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Class Schedule
Note:
All upcoming assignment dates are tentative and subject to change.
Text refers to the van Steen, Tannebaum "Distributed Systems"
text.
[xyz] corresponds to a reference in the
Additional Reading List.
The lecture notes are in pdf format (4 slides per page).
Additional Reading materials are accessible through the Additional Reading link (or Canvas in some cases).
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Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Assignments and Projects |
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Jan 22/24 |
Introduction and Overview Notes Distributed Systems: Types and Architectures Notes |
Text Ch.1 Text Ch.2 |
HW 0 Released |
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Jan 29/31 |
Jan 29, 31: No classes due to extreme weather Distributed Architectures (Contd.) Communication: Overview, RPC, RMI Notes |
Text Ch. 3.1: Background on Threads Text Ch. 4.1, 4.2, 2.1 (Section on Object-based architectures) Additional Reading: [Com1], [Com2] |
Form Project Teams |
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Feb 5/7 |
Communication: Overview, RPC, RMI Communication: Messages Notes |
Text Ch. 4.1, 4.2, 2.1 (Section on Object-based architectures) Additional Reading: [Com1], [Com2], Thrift Tutorial Text Ch. 4.3 |
PA 0 Released |
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Feb 12/14 |
Communication: Messages (Contd.) Communication: Multicast Notes |
Text Ch. 4.3, 4.4 |
HW1 Released: Feb 12 |
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Feb 19/21 |
Distributed Computing: Scheduling and Resource Management Notes Distributed Computing: Data-intensive Computing Notes |
Additional Reading: [DC1]-[DC4] Additional Reading: [DC5] |
HW1 Due: Feb 19 PA1 Released: Feb 19 |
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Feb 26/28 |
Naming: Overview, Flat Naming Notes |
Text Ch. 5.1, 5.2 |
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Mar 5/7 |
Naming: Flat Naming (Contd.) Naming: Structured Naming Notes Naming: Attribute-based Naming Notes |
Additional Reading: [Nam1] Text Ch. 5.3 Text Ch. 5.4 |
PA1 Due: Mar 6 |
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Mar 12/14 |
Coordination: Clock synchronization Notes Mid-Term Exam: Mar 14 (In Class) |
Text Ch. 6.1 Additional Reading: [Syn1] |
PA2 Released: Mar 12 |
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Mar 19/21 |
Spring Break |
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Mar 26/28 |
Coordination: Logical Clocks Coordination: Mutual Exclusion, Leader Election Notes |
Text Ch. 6.2 Additional Reading: [Syn2] Text Ch. 6.3, 6.4 |
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Apr 2/4 |
Data Replication and Consistency: Overview, Consistency Models Notes |
Text Ch. 7.1-7.2 Additional Reading: [DR1], [DR4] |
HW2 Released: Apr 2 PA2 Due: |
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Apr 9/11 |
Data Replication and Consistency: Client-Centric Consistency Models Data Replication and Consistency: Consistency Protocols Notes Data Replication and Consistency: Replica Management Notes |
Text Ch. 7.3 Text Ch. 7.5 Text Ch. 7.4 Additional Reading: [DR2], [DR3] |
PA3 Released: Apr 9 HW2 Due: Apr 9 |
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Apr 16/18 |
Fault Tolerance: Overview and Basics Notes Fault Tolerance: Process Resilience: Consensus, Byzantine Fault Tolerance Notes |
Text Ch. 8.1 Text Ch. 8.2 Additional Reading: [FT1], [FT2], [FT3] |
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Apr 23/25 |
Fault Tolerance: CAP Theorem Fault Tolerance: Reliable RPC, Group Communication Notes Fault Tolerance: Recovery Notes |
Additional Reading: [FT5] Text Ch. 8.3, 8.4 Text Ch. 8.6 |
HW3 Released: Apr 23 PA3 Due: Apr 24 |
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Apr 30/May 2 |
Distributed File Systems Notes Cloud and Edge Computing Notes Wrapup: Lookback and Lookahead |
Additional Reading: [DFS1], [DFS2] Additional Reading: [CC1], [CC2], [CC3] |
HW3 Due: Apr 30 |
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Final Exam: May 15, 1.30-3.30 pm |
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All lecture materials are Copyright (C) 2019 by Abhishek Chandra and may not be used without prior written permission. Some of the figures in the lecture notes are taken from the 2nd and 3rd Editions of the van Steen, Tannebaum Distributed Systems textbook.