Description
Assignment 1 CSCI 5410 (Serverless Data Processing)
Tasks:
This assignment has two parts. Part A has a reading task, and part B has a small programming
tasks:
Part A.Read the following paper and write a summary (visit IEEE from libraries.dal.ca)
P. Vahidinia, B. Farahani and F. S. Aliee, “Mitigating Cold Start Problem in Serverless Computing:
A Reinforcement Learning Approach,” in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, doi:
10.1109/JIOT.2022.3165127.
URL: https://ieeexplore-ieee-org.ezproxy.library.dal.ca/document/9749611
• It can be approximately 1 page summary and must be written in your own words.
Your in-depth review of the paper is expected.
• There should be inline citations in an acceptable format.
• The summary should include – (a) what the authors have presented in the paper,
(b) if any specific issue is addressed, (c) if any experiments or studies performed,
(d) analysis or findings made by the authors.
Part A – Submission requirement: A pdf file with the summary
Part B.AWS S3 experiment:
Using AWS Academy account, perform the following:
take screenshots at every step and document your work in bullet points or paragraphs:
a. Create an index.html file in your computer and add your profile information as the
content of the page. The file should contain
• Your full name
• Your banner number
• Your email
• A declaration – “This assignment is my own work; I did not take help from
anyone”
b. Explore AWS SDK for Java – and write a Java program using the SDK specification
for creating a S3 bucket.
c. Using Java program or method, upload the index.html file from your computer to
the S3 bucket you created.
d. Once the file is uploaded on S3 bucket, enable hosting, and change the policy of
your S3 bucket for hosting the static webpage that you have uploaded.
e. Create a flowchart or write paragraph on the operations that you have performed.
f. You need to take screenshots for every step and provide numbering/captions for
the screenshots.
g. Submit the Java code as in Gitlab, and in addition, include the code in the PDF
h. Include citations for the manual you read or tools you refer.
Part B – Submission requirement: A pdf file with the (i) a flowchart of operations (ii) a
paragraph on your overall observation of the Java SDK, (iii) screenshots of the S3 buckets
and operations (capture all steps) (iv) copy-paste the program script in the pdf. (In addition,
submit the source in gitlab)
