MIME-Version: 1.0 Server: CERN/3.0 Date: Monday, 06-Jan-97 21:57:52 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 6780 Last-Modified: Tuesday, 05-Dec-95 21:24:02 GMT CS 380D: Distributed Computing I Syllabus

CS 380D: Distributed Computing I

Fall 1995 | Professor: Jayadev Misra | TA: Panagiotis (Peter) Manolios


COURSE SYLLABUS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
  1. Course information
  2. Meeting time and location
  3. Instructor
  4. Teaching Assistant
  5. Course Topics
  6. Discussion Sessions
  7. Study Groups
  8. Grading system
  9. Exams
  10. Reading material
  11. Announcements

Distributed Computing I

Unique number: 47680.
Course number: C S 380D.
Prerequisite: C S 372.

Meeting time and location

Days: Tue, Thr
Time: 11:00-12:30 AM
Place: WEL 2.256

Instructor

Name: Professor Misra
Office: Tay 3.150C
Office hours: Tue, Thr 2:30-3:30 PM or by appointment
Phone: 512-471-9550
Email: misra@cs.utexas.edu

Teaching Assistant

Name: Panagiotis (Peter) Manolios
Office: Tay 5.112
Phone: 512-471-9575
Email: pete@cs.utexas.edu
Discussion Sessions: Mon. 5:00-6:00PM, Fri. 10:00-11:00AM in PAI 5.60
Office hours: Mon. 6:00-7:00PM, Fri. 11:00-Noon in Pai 5.60

Course Topics

The goal of this course is to present a number of important ideas in distributed computing and provide rigorous methods for reasoning about distributed programs. The topics are:

Discussion Sessions

The discussion sessions will allow us to discuss topics presented in class in detail and on occasion to cover background material. Weekly handouts containing exercises will be distributed (in class and on the Web) and selected solutions will be presented during the discussion sessions. You only need attend one of the weekly sessions; both cover the same material.

Study Groups

We recommend that you organize yourselves into study groups of five or six students who meet once a week to discuss the course. You should review the lectures, do the readings, and attempt the homework assignments before meeting as a group.

Grading system

Exams

Reading material

Books

Papers (tentative)

Announcements

  1. All students should send e-mail to Panagiotis (Peter) Manolios , so a list of e-mail addresses can be compiled.
  2. The newsgroup utexas.class.cs380d has been set up to facilitate discussion between class members.
  3. Drop dates: Please consult the course schedule to learn the the last dates to drop the course without academic penalty.
  4. Updated info on rooms and times of exams
  5. In a few weeks the University Co-op will begin the process of returning unsold Fall textbooks to the publishers, so if you want to purchase any of the recommended books and have not yet done so, now is the time.

Last updated 12/5/95
Page prepared by Panagiotis Manolios. Any suggestions, comments welcome.
Distributed Computing I, Department of Computer Sciences at UT Austin

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