Professor: Chi Zhang
Email: czhang AT cs dot fiu dot edu
Phone: 305-348-3751
Office: ECS 361
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 15:30 - 17:30, or by
appointment.
Coarse Web Site
http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~czhang/teaching/cen6501/cen6501.html
Textbook
Distributed Systems - Concepts and Design by G. Coulouris, J.
Dollimore, and T. Kindberg, Fourth Edition, Addison-Wesley 2005 (ISBN:
0321263545)
Prerequisite
None. However, basic knowledge of operating systems (e.g. process and
thread) and computer networks (e.g. socket programming, TCP/IP) is recommended.
Course Description
Study of distributed processing using networking and distributed
computing techniques. Investigation of distributed algorithms and models of
distributed computing.
Each student will also write a term paper or conduct a term project on a
selected topic in the area of distributed computing. Quizzes will be
given in some classes.
Topics
Introduction
System Models
Networking and Internetworking
Operating System Support
Transactions and Concurrency Control
Distributed Transactions
Replication
Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
Web Service and Grid Computing
Grading
Quizzes: 15%
Midterm: 30%
Final: 30%
Term Paper: 25%
Deadline to drop a course with a DR grade: Nov. 6.
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