Distributed Operating Systems: Lecture notes, handouts and schedule

Date		Lecture	Topic	Assignment
Wed	Jan 22	1	Introduction [ audio video Screencast notes ]	AST Chapter 1 Quiz 1 on moodle.
Mon	Jan 27	2	System Architectures [ audio video Screencast notes ]	AST Chapter 2; Lec 2 readings
Wed	Jan 29	3	Processes and Threads [ audio Video-Part1 Video-Part2 Screencast notes ]	AST Chapter 3.1, 3.3-3.4; Quiz 2 on moodle.
Fri	Jan 31	4	Multiprocessor and Distributed scheduling [ audio video Screencast notes ]	AST Chapter 3; Lec 4 readings
Mon	Feb 3	5	Virtualization [ audio video Screencast notes ]	AST Chapter 3.2; Moodle handout, Lec5 readings
Wed	Feb 5		Snow holiday	Quiz 3 on moodle.
Mon	Feb 10	6	Process and Code migration [ audio video Screencast notes ]	AST Chapter 3.2; Lec6 readings
Wed	Feb 12	7	Communication in Distributed Systems: RPCs [ audio video Screencast notes ]	AST Chapter 4, Ch 8.3
				Homework 1 handed out Due Feb 21, 1700 hrs
				Lab 1 handed out Due Mar 7, 1700 hrs
Tue	Feb 18		No class	Monday schedule followed
Wed	Feb 19	8	Multimedia Streaming [ audio video Screencast notes ]	Guest lecture: Mike Zink
Mon	Feb 24		No class
Wed	Feb 26	9	Remote Method Invocation [ audio video Screencast notes ]	Ch 4
Fri	Feb 28	10	Message Queuing and Streaming [ audio video Screencast notes ]	Ch 4
Mon	Mar 3	11	Distributed Naming [ audio video Screencast notes ]	Ch 5
Wed	Mar 5	12	Clock syncronization [ audio video Screencast notes ]	Ch 6
Mon	Mar 10	13	Logical and vector clocks [ audio video Screencast notes ]	Ch 6
Wed	Mar 12	14	Distributed snapshots, leader election [ audio video Screencast notes ]	Ch 6
				Lab 2 handed out Due April 4, 1700 hrs
Mon	Mar 24	15	Distributed transactions [ audio video notes ]	Ch 6
Wed	Mar 26	16	Consistency, Epidemic protocols [ audio video Screencast notes ]	Ch 7
Mon	Mar 31	17	Consistency Implementation Fault tolerance, Byzantine Generals (see Lec18 slides) [ audio video Screencast notes]	Ch 7
Wed	Apr 2	18	Fault tolerance: Distributed commit, Paxos [ audio video Screencast notes]	Ch 7
Mon	Apr 7	19	Data centers, Cloud Computing [ audio video Screencast notes ]	Ch 7
Wed	Apr 9	20	Distributed File Systems [ audio video Screencast notes ]	Ch 11
Thu	April 10		Mid-term exam	CS142, 18:00-19:30 hrs
Mon	April 14			Cloud Computing Homework
Mon	Apr 14	21	Coda, xFS, HDFS [ audio video Screencast notes ]	Ch 11
				Lab 3 handed out Due April 30, 1700 hrs
Wed	Apr 16	22	World Wide Web [ audio video Screencast notes ]
Wed	Apr 23	23	Distributed Systems Security [ audio video Screencast notes ]
Fri	Apr 25	24	Distributed Systems Security: Applications [ audio video Screencast notes ]
Mon	Apr 28	25	Distributed Middleware [ audio video Screencast notes ]
Wed	Apr 30	26	Distributed Pervasive Systems, Green Computing [ audio video Screencast notes ]