Course 06: Distributed Systems (ArsDigita University) (2001)
Topics on the engineering of computer software and hardware systems: techniques for controlling complexity, system infrastructure, networks and distributed systems, atomicity and coordination of parallel activities, recovery and reliability, privacy of information, impact of computer systems on society. Case studies of working systems and outside reading in the current literature provide comparisons and contrasts. The group project is to write an NSF systems proposal to fund a middle-ware product, for announcement RFP01-63.
14 lectures.
Instructor: Luis Rodriguez.
Texts: Distributed Systems, Coulouris, Dollimore, Kindberg. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Brooks. Selected papers.
Requirements: One exam (and a sample exam), 13 problem sets/essays, one project.
This educational material is part of the collection: ArsDigita Computer Science University
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| Date: | 2001 |
| Audio/Visual: | sound, color |
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Reviewer: edin1 - - January 14, 2007
Subject: Good overview
This course gives an intro overview of distributed systems. What I really liked was the last video lecture that describes how http://www.photo.net was set-up back then (2001).
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