ICS 662
Distributed System Design
4 Graduate credits
Effective
May 4, 2010
– Present
Graduation requirements this course fulfills
This course covers fundamental principles and theories on distributed and network operating systems, communication models, Client/Server architecture, and Peer-to-Peer paradigms. Group communication, synchronization, threads, processor allocations, fault tolerance, distributed shared memory, and case studies are also introduced.
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Learning outcomes
General
- Explain the central issues involved in the design of distributed systems.
- Implement distributed algorithms using an appropriate programming language.
- Understand current techniques and tools associated with distributed and network operating systems.
- Apply distributed system concepts to the design of distributed systems.
- Demonstrate expertise in reading peer-reviewed papers in distributed systems and explain them in writing.
- Understand the role of central concepts such as load balancing and synchronization in different types of distributed systems such as database systems and operating systems.