Distributed OS: Fall 2008
Welcome to the Distributed Operating Systems (COMP 4000/5102) wiki for Fall 2008!
Course Outline
The course outline for COMP 4000/5102 is available here. A backup copy is available here.
Reading Responses
In your reading response, you can reflect on whatever came to mind when reading these papers. The one key requirement is that you demonstrate that you read the papers; however, you have to do so without merely summarizing them! While you may discuss the in-class questions in your response, I'm more interested in your own personal perspective on the readings.
Course Readings and Notes
Notes for the lectures & discussions are as follows:
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| September 8 & 10, 2008 | 1. Distributed OS Overview, Origins of the Internet |
| September 15 & 17, 2008 | 2. Early RPC & the Alto |
| September 22 & 24, 2008 | 3. Distributed Shared Memory (no lecture) |
| Sept. 29 & Oct. 1, 2008 | 4. UNIX, Plan9, Inferno |
| October 6 & 8, 2008 | 5. NFS, AFS, Sprite FS |
| October 15, 2008 | 6. Project topic discussions |
| October 20 & 22, 2008 | 7. Trusted Distributed Storage |
| October 27 & 29, 2008 | 8. Google OS |
| November 3 & 5, 2008 | 9. Untrusted Distributed Storage |
| November 10 & 12, 2008 | 10. Distributed Programming Models |
| November 17 & 19, 2008 | 11. VM-based Distributed Systems |
| November 24 & 26, 2008 | 13. Project Presentations |
| December 1, 2008 | 12. Web Mashups, Class Conclusion |
| Dec. 13, 2008, 2 PM | Distributed OS Final Exam & Final Projects Due |