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ECLT 5820 Distributed and Mobile Systems
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Time：Wednesday 7 – 9:45pm Classroom: ERB 803 Course Email: eclt5820@cse.cuhk.edu.hk
Instructor:
Dr. Lyu, Rung-Tsong Michael
Engineering Building 1031
lyu@cse.cuhk.edu.hk
TEL: 3943 8442
Office Hour:
2-4pm Wednesday or by appointment
Tutor:
Mr. HE, Shilin
Engineering Building 101A
slhe@cse.cuhk.edu.hk
Coursework:
Homework (20%): 2 assignments, discussions allowed but no plagiarism.
Mid-Term Exam (40%): October 30, 2019, ERB 803 (3 hours, 7-10pm in class), open one A-4 size paper, topic 1-8.
Group Presentation and Report(40%):
Presentation on Dec. 4, 2019 (in class, ERB 803)
Report due on Dec. 8, 2019 (electronic submission)
Textbook:
The textbook is available online, please find it here.
Project:
Project specification
Project grouping deadline: Oct. 13, 2019
Proposal deadline: Nov. 6, 2019 (electronic version)
Final report deadline: 23:59:59, Dec. 8, 2019 (electronic version, double-columnm, template download)
Presentation file submission deadline: Dec. 3, 2019 (electronic version)
Presentation time: Dec. 4, 2019, Wednesday (in class)
Homework:
Policy on Late Submission: 1). Late within 2 days - 30% deduction 2). Late after 2 days - not allowed.
- Assignment 1 Due: 23:59:59 Oct 9, 2019
- Assignment 2 Due: 23:59:59 Oct 23, 2019
Schedule:
| Date | Topics | PPT | Exercise | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/9 | Topic 1: Characterization of Distributed Systems | lyuDS0 lyuDS1 | Ch.1, 2 | |
| 11/9 | Topic 2: Communication and Remote Procedure Call | lyuDS2 | exer2 exer2_ans | Ch.3, 4, 5, 6 |
| 18/9 | Topic 3: Security | lyuDS3 | exer3 exer3_ans | Ch.11 |
| 25/9 | Topic 4: Naming, Trading and P2P Systems | lyuDS4 | exer4_1 exer4_2 exer4_1_ans exer4_2_ans | Ch.10, 13 |
| 2/10 | Topic 5: Time, Coordination and Agreement | lyuDS5 | exer5 exer5_ans | Ch.14, 15 |
| 9/10 | Topic 6: Concurrency Control | lyuDS6 Lecture Video | exer6 | Ch.16a |
| 16/10 | Topic 7: Transactions | lyuDS7 | Ch.16b, 17a | |
| 23/10 | Topic 8: Fault Tolerance and Replication | Ch.17b, 18 | ||
| 30/10 | Midterm Exam | |||
| 6/11 | Topic 9: Mobile, Ubiquitous Computing and RFID | Ch.19 | ||
| 13/11 | No Class | |||
| 20/11 | Topic 10: Blockchain, Bitcoin, and Ethereum | Notes | ||
| 27/11 | Topic 11: Cloud Computing | Ch.21 | ||
| 4/12 | Project Presentation |
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