CS5410: Intermediate Computer Systems

Course Overview and Organization.

Lecture times, teaching staff, office hours, prerequisites, assignments and grading policy.

Topic Outline.

High-level listing of topics to be covered along with recommended readings.

Programming Project. Details of various project phases:

• Phase I: A Distributed Bank (assigned 9/7; due 9/30)
• Phase II: Bank Balance Computation (assigned 9/30; due 10/19)
• Phase III: Availability through Primary/Backup (assigned 10/19; due 11/4)
• Phase IV: Availability through Active Replication (assigned 11/4; due 11/23)
• Phase V: Optional Enhancement Phase (assigned 11/25; due 12/4)

Announcements

• [11/11/2009] Chi Ho's office hours on Thursday 11/12 will be 5:30pm - 7:30pm (and not 12:30pm - 2:30pm, as is usual).
• [11/10/2009] Phase V assignment has been posted. Note the extended due date (12/4) and note the deliverable due on 11/23.
• [11/10/2009] Phase III grades have been posted to CMS. Regrade requests must be submitted to Professor Schneider in writing prior to class on Mon Nov 16.
• [11/2/2009] Lecture notes for Chi Ho's presentation on agreement in asynchronous settings are available.
• [10/12/2009] Phase I grades have been posted to CMS. Regrade requests must be submitted to Professor Schneider in writing at class and prior to Wed Oct 21. Submit a written document explaining why you believe an error was made in grading your project. Include a printed copy of the comments we provided with the original grade. Beware that a regrade request will cause a complete new evaluation of your submission, so your grade might decrease as a result of that evaluation.
• [10/6/2009] Plan on our 2nd make-up class for Fri, Oct 23.
• [10/5/2009] No lecture on Wed, Oct 14. Make-up class on Fri, Oct 16 in our usual room (Thurston 205)
• [9/29/2009] Quiz 1 has been graded. They are available for pick-up in Upson 360, weekdays 10am-12n; 2pm-4pm.
• [9/7/2009] There will be no class on Monday, Sept 28, 2009 in observance of the Yom Kippur holiday.