GFS/MapReduce/BigTable/Chubby, energy management, virtual Machines, programming models for distributed systems (including Mace/P2 etc.), high performance network service architectures (SEDA, Zeus events/threads debate), wide-area networking (overlay content distribution, DHTs, CDN's such as Akamai), Web 2.0 technologies (Ajax, mashupOS, AjaxScope, etc.), recent developments for enterprise-level software engineering. Instructor: C. E. Killian

Homepage	http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/ckillian/courses/fa08/cs590N/
Usually Offered:	Fall
Prerequisite:	CS 422,