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CS 425 : ECE 428

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Fall 2015

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• [8/25] By Thursday 8/27 5 pm, you must let us know what group you are in. To do so, please do BOTH of the following (ONCE each): 1) fill out the form at this link, and 2) email  cs-425-staff@mx.uillinois.edu with subject line "CS 425 MP Group" stating the members in your group.
• [8/25] First lecture. If you're a student, then [Please take survey at this link]. (Fill by Thursday 8/27 EOD)
• [8/13] Website created.

Basic Information:

Class Meets:  Tu and Th, 2.00 PM - 3.15 PM, 1320 DCL (DCL = Digital Computer Laboratory)

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

To mail staff, email: cs-425-staff@mx.uillinois.edu

Course Staff: 

• Professor Indranil (Indy) Gupta: [indy]

Office Hours: 

• See the Contact Course Staff Page

Textbook:

[Recommended, but not Required]  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 Details Sheet: [pdf]

Student Survey: If you're a registered for this course -- [Please take survey at this link] (Fill by Thursday 8/27)

Lecture Videos: [Link to Videos]

Waitlist Form (if you've not been able to register yet): [Link]

Academic Integrity Policy (Please Read):

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.

We rigorously check every submitted HW and MP (including code) for violations of academic integrity.

All violations of this academic integrity policy are treated seriously in this course. Don't risk it - just avoid cheating and the temptation to! That way, you'll learn more and years later you will be happier about standing up for yourself.