Description
Objective:
This assignment will help you learn a key concept related to Cloud computing through a
literature study. In addition, by implementing a simple Serverless application, you will get
practical experience of event-driven application building.
Plagiarism Policy:
• This assignment is an individual task. Collaboration of any type amounts to a
violation of the academic integrity policy and will be reported to the AIO.
• Content cannot be copied verbatim from any source(s). Please understand the
concept and write in your own words. In addition, cite the actual source. Failing to
do so will be considered as plagiarism and/or cheating.
• The Dalhousie Academic Integrity policy applies to all material submitted as part of
this course. Please understand the policy, which is available at:
https://www.dal.ca/dept/university_secretariat/academic-integrity.html
Assignment Rubric – based on the discussion board rubric (McKinney, 2018)
Excellent (25%) Proficient (15%) Marginal (5%) Unacceptable (0%) Problem # where
applied
Completeness
including
Citation
All required tasks
are completed
Submission
highlights tasks
completion.
However, missed
some tasks in
between, which
created a
disconnection
Some tasks are
completed, which
are disjoint in
nature.
Incorrect and
irrelevant
Part A
Correctness All parts of the
given tasks are
correct
Most of the given
tasks are correct
However, some
portions need minor
modifications.
Most of the given
tasks are incorrect.
The submission
requires major
modifications.
Incorrect and
unacceptable
Part B
Novelty The submission
contains novel
contribution in key
segments, which is
a clear indication
of application
knowledge.
The submission
lacks novel
contributions. There
are some evidence of
novelty, however, it
is not significant
The submission
does not contain
novel
contributions.
However, there is
an evidence of
some effort.
There is no novelty Part A
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Clarity The written or
graphical
materials, and
developed
applications
provide a clear
picture of the
concept and
highlights the
clarity.
The written or
graphical materials,
and developed
applications do not
show clear picture of
the concept. There is
room for
improvement
The written or
graphical materials,
and developed
applications fail to
prove the clarity.
Background
knowledge is
needed.
Failed to prove the
clarity. Need proper
background
knowledge to perform
the tasks.
Part B
Citation:
McKinney, B. (2018). The impact of program-wide discussion board grading rubrics on students’ and faculty satisfaction. Online
Learning, 22(2), 289-299.
Tasks:
This assignment has 2 parts. Part A is related to coding, and development. Part B is related
to background literature study.
Part A.Build an event-driven serverless application using AWS Lambda.
In this assignment, you need to use S3 bucket, DynamoDb, and Lambda Functions.
**[B00xxxxxx = your B00 number] used in bucket naming
take screenshots at every step and submit as part of the PDF:
a. Create your 1st S3 bucket FirstB00xxxxxx and 2nd S3 bucket SecondB00xxxxxx
using AWS SDK (any programming language)
b. Upload the files given in the Tech folder one at a time with a delay of 200
milliseconds on the 1st bucket. You need to write a script using SDK to upload the
files one at a time to the S3 bucket.
c. If a file is available on the 1st bucket, then it triggers extractFeatures Lambda
function, which is the 1st lambda function.
d. This lambda function extracts the Named entities from the file and creates a
JSON array of named entities* for that file.
e. E.g. 001.txt contains Asia, Soviet, Serbia etc., then the JSON array created by the
function should be “001ne”: {“Asia”:1, “Soviet”:1…..etc.}.
f. This file will be saved as 001ne.txt in a new bucket – TagsB00xxxxxx.
g. Once the file is available on this 2nd bucket, then accessDB Lambda function will
automatically be triggered.
h. accessDB is your 2nd Lambda function. This Lambda function reads each named
entity JSON file and updates the DynamoDb database table (three entries/array –
NameEntity, Frequency, TimeStamp of Entry).
E.g. 001ne.txt contains “001ne”: {“Asia”:1, “Soviet”:1…..etc.}. Then accessDB
Lambda function will update DynamoDb database table where “Asia” will be a
value for field “NamedEntity”, and “1” will be the value for field “Frequency”.
i. Test your Serverless application with test cases and provide screenshots.
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Part A – Submission requirement:
For (a to h), submit screenshots of every steps. Please do not exclude any steps.
Include all screenshots as part of a PDF file. In addition, provide the program/scripts as part
of the PDF file. Include citation, such as documentation you followed, materials you read etc.
Furthermore, upload the code on gitlab.
Additional Information:
Dataset Citation: D. Greene and P. Cunningham. “Practical Solutions to the Problem of
Diagonal Dominance in Kernel Document Clustering”, Proc. ICML 2006.
*Named Entity: “In information extraction, a named entity is a real-world object, such as
persons, locations, organizations, products, etc., that can be denoted with a proper name. It
can be abstract or have a physical existence. Examples of named entities include Barack
Obama, New York City, Volkswagen Golf, or anything else that can be named.” – Wikipedia
Hint: Any word that starts with an uppercase or all letters of the word is in uppercase, then
it can be considered as a named entity. E.g. Saurabh, IBM, DAL, Halifax, Serverless etc.
Part B.
I. Indu, P.M. Rubesh Anand, Vidhyacharan Bhaskar, “Identity and access management in cloud
environment: Mechanisms and challenges”, Engineering Science and Technology, an
International Journal, Volume 21, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 574-588, ISSN 2215-0986,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jestch.2018.05.010
Indu et al. published the above paper on identity and access management in cloud
computing, which highlights some key concepts on mechanisms and challenges.
As a part of this assignment, your job is to read the paper, and write one-page summary
(Single-space, 12 pt. font size) on the key points that are discussed in this paper. In
addition, you need to write your views on this topic.
Hint: To write the views, you can use concepts that are discussed in the paper, in the 5410
class lectures, and the limitations of the published material that you discovered while
reading the paper.
Part B – Submission requirement:
A PDF file with the summary of the paper, and your views. You need to cite all the
materials that you have referred including the given paper in your PDF file.
