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Introduction to Distributed Systems - CS270B
Introduction to Distributed Systems - CS270B
Amr El Abbadi
Department of Computer Science - UCSB
TR 12:30 - 1:50, Engr 1132
Fall 1996 * 4 Units
Welcome to the home page for CS270B
General Information
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Instructor: Amr El Abbadi
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Office: 3115 Engineering I
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Office hours: TR 1:45 - 2:45
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Email address: amr@cs.ucsb.edu
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Teaching Assistant: Xun Cheng
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TA office: Trailer 380 101C
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TA office hours: Tuesday and Friday 3:00-5:00pm
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Email address: xun@cs.ucsb.edu
Format
In this class I will be presenting some of the fundmental topics that form the basis of research in Distributed Systems. The topics we will cover are in no way exhaustive, and of course, they reflect my own subjective biases. I will be using Tanenbaum's textbook as well as a short collection of papers. This combination should help expose you to both some practical and well as theoretical aspect of distributed systems. I expect you all to read the chapters and papers that I discuss in class. I strongly encourage you to come and talk to me about any distributed systems topics that are not covered in this list. I expect to hand out 5-6 homework assignments. Some of these will involve programming some of the basic ideas discussed in class. Some of the homeworks may involve reading a paper that is related to the topic being discussed in class. I have put several books on reserve in the library, some of which may provide some background material, while others complement the class.
Textbook and Notes
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Distributed Operating Systems, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall 1995.
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Additional papers are available at The Grafik Arts.
Policies and Exams
There will be one mid-term in class on October 24 and a final exam. Requests for exam and homework regrades must be submitted within 2 weeks of their return. Finally, grades will be approximately allocated as follows: mid-term: 25%, final 35%, homeworks and projects 40%.
Course Related Information
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Help on Socket Programming
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How to turn in Homework
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Sample running result for Problem 3 in Homework 1
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Turnin method and format for Problem 3 in hw#3 are the same as those for Problem 3 in hw#1 except replacing project1 with project2
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Handouts
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Homework
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ucsb.engr.compsci.cs270b
Xun Cheng
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