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This document provides information about an Introduction to Distributed Systems course offered at Infolink University College. The course aims to provide students with an understanding of distributed systems principles, techniques, and practices. Over 14 weeks, students will learn about topics like architectures, processes, communication, naming, synchronization, consistency, replication, and fault tolerance. Assessment will include assignments, quizzes, presentations, a midterm exam, and a final exam. The goal is for students to understand how distributed systems work and be able to design one to meet requirements.

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This document provides information about an Introduction to Distributed Systems course offered at Infolink University College. The course aims to provide students with an understanding of distributed systems principles, techniques, and practices. Over 14 weeks, students will learn about topics like architectures, processes, communication, naming, synchronization, consistency, replication, and fault tolerance. Assessment will include assignments, quizzes, presentations, a midterm exam, and a final exam. The goal is for students to understand how distributed systems work and be able to design one to meet requirements.

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Infolink University College – Hawassa Campus

Department of Computer Science


Year IV, Semester II - 2016 EC
Department: Computer Science
Course Tile: Introduction to Distributed System
Course Code: CoSc 412
Cr. Hrs: 3
Prerequisite: Data Communication and Computer Networks, Operating Systems
Instructor Name: Anteneh W.
email: [email protected]
Course Description:
A distributed system is a computer system consisting of several independent computers,
connected by a network, that can work together to perform a task or provide a service.
Typical examples include: the World Wide Web, networked file systems, DNS, and
massive multiprocessor supercomputers.

In this course we aim to provide students with a deeper understanding of distributed


systems. In particular we focus on the principles, techniques, and practices relevant to
the design and implementation of such systems. The course takes a systems-oriented
view of distributed systems, concentrating on infrastructure software and providing
hands-on experience implementing distributed systems.

Objectives of the Course:

By the end of this course, students will be able to:


 Explain what a distributed system is, why they would design a system as a
distributed system, and what the desired properties of such systems are;
 List the principles underlying the functioning of distributed systems
 describe the problems and challenges associated with distributed systems, and
evaluate the effectiveness and shortcomings of their solutions;
 Recognize how the principles are applied in contemporary distributed systems,
explain how they affect the software design
 Design a distributed system that fulfills requirements with regards to key
distributed systems properties (such as scalability, transparency, etc.)
 Understand and exercise on distributed system software development using basic
OS mechanisms as well as higher-level middleware and languages.

Schedule Chapters and Topics


Week 1-2 Chapter One: Introduction
Introduction
Definition
1.3 Goals of a Distributed System
1.4 Types of Distributed Systems
Week 3-4 Chapter Two: Architectures
2.1 Architectural Styles
2.2 System Architectures
Week 5-6 Chapter Three: Processes
3.1 Introduction to Threads
3.2 Threads in Distributed Systems
3.3 Clients
3.4 Servers
3.5 Code Migration
Week 7 Quiz
Week 8-9 Chapter Four: Communication
4.1 Layer protocols
4.2 Types of Communication
4.3 Remote Procedure Call
Week 10-11 Chapter Five: Naming
5.1 Flat Naming
5.2 Structured Naming
Week 12 Chapter 6: Synchronization
6.1 Clock Synchronization
6.2 Logical Clocks
Week 13 Chapter 7: Consistency and Replication
7.1 Reasons for Replication
7.2 Replication as Scaling Technique
Week 14 Chapter 8: Fault Tolerance
8.1 Basic Concepts
8.2 Failure Models
Reference
Text book:
 S. Tanenbaum and Maarten van Steen, Distributed Systems, Principles and
Paradigms, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2007
Reference books:
 B. A. Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking, McGraw Hill, 3rd edition,
2003
 S. Mullender, Distributed Systems, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1993
 K. Birman, Building Secure and Reliable Network Applications, Manning
Publications Co., 1996
Assessment:
Assignment, Quizzes, Presentation – 30%
Mid Exam – 20%
Final Exam – 50%
Total – 100%

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