CompSci 230 - Winter 2023
Distributed Systems

Course Materials

Course Reading Material

Nancy Lynch Presentation

Lecture Notes:

Lecture Videos

1. Lecture Set 1: Introduction to Distributed Systems [pdf]
2. Lecture Set 2: Time in Distributed Systems [pdf]
3. Lecture Set 3: Global State in Distributed Systems [pdf]
4. Lecture Set 4: Distributed Operating Systems [pdf]
5. Lecture Set 5: Communication in Distributed Systems [pdf]
6. Lecture Set 6: Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems [pdf]
7. Exam Review Lecture [pdf]
8. Lecture Set 7: Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems 2 []

Discussion Notes:

1. Week 1 Intro to Cloud Services and Hadoop: [Week 1 Discussion]
2. Week 2 Intro to MapReduce and Project Part I Tutorial: [Week 2 Discussion]
3. Week 3 Group Demo and Grading of Project Part I Assignment: [No notes]
4. Week 4 Group Demo and Grading of Project Part I Assignment: [No notes]
5. Week 5 Solution to Homework 1: [Week 5 Discussion]
6. Week 6 Office Hour for Projects and Homeworks: [No notes]
7. Week 7 Solution to Homework 2: [Week 7 Discussion]
8. Week 8 Office Hour for Projects and Homeworks: [No notes]
9. Week 9 Solution to Homework 3: [Week 9 Discussion]

Reference Books:

• Distributed Systems: Concepts & Design, 5th ed. by Coulouris et al.
• Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms, 2nd ed. by Tanenbaum & van Steen.
• Distributed Computing: Principles, Algorithms, and Systems, 1st ed. by Kshemkalyani & Singhal.