CMPSCI 677: Distributed Operating Systems
Course Description
This course provides an in-depth examination of the principles of
distributed systems in general, and distributed operating systems in
particular. Covered topics include processes and threads, concurrent
programming, distributed interprocess communication, distributed
process scheduling, virtualization, distributed file systems,
security in distributed systems, distributed middleware and
applications such as the web and peer-to-peer systems. Some coverage
of operating system principles for multiprocessors will also be
included. A brief overview of advanced topics such as cloud
computing, green computing, and mobile computing
will be provided, time permitting.
Prerequisites: Students should be able to easily program
in a high-level language such as C, have had a course on data
structures, be familiar with elements of computer architecture and
have had previous exposure to the operating system concepts of
processes, virtual memory, and scheduling. A previous course on
uniprocessor operating systems (e.g., CMPSCI 377) will be helpful but
not required.
Course Information
Instructor: Prashant Shenoy
Teaching Assistant: Vimal Mathew
Class: CS Bldg 140, TuTh 11:15-12:30
Schedule #: 39191
Credits: 3
Course Staff
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Instructor:
Prashant Shenoy
Department of Computer Science,
Computer Science Building
University of Massachusetts
Amherst MA 01003-4610
Phone: (413) 577 0850
Email: shenoy [at] cs.umass.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 12:30-1:30 pm, Room 336, or by appointment
- Teaching Assistant: Vimal Mathew
Office phone: 413 545 1596
Email: vml [at] cs.umass.edu
Office hours: Mon 3-4, Fri 2:30-4, Room 266, cube 11, or by appointment
Course Announcements
Course Materials
This page is online at http://lass.cs.umass.edu/~shenoy/courses/677
Prashant Shenoy
Last modified: Mon Sep 7 21:28:16 EDT 2009