Syllabus
The syllabus, time requirements, grading policy, information about accommodations, and more can be found in our complete syllabus.
Grading
Your final grade for the course will be based on the following items:
- 50% Programing Projects (4)
- 20% Homeworks (4)
- 10% Midterm Exam
- 20% Final Exam
The four written homework assignments will all be done individually. The first programs, WhatsUp, will also be done individually, while the remaining programs will be completed in groups of two (2).
Textbook
You can follow the content of the course using Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design (5th Edition). We will indicate besides each lecture below which sections of the textbook correspond to the lecture.
Programming Help
The TAs have put together two very useful guides to get started with Go and with Git. Check them out below:
More links:
Schedule
| Date | Topics | Notes | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 01/25 | L1 - Introduction to CS 138
[.pdf] |
WhatsUp (optional assignment) due LiteMiner out |
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| Tue 01/30 | L2 - Peer-to-Peer I
[.pdf] |
Chapter 10 | |
| Thu 02/01 | L3 - Peer-to-Peer II
[.pdf] [screencast] |
Chapter 10 | |
| Tue 02/06 | L4 - Peer-to-Peer III
[.pdf] [screencast] |
Chapter 10 | |
| Thu 02/08 | L5 - Networking I
[.pdf] [screencast] |
HW1 out | Chapter 5 |
| Tue 02/13 | L6 - Networking II
[.pdf] [screencast] |
LiteMiner due (11:59pm) | Chapter 5 |
| Thu 02/15 | L7 - RPC
[.pdf] [screencast] |
Tapestry out and HW1 due (11:59pm) | Chapter 5 |
| Tue 02/20 | No Class | Long weekend! | |
| Thu 02/22 | L8 - Security I
[.pdf] [screencast] |
Chapter 11 | |
| Tue 02/27 | L9 - Security II
[.pdf] [screencast] |
Chapter 11 | |
| Thu 03/01 | L10 - Time
[.pdf] [screencast] |
Tapestry due (11:59pm) | Chapter 14 |
| Tue 03/06 | L11 - Global State
[.pdf] [screencast] |
HW2 out | Chapter 14 |
| Thu 03/08 | L12 - Raft I
[.pdf] [screencast] |
Chapter 15 | |
| Tue 03/13 | No class | Snow day, HW2 due (11:59pm) | Chapter 15 |
| Thu 03/15 | No class | Class cancelled, Raft out | |
| Tue 03/20 | L13 - Raft II/Gossip [PDF] [screencast] |
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| Wed 03/21 | Midterm | Metcalf Auditorium, 7-9pm | |
| Thu 03/22 | L14 - Distributed File System I
[PDF] [screencast] |
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| Tue 03/27 | No class | Spring break! | |
| Thu 03/29 | No class | Spring break! | |
| Tue 04/03 | L15 - Distributed File System II
[PDF] [screencast] |
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| Thu 04/05 | L16 - Distributed Transaction
[PDF] [screencast] |
HW3 out | |
| Tue 04/10 | L17 - Google/Facebook/Amazon
[PDF] [screencast] |
Raft due (11:59pm) | |
| Wed 04/11 | Puddlestore out | ||
| Thu 04/12 | L18 - RPC Tutorial
[screencast] |
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| Tue 04/17 | L19 - Final project discussion
[PDF] [screencast] |
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| Thu 04/19 | L20 - Consensus
[PDF] [screencast] |
HW3 due (11:59pm) | |
| Tue 04/24 | L21 - Zookeeper
[PDF] [screencast] |
HW4 out | |
| Thu 04/26 | L22 - Systems for ML
[PDF] [screencast] |
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| Thu 05/03 | HW4 due (11:59pm) | ||
| Mon 05/07 | Puddlestore due (11:59pm) | ||
| Mon 05/10 | Final Review Session
[PDF] [screencast] |
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| Mon 05/14 | Final | 2pm |
