Basic concepts of distributed systems; central solution principles for distributed systems. Interprocess communication. Synchronization. Replication and consistency. Fault tolerance. Course book: Tanenbaum A.S., van Steen M.: Distributed Systems, Principles and Paradigms, Prentice-Hall 2006. Selected material from the book "Barroso L. A. and Hölzle U.: The Datacenter as a Computer" are also required. In this course we will cover most of the book, except Chapters 4 and 5. The book is available online http://www.morganclaypool.com/doi/pdf/10.2200/S00193ED1V01Y200905CAC006.