Dilum Bandara

• COMP6452 Software Architecture for Blockchain Applications
• CS2052 Computer Architecture
• CS4262 Distributed Systems
• CS4342 Advanced Computer Architecture
• CS4482 High Performance Networking
• CS4492 Wireless and Broadband Networking
• CS4532 Concurrent Programming
• Other Courses

COMP6452 Software Architecture for Blockchain Applications

• Course Outline
• Slides
  1. Welcome
  2. Introduction
  3. Blockchain Platforms
  4. Smart Contracts and Oracles
  5. Software Architecture Basics
  6. Blockchain in Software Architecture
  7. Decentralised Application Design Process
  8. Blockchain Taxonomy
  9. Design Patterns for Blockchain Applications
  10. Characteristics & Limitations: Functionality, Performance, & Reliability
  11. Characteristics & Limitations: Security, Privacy, & Data Quality
  12. Smart Contract Testing
  13. Interoperability
  14. Cost
• Labs
  1. Introduction to Smart Contract Development
  2. Programmatically Issuing Transactions
  3. Real-World Interactions with Events and Oracles
  4. Interaction Between Solidity Contracts

CS2052 Computer Architecture

• Course Outline
• Slides
  1. Computer Architecture – An Introduction
  2. ALU Design – Digital Logic
  3. ALU Design – Combinational Circuits
  4. Register Design – Sequential Logic Circuits
  5. Programming Microprocessor – Instruction Set Architecture
  6. Instruction Set Architecture – II
  7. Data Representation
  8. Busses
  9. Memory Organization
  10. Input & Output
  11. CPU Performance Enhancements
• Labs
  1. Lab 1 – Introduction to Development Environment (BASYS2 schematics), (BASYS3 VHDL)
  2. Lab 2 – Behavioural Simulation (BASYS2 schematics), (BASYS3 VHDL)
  3. Lab 3 – Ripple Carry Adder (BASYS2 schematics), (BASYS3 VHDL)
  4. Lab 4 – Combinational Circuits (BASYS2 schematics), (BASYS3 VHDL)
  5. Lab 5 – Counter with External Input (BASYS2 schematics), (BASYS3 VHDL)
  6. Lab 6 – Arithmetic Unit (BASYS2 schematics), (BASYS3 VHDL)
  7. Lab 7 – 7-Segment Display (BASYS2 schematics), (BASYS3 VHDL)
  8. Lab 8 – Assembly Programming
  9. Lab 8 (optional) – Tally Unit (BASYS2 schematics)
  10. Lab 9-10 – Nanoprocessor Design Competition (BASYS2 schematics), (BASYS3 VHDL)
• Exam Papers
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • Jan 2017
  • Dec 2017
  • 2018

CS4262 Distributed Systems

• Course outline
• Slides
  • Distributed Systems – An Introduction
  • Topologies of Distributed Systems
  • Communication in Distributed Systems
  • CAP Theorem and Split Brain Syndrome
  • Message and Stream Oriented Communication
  • Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
  • Physical and Logical Clocks
  • Transactions and Concurrency Control
  • Cloud Computing
• Labs
  • Web Application Design Homework
  • Group Project – Content Searching in a Distributed Overlay Network
• Exam Papers
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • Mar 2017
  • Dec 2017
  • 2018

CS4342 Advanced Computer Architecture

• Course Outline
• Slides
  • Computer Architecture – An Introduction
  • Pipelining – An Introduction
  • Instruction Level Parallelism – Compiler Techniques
  • Instruction Level Parallelism – Hardware Techniques
  • Data-Level Parallelism
  • Memory Hierarchy
  • Thread-Level Parallelism
  • Warehouse-Scale Computers
• Labs
  • Lab 1 – MIPS pipeline
  • Lab 2 – Branch prediction
  • Lab 3 – SIMD instructions
  • Lab 4 – Cache performance
• Exam Papers
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2017
  • 2018

CS4482 High Performance Networking

• Course Outline
• Slides
  • Internet Architecture and Design Philosophy
  • Content-Centric Networking
  • Peer-to-Peer Networking
  • Content Delivery Networks
  • TCP
  • Protocols for Fast Delivery of Large Data Volumes
• Exam Papers
  • 2013

CS4492 Wireless and Broadband Networking

• Course Outline
• Slides
  • Introduction to Wireless Communication
  • Wireless Personal Area Networks
  • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Wireless Local Area Networks
  • Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
  • Internet of Things
  • Mobile IP
  • Wired Broadband Communication
  • Mobile Services
• Labs
  • Homework 1
  • Homework 2
  • Project
• Exam Papers
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017

CS4532 Concurrent Programming

• Course Outline
• Slides
  • Introduction to Concurrent Programming
  • How Much Parallelism?
  • Shared Memory Programming with Pthreads and OpenMP
  • Mutual Exclusion
  • Interprocess Communication
  • Writing Concurrent Programs Using Basic Constructs
  • Concurrent Programming Patterns
  • Solution Patterns for Parallel Programming
  • Deadlocks
  • Mutual Exclusion in Distributed Memory Systems
  • Introduction to Accelerators
  • Distributed Memory Programming with MPI
• Labs
  • Lab 1
  • Lab 2
  • Lab 3
• Exam Papers
  • Feb 2014
  • Sep 2014
  • Mar 2015
  • Sep/Oct 2015
  • Feb/Mar 2016
  • Oct 2016
  • Mar 2017
  • June/July 2017
  • Feb 2018
  • Dec 2018

Other Courses

• Other types of networks: Bluetooth, Zigbee, & NFC
• Formulating a Research Problem