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Fall 2017


 

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  • [12/23] This is course has concluded. You will receive your grade through the University system. Happy Holidays!
  • [9/5] First lecture.
  • There are no lectures in the first week of classes (8/29 and 8/31). But please view lecture videos on the "Lectures" tab above. First physical in-class lecture will be 9/5 Tuesday.
  • [8/10] Waitlist Form (if you've not been able to register yet): Please fill out the form by Aug 27 or asap afterwards. [Form]
  • [8/10] If you're a 4 credit on-campus/online student, please form your MP group and enter your MP group here: [This Link] (Fill by Thursday 9/7 EOD)
  • [8/10] If you're a student (on-campus or MCS-DS or online), regardless of whether you've managed to successfully register, then [Please take survey at this link]. (Fill by Tuesday 9/5 EOD
  • [8/7] Website created.

Basic Information:

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

All Coursera (MCS-DS) Students Go Here For All Course Content: [Coursera MCS-DS CS425 Website]

All other (non-MCS-DS students) should use this current website (not the Coursera website)

Discussion Forum for all students, on-campus, online and MCS-DS (fastest way to get queries answered): Piazza 

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

Course Staff: 

Office Hours: 

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).

[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)

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]

Waitlist Form (if you've not been able to register yet): [Form] Please fill out before Aug 27 (or asap afterwards).

MP Groups (4 cr only): Form by Thursday 9/7 and let us know via [This Link] (login using your illinois.edu account first) AND send email to cs-425-staff@mx.uillinois.edu (Fill by Thursday 9/7)

Student Survey: If you're registered for this course -- [Please take survey at this link] (Fill by Thursday 9/7)

Lecture Videos: [Link to Videos] (MCS-Online Students only, MCS-DS Students should watch the Coursera video lectures)

 


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.