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Date Topic Milestone1 Quiz2 Extras
Th Jan 22 Introduction M0: Setup & Centralized Computing Q1 Google
Tu Jan 27 Of Nodes and Servers Node.js
Th Jan 29 Communication & Serialization M1: Serialization / Deserialization Q2 Cornflakes
Tu Feb 3 Time and the Ordering of Events Time, Clocks, & Ordering
Th Feb 5 Models of Distribution M2: Actors & RPCs Q3 Barrelfish
Tu Feb 10 Broadcast Protocols Hints for Designing Systems
Th Feb 12 Groups & Gossip M3: Node Groups & Gossip Q4 Gossip: Promise and Limitations
Tu Feb 17
Th Feb 19 Data Sharding & Partitioning M4: Distributed Storage Q5 Hyperdex
Tu Feb 24 Distributed Routing & Hashing Chord
Th Feb 26 Auto-sharding @ Google (J. Pattiz) M6 Teams Due Slicer
Tu Mar 3 Exam 1 Review
Th Mar 5 Exam 1
Tu Mar 10 Distributed Processing M5: Distributed Processing MapReduce
Th Mar 12 Automation & Internals Q7 DiSh
Tu Mar 17 More Internals Spark
Th Mar 19 Scalable DSLs (Dr. Lukas Lazarek) Q8 Bloom
Tu Mar 24 -
Th Mar 26 -
Tu Mar 31 Replication & Consistency M6: Cloud Deployment Dynamo
Th Apr 2 Fault Tolerance Q9 Paxos
Tu Apr 7 Lab: LLLMs! {M7, M8, M9} Pre-lab Guide
Th Apr 9 Special Topics: Microservices & Serverless Poster PDFs due Q10 SigmaOS
Tu Apr 14 Special Topics: Distributed Operating Systems Plan9, Inferno
Th Apr 16 Poster Session
Tu Apr 21 Exam 2 Review / Course Recap Scalability COST
Th Apr 23 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 Monday, at 5:00pm.