CSE 486/586
Distributed
Systems

Spring 2020

  
Course Info
Schedule
PAs
Practice Problems
Syllabus

Description

This is a combined undergrad/grad course on distributed systems. The course covers fundamental techniques that underlie our industry's most critical distributed systems. Not only that, the course programming assignments provide practical experience on designing, implementing, and debugging a real distributed system. Upon completing this course, students will have intimate knowledge about how things should be distributed.

Administrative Information

Lectures: MWF 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm (Norton 112)


Instructor: Steve Ko (UBITName: stevko)
Office: 113F Davis
Instructor Office Hours: MWF 2 pm - 3 pm (Davis 113F)

TA Office Hours: On Piazza

Course Communication Platform

Piazza is the main platform for this course's announcements, Q&As, and discussions.

Textbook

Main Textbook: Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, 5th Edition (George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, Tim Kindberg, Gordon Blair)
Supplemental Textbook: Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms, 2nd Edition (Andrew Tanenbaum, Maarten Van Steen)

Prerequisites

Data structures and algorithms, basic OS concepts (e.g., processes, threads, synchronization, file systems, etc.), background in systems programming (pthread, socket, locks, etc.)