ENEE 657 :: Fall 2017 :: Homeworks

Homework 1: Buffer Overflow

• Homework specification
• Starter files
• You must download a virtual machine and make sure that your exploit works in this VM environment
• Submit your work using the GRACE system
• Additional references:
• Smashing the stack for fun and profit
• How Security Flaws Work: The Buffer Overflow
• GDB tutorial, reference card and full manual

Homework 2: Data Analytics

• Homework specification
• Starter files
• You must download a second virtual machine, which has Spark and all the tools required for this homework, and make sure that your solution works in this VM environment
• Submit your work using the GRACE system
• Additional references:
• Google's Python class
• scikit-learn package for machine learning in Python; documentation on the silhouette score
• Spark quick start
• UMD 2.5-day Spark tutorial

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