TK1: Distributed Systems and Algorithms

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)

Teaching staff

  Name Contact
Prof. Dr. Max Mühlhäuser
S2|02 A114
Dr. Alejandro Sanchez Guinea
S2|02 A108

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.

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

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.

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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.

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