Answer (1 of 2): In addition to what Nat said, I’d like to point out that the course is very different in the Spring and the Fall even though the difficulty level is approximately the same. If you are really interested in Distributed Systems, like I am, I would recommend taking it in one of the s...
Course Objectives: First, for students to gain an understanding of the principles and techniques behind the design of distributed systems, such as locking, concurrency, caching, prefetching, scheduling, and communication across the network. Second, for students to gain practical experience designing, implementing, and debugging real distributed ...
Dec 14, 2016 · Thu 12/15 FINAL EXAM - 1:00pm-2:30pm - room CUC McConomy As mentioned in class about the link to Amazon: David Andersen is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.
•Priority order for 440: SCS, CMU ugrads, others; 640: SCS MS, others. Course Goals ... prior 15-440 instance. About Projects ... • Writing really bad distributed systems to enable MMOs to crash on a regular basis!
Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms#N#Andrew S. Tanenbaum & Maarten Van Steen#N#Published by Pearson, ISBN 0-13-239227-5, 2nd edition.
Your final grade for the course will be based on the following weights for the components of the course. The weights of the individual projects will vary slightly by the difficulty of the project:
Distributed Systems#N#Maarten Van Steen & Andrew S. Tanenbaum#N#Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-1543057386, 3rd edition.
Your final grade for the course will be based on the following weights for the components of the course. The weights of the individual projects will vary slightly by the difficulty of the project: