SOFE 4790U – Distributed Systems

This course exposes the student to the major paradigms of distributed systems. Topics include: Distributed architectures; distributed processing models like client-server and code migration; inter-process communication; distributed naming and directory services; inter-process synchronization; distributed security; fault tolerance; distributed object-based systems; distributed file systems; distributed web-based systems; introduction to distributed coordination systems like peer-to-peer, publish/ subscribe, and GRID services.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Laboratory hours: 3 (biweekly)
Prerequisite(s): SOFE 3770U, SOFE 3850U, SOFE 3950U