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Date Topic Milestone1 Quiz2 Extras
Th Jan 23 Introduction M0: Setup & Centralized Computing Q1 Google
Tu Jan 28 Of Nodes and Servers Node.js
Th Jan 30 Communication & Serialization M1: Serialization / Deserialization Q2 Cornflakes
Tu Feb 4 Time and the Ordering of Events Time, Clocks, & Ordering
Th Feb 6 Models of Distribution M2: Actors & RPCs Q3 Barrelfish
Tu Feb 11 Broadcast protocols Hints on Designing Systems
Th Feb 13 Groups & Gossip M3: Node Groups & Gossip Q4 Gossip: Promise and Limitations
Tu Feb 18
Th Feb 20 Data Sharding & Partitioning M4: Distributed Storage Q5 Hyperdex
Tu Feb 25 Distributed Routing & Hashing Chord
Th Feb 27 J. Pattiz (Google): Autosharding Beyond the Textbook Slicer
Tu Mar 4 Exam 1 Review Project Teams Due
Th Mar 6 Exam 1
Tu Mar 11 Distributed Processing: MapReduce MapReduce
Th Mar 13 Distributed Processing: Spark & Beyond M5: Distributed Processing Q7 Spark
Tu Mar 18 Internals of Distributed Processing DiSh
Th Mar 20 K. Mamouras (Rice U.): Distributed Streaming Models M6: Cloud Deployment Q8 Concurrent Models
Tu Mar 25 -
Th Mar 27 -
Tu Apr 1 (no class)3 Submissions
Th Apr 3 Fault Tolerance & Replication Dynamo
Tu Apr 8 Consensus & BFT Q9 Paxos
Th Apr 10 Special Topics: Microservices & Serverless SigmaOS
Tu Apr 15 Special Topics: Security as Distribution Q10 Separation Kernel
Th Apr 17 Poster Session
Tu Apr 22 Exam 2 Review / Course Recap Scalability COST
Th Apr 24 Exam 2

1: Milestones are released on Thursdays and are due on the next Wednesday, at 11:59pm.
2: Quizzes are released on Thursdays and are due on the next Wednesday, at 11:59pm.
3: Nikos chairing EuroSec'25 at EuroSys / ASPLOS‘25.