Distributed Systems

Teacher:

• Leonardo Mostarda

ESSE3 Link

• Distributed Systems - AY 2018/2019

Lessons schedule:

• Wednesday, 16:00 - 18:00 (Room AB1)
• Thursday, 9am - 11am (Room AB1)

Students Office hours:

• Please send an email to me and we can arrange a meeting

D1 – KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING At the completion of the module the students should be able to understand: 1 the basic definitions and various types of distributed systems 2 various architectural styles, different architecture and middleware 3 processes and threads 4 different types of communications: RPC, message oriented, stream oriented and multicast 5 basic concepts of naming 6 the problems of synchronisation of processes and possible solutions 7 basic concepts related to consistency and replication 8 basic concepts related to fault tolerance and security in distributed systems 9 various types of distributed systems such as web based and coordination based.

D2 – APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING At the completion of the module the students should be able to: 1 design the architecture of a distributed system 2 implement and use thread and processes 3 apply processes and threads 4 apply various types of communications 5 use various types of naming systems 6 apply various solutions for process synchronisation 7 apply basic concepts for implementing fault tolerance and security in distributed systems

D3 MAKING JUDGEMENTS At the completion of the module the students should be able to: 1 critically evaluate the architecture of a distributed system 2 critically appraise the use of thread and processes 3 estimate the impact of using a type of communication 4 criticise various types of naming systems 5 criticise possible solutions for process synchronisation 6 critically evaluate all various fault tolerance and security mechanisms that can be applied in distributed systems

D4 - COMMUNICATION SKILLS Risultati attesi: At the completion of the module the students should be able to: 1 communicate ideas, problems and solutions for building distributed systems; 2 interact with other people and undertake workgroup activities

D5 - LEARNING SKILLS Risultati attesi: At the completion of the module the students should be able to: 1 read and understand new technologies available for building distributed systems

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Course Slides

• slide 1st lesson

Reference books

• 1st book
• 2nd book
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Exam Dates A.Y. 2015/2016

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