Course Objective: To familiarize students with the fundamental concepts, techniques and design of Distributed Systems and use of distributed computing applications domains.
| No. | Subtopic | Authors | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Distributed Systems | Link | |
| Definition, Type, Goals, Models | |||
| Issues in Distributed Systems | |||
| Hardware & Software Concepts | |||
| Client-Server Model | |||
| Middleware & Distributed Algorithms | |||
| 2 | Communication in Distributed Systems | Link | |
| 2.1 | Introduction to Message Passing | Ritvik Sharma, Prachi Tayshete, Shubham Karampure | Link |
| Synchronization & Buffering | |||
| Multi-datagram Messages | |||
| Group Communication | |||
| Remote Procedure Call (RPC) | |||
| Remote Object Invocation (RMI) | |||
| 3 | Process in Distributed Systems | Link | |
| Threads in Distributed Systems | |||
| Clients and Servers | |||
| Code Migration: Approaches & Models | |||
| Migration Challenges | |||
| 4 | Synchronization in Distributed Systems | Link | |
| Clock Synchronization | |||
| Physical & Logical Clocks | |||
| Election Algorithms (Bully, Ring) | |||
| Mutual Exclusion Algorithms | |||
| Load Balancing: Goals & Strategies | |||
| 5 | Consistency and Replication | Link | |
| Reasons & Techniques for Replication | |||
| Object & Data Replication | |||
| Data-Centric Consistency Models | |||
| Client-Centric Consistency Models | |||
| Consistent Ordering of Operations |