TK1: Distributed Systems and Algorithms
Summer Term Exam
Summer term exam: The exam for the summer term 2020 will be on the 14th July 2020 at 11:30 – 13:30 in room S1|01 / A04. Please see the Moodle announcement for further details.
Date & Room
| Type | Time | Room | Start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | Thu, 09:00 – 10:30 | S2|02 / C110 | 17. Oct. 2019 |
| Exercise | Thu, 10:40 – 11:30 | S2|02 / C110 | 24. Oct. 2019 |
Content
Learning Target
- Comprehensive overview knowledge about the basic problems and approaches in distributed systems and algorithms
- Deep methodic knowledge of classic distributed algorithms and programming paradigms
- Applicable and exemplary knowledge of current developments and standards
Course topics
- Recap of chapter 1 of the introduction lecture “Net-Centric Computing”
- Distributed paradigms
- Mainstream paradigms (e.g., IPC, RPC, Message Queues, Webservices)
- Advanced paradigms (e.g., event-based, publish/subscribe, Java Message Service, Distributed memory)
- Cloud computing (e.g., service models, google file system)
- Formal approaches
- Distributed algorithms
- Foundation (e.g., safety, liveness, fairness)
- Synchronization (e.g., NTP, Lamport's Logical Clocks, global states)
- Coordination (e.g., Mutex, Bully algorithm, election)
- Local algorithms
- Current development tools / programming languages (e.g., Apache Spark)
Course Materials (Moodle)
We use a Moodle course to administrate the lecture and exercise. There we will publish the lecture slides and exercises. We also provide a forum for asking questions.
You'll find the Moodle course under the following URL: Moodle course
If you have any organizational questions, please use tk1@tk.informatik.tu-…
Exercise
The exercise allows you to get your “hands dirty” and to actually work with the paradigms and algorithms presented in the lecture. It is a good opportunity to better understand the content of the lecture and getting prepared for the exam.
We offer a bonus system with which you can get additional points for the exam. In particular, you can gain up to a 0.7 better grade if you already passed the exam. The bonus cannot be used to pass the exam. The gained bonus can be used in the winter term 2019/20 and the summer term 2020 exam only.
Literature
- G. Coulouris, J. Dollimore, T. Kindberg: Distributed Systems. Conceptsand Design, Addison Wesley; in German: Pearson
- G. Bengel: Grundkurs Verteilte Systeme, vieweg Verlag, 3rd Ed. 2004
- A. Schill, T. Springer: Verteilte Systeme: Grundlagen und Basistechnologien; examen.press 2007, 2012
- G. Tel: Introductionto Distributed Algorithms, 2nd Ed 2000, Cambridge University Press,
- A. Tanenbaum, M.v.Steen, Distributed Systems: Principles & Paradigms; German: Verteilte Systeme: Grundlagen und Paradigmen, Pearson
- J. Kurose, K. Ross: Computer Networking, Adison-Wesley
- I. Taylor, A. Harrison: From P2P andGridsto Services on the Web; Springer, 2nd Ed. 2009
- L. Peterson, B. Davie, Computernetze, dpunkt Heidelberg
- U. Hammerschall: Verteilte Systeme und Anwendungen. Pearson, München 2005
- W. Fokkink: Modelling Distributed Systems; Springer 2007
Teaching staff
| Name | Office | |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Dr. Max Mühlhäuser | S2|02 A114 | max@tk.tu-... |
| Dr. Alejandro Sanchez Guinea | S2|02 A109 | Sanchez@tk.tu-... |