

• DoDAF
• Security and reliability issues
• Complexity theory

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Course Format

• Lectures by instructors slides posted on
• Website
• Blackboard
• Discussion strongly encouraged
• Guest lectures
• Take-home exam
• Homework assignments
• Final paper

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Course Slides

• This course is co-listed as both SysEng and CpE.
  Thus, there are multiple sections of this course.
• To assure that documents are uploaded to all
  students, you have been included in the
  blackboard section SysEng 419 (LEC 1DIS) even
  if you are officially enrolled in a different
  section.
• Your official enrollment has not changed.

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Course Format

• Homework assignments (4)
• Homework assignments will also be announced in
  class and posted in Blackboard system in advance
• Will be announced in the two classes before due
  date
• Take-home exam (2 parts)

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Course Format

• Final Paper
• Topic and target system will be selected by
  student, with approval of instructors.
• Publication-quality does not mean that the
  paper has been accepted for publication, rather
  that it is of sufficient quality to merit
  publication.
• A substantive literature search (depth and
  relevance) is expected for the paper.

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Course Format

• Technical writing will constitute 10 of the
  final grade.
• Evaluation form and guidelines for the final
  paper will be posted on blackboard at least 4
  weeks in advance of due date.
• The final paper will be due on the last day of
  class, Tuesday, 6 December.

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Contact Information

• Dr. Cihan Dagli
• (tel) 573.341.4374
• (fax) 573.341.7238
• (e-mail) dagli_at_umr.edu
• Dr. Ann Miller
• (tel) 573.341.6339
• (fax) 573.341.4532
• (e-mail) milleran_at_umr.edu

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Questions?