CS505: Distributed Systems
Spring 2011.

Ananth Grama, ayg@cs.purdue.edu, 494 6964
MWF 10:30 - 11:20 PM
LWSN

Office Hours:
W, 3:00 - 4:30, and by appointment.

TAs: Jayaram K R

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Assignment 1: Building an Overlay and Solving Leader Election.

Recommended Text for Part I of the Course: Distributed Algorithms, Nancy Lynch, Morgan Kaufmann.

Slides for Prof. Lynch's Book.

Grading Policy

40% classwork (assignments + project), 60% exams (35%final + 25% midterm)

Course Contents:

Part 1:

Distributed Algorithms

(Recommended Text: Distributed Algorithms, Nancy Lynch)
  • Synchronous vs Asynchronous Distributed System Models
  • Algorithms for Leader Election
  • Spanning Trees
  • Consensus
  • k-Set Agreement
  • Time, Clocks and Ordering
  • Stable Properties
  • Distributed Termination
  • Deadlock Detection
  • Mutual Exclusion and Atomicity
  • Wait-Free Computations
Part 2:

Building Systems

(Recommended Text: Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, Couloris et al.)
  • Distributed Objects
  • File Systems
  • Name Services
  • P2P Systems
  • Time and Global States
  • Coordination
  • Transactions and Concurrency Control
  • Replication
  • Web Services