Date	Topic and Chapter	Classnotes	Handouts
8/27	Introduction to Distributed Systems: Ch.1		classnotes
8/29	Distributed Systems Basics: Ch.1		DS Basics
9/5	Project 1	Design and Implementation of a Distributed Appplication	Descritpion
9/10	System Models : Ch.2	Lets finish Ch.1 and then Ch.2	Systems
9/12	Networking and Internetworking	Review Project 1; Ch.3	Networking
9/17	(Updated) Networking and Internetworking	Still in Ch.3	Networking -- updated
9/19	Interprocess Communication	Ch. 4	Communication
9/24	RPC and WS	Ch. 5	RPC and WS
9/24	Messaging	Ch. 6	Indirect Communication
9/26	Messaging	Ch. 6	Indirect Communication(new)
10/1	Web Services	Ch. 9	Web Services
10/3	Peer to Peer Systems	Ch. 10	Peer to Peer
10/8,10	Project 1 Grading	Sign up
10/15	Review for Midterm	Ch. 1-10 (except 7,8)	Midterm Review
	Project 2 Discussion	Project 2: Pub/Sub	Project 2
		Ch.11 Security Model	Security
10/17	Midterm Exam	Ch. 1-10 (except 7,8)	Midterm
10/29	File System Design	classnotes	Centralized File System
11/1	Distributed File System Design	classnotes	Distributed File System
11/5	Decentralized File System : IPFS	classnotes	Decentralized File System
11/12	Decentralized File System : IPFS	classnotes	IPFS -- Demo
11/14	Project 3 Discussion	Project 3: Working with Blockchain	Project 3
11/14	Project 3 Demo -- Phase 1,2	Project 3: Working with Blockchain	Project 3 Class Activity
11/28	Final Exam Review	Finals	Review Details
11/28	Project 3: Phase 2	Demo on Remix	Demo Details
12/3	Consensus	Byzantine Fault Tolerance	Consensus
12/5	WS-Epidemic Model	Epidemic Model	Epidemic Model
12/10	Final Exam	7.15-10.15PM	121 Cooke

"What is a Distributed System?"

August 27 by Bina

Before we go further let's set the context. We are living in a golden era in computing.


Given this context, how can you characterize distributed systems?