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Fall 2012

Latest Announcements and News (please check often):

• [12/17] This course is now over. You will receive your final course grade through the University system (regular channels). Have a great vacation!

• [12/11] Final Exam:

  • Just a reminder that the CS425 final exam will be held this Friday (Dec 14) at 7 PM - 10 PM, in 1RAL-116. This is according to http://www.fms.uiuc.edu/FinalExams/FinalExamSchedule.aspx?COURSE=425&SUBJECT=CS

  • The address is 600 South Matthews Ave. This is according to http://illinois.edu/map/view?skinId=0&ACTION=MAP&buildingId=116

  • Please do not come to our DCL office or to Siebel Center. Please go directly to 1RAL-116. Please be on time.

  • No calculators are allowed, but a cheatsheet is (2 sides only, A4, if you type at least 1 pt font).

• [11/14] MP4 released. Please see the assignments page for details.
• [11/14] HW4 released. Please see the assignments page for details.
• [10/23] HW3 released. Please see the assignments page for details.
• [10/18] MP3 released. Please see the assignments page for details.
• [10/17] Abhishek's office hours for Oct 17 and 19th cancelled.
• Midterm exam will be held Tuesday October 16th during class hours (2 pm - 3.15 pm) in regular class location (1310 DCL). Closed book closed notes. Syllabus: Lectures 1-12, HWs 1-2, MPs 1-2. Bring a pen/pencil. No cheatsheets/calculators allowed.
• [10/15 and 10/16] Extra office hours added for day before and day of the midterm. See Piazza (Regular office hours remain unchanged).
• [10/7] Practice Midterm posted. Please see the assignments page for details.
• [10/4] Abhishek's office hours for Oct 5 and 10th cancelled.
• [10/2] Indy's office hours today only 3.30 pm - 4 pm.
• [9/27] Indy's office hours today only 3.30 pm - 4 pm.
• [9/20] HW2 released. Please see the assignments page for details.
• [9/18] MP2 released. Please see the assignments page for details.
• [9/18] MP1 demos today. No Office hours today.
• [9/13] MP1 demos will be held on Tuesday September 18th from 3.30 pm - 6.30 pm in the EWS labs in Siebel Center Basement. Please check Piazza for the signup sheet.
• [9/11] Jack Dorsey (Founder/CEO of Twitter and Square) in class today for a special Town Hall!
• [9/4] HW1 and MP1 released. Please see the assignments page for details.
• [8/28] First class meeting
• [8/23] Website created.

Basic Information:

Class Meets:  Tu and Th, 2.00 PM - 3.15 PM, 1310 DCL (Digital Computer Laboratory)

Discussion Forum (fastest way to get queries answered):  Piazza

Office Hours: 

• [Professor Indranil (Indy) Gupta] Tu (3.30 pm - 5.00 pm) and Th (Right after class/3.15 pm - 4.30 pm), 3112 Siebel Center
• [TA - Imranul Hoque] M (1.00 pm - 2.30 pm) and W (1.00 pm - 2.30 pm), 0207 Siebel Center
• [TA - Abhishek Verma] W (2.30 pm - 4.00 pm) and F (1.00 pm - 2.30 pm), 0207 Siebel Center

Textbook:

[Recommended purchase]  Coulouris, G., Dollimore, J., Kindberg, T., and Blair G., Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, Addison-Wesley, Fifth Edition, 2011, ISBN: 0132143011. Please note: We will refer to chapter, section, and problem numbers ONLY in the Fifth Edition. If you use an older edition, correct interpretation/translation of these numbers is solely the students' responsibility (no excuses).

• Fifth Edition Errata

[Supplementary (Optional) Textbooks]

Lots of readings from the Web

Sukumar Ghosh. Distributed Systems: An Algorithmic Approach. 2006 CRC Press, ISBN: 1584885645. (Available online free at the UIUC library)

• Errata

A. Tanenbaum and M. Steen, Distributed systems: principles and paradigms, Prentice Hall, Second Edition, 2005, ISBN: 0132392275.

Prerequisites: CS 241 or ECE 391 or equivalent course on Operating Systems or Networking (approval of instructor required for latter).

Grades: Compass 2g

Course Information Sheet: [pdf]

Student Infosheet/Survey (fill and return): [pdf]

Academic Integrity Policy:

We adhere by the CS academic integrity policies outlined at the webpage https://agora.cs.illinois.edu/display/undergradProg/Honor+Code . It is the course policy that all of the work you submit for grading, or in support of graded material, as an individual or project group, shall be your own product, from inception to completion. The only resources you can avail of in your HWs and MPs are the provided course materials (slides, textbooks, etc.), and communication with instructor/TA via newsgroup and email. Please do not reveal solutions on any of these fora. Exams are closed-book, closed-notes, unless otherwise specified.

Violations of this academic integrity policy will be treated seriously.