CSCI 339
Distributed Systems
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The table below lists the topics we will discuss in class and
the readings associated with each topic. Readings should
be completed before their associated class meeting. (VST
is an abbreviation for your textbook.)
Please note that some readings are PDFs that can only be accessed
using a campus computer.
If you are off campus, please use the web
proxy server,
VPN.
If you experience problems accessing
any of the assigned papers, please let Jeannie know as
soon as possible. Lecture slides will usually be posted after each class.
The links below will not work before class. Click on the topic to access the slides
(also restricted to on campus only).
Paper summaries should be submitted on GLOW
before class. Since we discuss the papers in class, late submissions are
not accepted for any reason.
Any future topics or assigned papers are subject to change. If you plan to work
ahead more than a few days, please check with Jeannie first.
Date | Topic | Readings |
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[1] Sept 5 | Course Overview / Course syllabus |
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[2] Sept 9 | HTTP, Sockets, C/C++ lecture2.c lecture2.cc lecture2 Makefile echoserver.c echoserver-nothreads.c echo Makefile |
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[3] Sept 12 | Networks and Routing |
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[4] Sept 16 | IP, TCP, and UDP |
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[5] Sept 19 | No class |
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[6] Sept 23 | TCP | |
[7] Sept 26 | Networks wrapup
(Last day of networks review) |
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[8] Sept 30 | Naming, Directory, and Discovery |
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[9] Oct 3 | Remote Procedure Calls Server.java (XML-RPC) Client.java (XML-RPC) client.py (XML-RPC) client2.py (XML-RPC) bashrc CLASSPATH line (Apache lib) |
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[10] Oct 7 | RPCs, RMI, and CDNs
Hello.java (RMI) HelloServer.java (RMI) HelloClient.java (RMI) server.policy (RMI) Article about RMI (optional) |
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[11] Oct 10 | CDNs and Web Proxy Caches |
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[--] Oct 14 | Reading day | |
[12] Oct 17 | Email and Porcupine |
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[13] Oct 21 | Time and Midterm Review |
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[14] Oct 24 | No class |
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[15] Oct 28 | Coordination, Agreement, and MapReduce Lamport BG paper from 1982 (optional) |
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[16] Oct 31 | MapReduce and Hadoop Azure VM Creation Hadoop Cluster Setup S20 VM configuration (skip to Part 2) S20 Cluster Setup Video S20 Hadoop Trival Example Video |
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[17] Nov 4 | Storage Systems and RAID S20 Hadoop Advice Video |
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[18] Nov 7 | BigTable and Distributed File Systems |
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[19] Nov 11 | Internet of Things |
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[20] Nov 14 | Security Overview |
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[21] Nov 18 | P2P Systems Overview |
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[22] Nov 21 | DHTs and Chord |
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[23] Nov 25 | Blockchains and Course Wrapup "Blockchains are a Bad Idea" (optional) |
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[24] Dec 2 | Project Presentations | |
[25] Dec 5 | Project Presentations |
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