Undergraduate Prerequisites: (ENGEC327 & ENGEC330) Undergrads must have taken EC327 or equivalent and preferably another software course, EC330 or EC440, before taking this course. - Graduate Prerequisites: (ENGEC504) Graduate students must have taken a rigorous programming class recentl y, such as EC504 or equivalent (or have major software design experien ce in industry). - Fundamentals of cloud computing covering IaaS platforms, OpenStack, key Big Data platforms, and data center scale systems. Examines influential publications in cloud computing. Culminates in a group project supervised by a mentor from industry or academia. Same as CAS CS 528. Students may not receive credits for both.