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Course Outline: Addis Ababa University Department of Computer Science

This document provides information about the course "Introduction to Distributed Systems" including the course code, credit hours, prerequisites, instructor details, course objectives, description and breakdown. The course aims to present principles of distributed systems, discuss challenges in design and implementation, and explain techniques used to solve such challenges. The topics covered include distributed system architecture, communication methods, naming, replication and consistency, synchronization, and coordination. The course breakdown lists 6 chapters that will be covered related to these topics over the academic year 2020/21 semester II.

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Course Outline: Addis Ababa University Department of Computer Science

This document provides information about the course "Introduction to Distributed Systems" including the course code, credit hours, prerequisites, instructor details, course objectives, description and breakdown. The course aims to present principles of distributed systems, discuss challenges in design and implementation, and explain techniques used to solve such challenges. The topics covered include distributed system architecture, communication methods, naming, replication and consistency, synchronization, and coordination. The course breakdown lists 6 chapters that will be covered related to these topics over the academic year 2020/21 semester II.

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Course Title Introduction to Distributed Systems

Course code CoSc4161


Module Title and Code Addis Ababa University
Distributed Systems
Credit hour/ECTS 5
Prerequisite
Department of Computer Science
CoSc-M2041(CoSc2043), CoSc-M2051(CoSc2051)

Course Objectives and Competence


Course Outline
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
 Present the principles underlying the functioning of distributed systems.
 Discuss the major technical challenges in distributed systems design and implementation.
Academic Year the techniques used
 Explain 2020/21 Semester: -> II
to solve the aforementioned challenges.
Instructor Name
 Argue on the challenge ofAshenafi
time in aK.distributed system.
Instructor
 Explain the typical algorithms used Science
Contact Address Computer Building,
in distributed Room No. 221
systems.
Consultation Hourthe characteristics
 Describe Fri of
1:30 – 3:30 systems and differentiate between different types of
distributed
middleware systems.
 Discuss how processes tolerate faults
 Discuss security issues on distributed systems
Course Description
The course covers design issues in distributed systems, hardware and software issues, inter-process
communication, remote procedure call and remote method invocation, communication, synchronization
and coordination issues, consistency and replication issues, Lamport`s Logical Clocks, fault tolerance,
and security issues
Course Breakdown (Topics/Units some with sub-units and allotted time to each sub-unit as well)
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
 Distributed Systems - What and Why
 Examples
 Types
 Characteristics
 Challenges and Issues
 Architecture (Hardware and Software)
Chapter 2: ARCHITECTURE
 Software Architectures
 System Architecture
Chapter 3: COMMUNICATION
 The Layered Protocol
 Why Communication (In Uniprocessor/ Multiprocessor and Distributed Systems)
 Communication Modes:
o Data vs Control Oriented,
o Synchronous vs Asynchronous,
o Transient vs Persistent.
 Communication Abstractions
o Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
o Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
o Message-Oriented Communication
o Group Communication, and Streams
Chapter 4: NAMING
 Names, Identifiers, and Addresses.
 Flat Naming (The Different Techniques)
 Structured Naming
 Attribute - Based Naming
Chapter 5: REPLICATION AND CONSISTENCY
 Replication: Issues, Distributed Data Store
 Consistency: Data and Client Centric Consistency Models,
 Replica Placement, and Consistency Protocols
Chapter 6: SYNCHRONIZATION AND COORDINATION
 Distributed Algorithms
 Synchronous vs Asynchronous Distributed Systems
 Synchronization and Coordination: Definition
 Clock Synchronization: Physical Clocks, Synchronizing Physical Clocks (Internal and External
Synchronization)

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