Research Methodologies – Fall 2020

Course No: 0907703
Course Name: Research Methodologies

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/326276797534035/

Microsoft Team: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a8eb56829de6d4c71924eccf311533f58%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=1e79db48-48eb-4b82-8251-a51ff4b92efa&tenantId=05405dba-373c-4e20-a30e-3e6fcf507cfe

Textbooks:

  • Wayne Booth, George Colomb, Joseph Williams, Joseph Bizup, and William FitzGerald, The Craft of Research, 4th Edition, The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
  • Raj Jain, The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis, Wiley, 1991.

Handouts and Slides:

  • Course Syllabus (pdf)
  • Course Introduction (pptx)
  • Part I: Research, Researchers, and Readers (pdf)
  • Part II: Asking Questions, Finding Answers (pdf)
  • Part III: Making an Argument (pdf)
  • Part IV: Writing Your Argument (pdf)
  • Part V: The Ethics of Research (pdf)
  • Information about the project (pdf)
  • Chapter 1: Contents of the performance evaluation part (ppt)
  • Chapter 2: Common Mistakes (pdf)
  • Chapter 3: Selection of Techniques and Metrics (pdf)
  • Chapter 4: Types of Workloads (pdf)
  • Chapter 5: Workload Selection (pdf)
  • Chapter 6: Workload Characterization Techniques (pdf)
  • Chapter 7: Monitors (pdf)
  • Chapter 10: Data Presentation (pdf)
  • Chapter 11: Ratio Games (pdf)
  • Chapter 12: Summarizing Measured Data (pdf)
  • Chapter 13: Comparing Systems (pdf)
  • Chapter 16: Introduction to Experimental Design (pdf)
  • Chapter 17: 2 to power k Factorial Designs (pdf)
  • Chapter 24: Introduction to Simulation (pdf)
  • Chapter 25: Analysis of Simulation Results (pdf)

Videos:

  • Lecture 1: Course Introduction and Chapters 1-3 (YouTube)
  • Lecture 2: Chapters 4 and 5 and Research Proposals (YouTube)
  • Lecture 3: Chapters 5 through 9 (YouTube)
  • Lecture 4: Chapters 10 through 12 (YouTube)
  • Lecture 5: Chapters 13 through 15 (YouTube)
  • Lecture 6: Chapters 15 through 17 and Part V (YouTube)
  • Lecture 7: Common Mistakes, Selection of Techniques and Metrics (YouTube)
  • Lecture 8: Types of Workloads and Workload Selection (YouTube)
  • Lecture 9: Workload Characterization, Monitors, and Data Presentation (YouTube)
  • Lecture 10: Project announcement, Ratio Games and Summarizing Measured Data (YouTube)
  • Lecture 11: Summarizing Measured Data, Comparing Systems and Experiment Design (YouTube)
  • Lecture 12: Introduction to Simulation and Analyzing Simulation Results (YouTube)
  • Lecture 13: Project Presentations (YouTube)

Solutions:

  • Midterm and final exams ( TBA )

Grades and Attendance:

  • Grades sheet (pdf)

Last update on 3/1/2021