CS580F Topics in Distributed Systems
Department of Computer Science
Syllabus

• Instructor:
  
  • Dr. Dennis Foreman, Watson School, N9, x74162. Office hours: 3:00-4:00 PM Tues/Th & by appointment
• Materials:
  • None
• General Goals:
  • Most programming courses focus on solving problems on a single system. They do not cover multiple machine solutions, other than as targets of file transfer operations or data display. This course attempts to fill that gap.
  • To provide a level of understanding and confidence that will allow the student to pursue Distributed Systems in greater depth in other courses or on their own.
• Specific goals:
  • To learn the concepts of Distributed Systems, the problems therein and the major methodologies used in the implementation thereof.
  • To become sufficiently knowledgable in Distributed Systems concepts, as to be able to apply these concepts to problems that may benefit from a distributed solution.