Introduction to Distributed Systems

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course is an introduction to the broad field of distributed systems. It focuses on introducing students to the benefits, challenges, methods, and implementations of distributed systems. Reasons for deploying distributed systems, such as fault tolerance and agglomeration of computational resources are discussed. Other topics include implementation challenges such as synchronization and replication in the presence of faults. Common system architectures that address some of these challenges are also introduced. Students are expected to implement some of these architectures to reinforce the lecture material. Requisite Courses: ACS-2906, ACS-3911 or ACS-3931 and one of the Math courses MATH-1101, MATH-1103, MATH-1104, MATH-1201, MATH-1401 with a minimum grade of C [prerequisite(s)]. BIOANTHR