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The class covers advanced topics in computer operating systems with a special emphasis on distributed computing, and the services provided by distributed operating systems. Important topics include naming, security, remote procedure call, networks, concurrency, transactions, parallel computing, shared memory, message passing, and scale.
Students taking CSci 555 Fall 1996 were required to return a student information sheet and take a diagnostic exam during the first class period of the fall semester, Friday, August 30th. 1996 at 9 am. click here for details
Text: The primary readings will be papers available for purchase through ITV. The text Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design by Coulouris, Dollimore, and Kindberg, will supplement the readings.
Required work: A mid-term and final, lots of reading, weekly or bi-weekly homework about the readings, possibly an occasional pop quiz, and a paper.