Distributed Systems

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2010 syksy 01.11-09.12. 2-2 Englanti

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Aika Huone Luennoija Päivämäärä
Ma 10-12 D122 Jussi Kangasharju 01.11.2010-09.12.2010
To 10-12 D122 Jussi Kangasharju 01.11.2010-09.12.2010

Registration for this course starts on Tuesday 12th of October at 9.00. Exercises begin on the first lecture week.

Yleistä

The course intends to give insight into the main concepts and design principles related with distribution. Goals, challenges, problems, and various solutions are presented and discussed. The emphasis is on concepts and principles, not on practical implementations.

Kurssin suorittaminen

The course can be taken either through participating in a lecture course or through a final exam.

To pass the lecture course you need to

  • participate the weekly excercise sessions (one of the groups work in English if needed) (12 points)
  • return the written homework assignments (4 assignments); each will be graded (12 points)
  • a traditional exam (42 points)

You need minimum 30 points to pass with a minimum of 16 points in the exam. With 50 points you will get a 5. To take a course you have to register yourself through the ILMO system.

Lecture Course
The lecture course is given every year, and it involves

  • Lectures 4 hours / week, for 6 weeks. 
  • Practice sessions 2h/week for 6 weeks.
  • Written homework to be returned.
  • Course examination.The exam questions will be in English and you may answer in English, Finnish, Swedish, French, or German.

Final Examination

Final examinations are organized typically four times a year. Notice that a "course examination" and a "final examination" are two different things: in order to participate in a course examination you also must have participated in the corresponding practice sessions.

Kirjallisuus ja materiaali

The textbook of the course is Tanenbaum, A.S., van Steen, M., Distributed Systems, Principles and Paradigms; Prentice-Hall, 2007. The topics of the course are mainly in chapters 1,2, 4, 6-8, and 10. Chapters 3 and 5 review material which is part of the pre-requisites of this course.

In the 2002 edition of Tanenbaum and in the Couloris book you can find mostly the equivalent material. You can use the slides to give you an idea of the breadth of topics covered.

Course slides will be made available as the lectures progress.

Harjoitusryhmät

Ryhmän numero: 1
Aika Huone Ohjaaja Päivämäärä Huomioitavaa
Ma 14-16 CK111 Jussi Kangasharju 01.11.2010-10.12.2010
Ryhmän numero: 2
Aika Huone Ohjaaja Päivämäärä Huomioitavaa
To 16-18 C222 Mikko Pervilä 01.11.2010-10.12.2010