CMPT 401 Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design   

Fall 2004

[Time&Location] [Text Book] [Contact Info] [Grading] [Assignments] [Term Project] [Mid-Term] [Final-Term]  [Slides]  [Tutorial] [GradeBook] 

Lecture time & location: Tuesday 16:30-18:20, Thursday 16:30-17:20 AQ3159

Textbook: Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, Third Edition

Contact Information

• Instructor: Senqiang Zhou (szhoua@cs.sfu.ca) 

• TA: Angie Zhang (angiez@cs.sfu.ca)

• Office Hour: 
  •  Senqiang Zhou: Tuesday, 10:00-11:00am, Thursday 1:00-2:00pm at  L9005. 
  • Angie Zhang: Friday 4:30-5:30pm at MTF Study Area. 
     
• Course E-mail List

Please send your mails to course email list (cmpt-401@sfu.ca). Both the instructor and TA are in the list. Only in the case you want to send information exclusively, send your mail to instructor and/or TA.

Grading 

• 5 Assignments: 20%
• 1 Project: 15%
• 1 Midterm: 20%
• 1 Final: 45%
• Late Policy
  • Assignments and project reports are due on the days stated in the documents describing them. Unless otherwise specified, all assignments handed in late will be penalized, with those handed in one day late losing 10%, and those being handed in two days late losing 20%. No assignment will be accepted more than two days late.

Assignments  

• Weights vary for different assignments.
• Assignment1    Solution   time-lamport.pdf  ToDServer.java Connection.java 
• Assignment 2   Solution  list.x 
• Assignment 3   Solution
• Assignment 4   Solution
• Assignment 5   Solution

Term Project  

• Project Description

Mid-Term Exam.  (50 minutes)

• Time: 4:30-5:20pm, Oct. 19th, 2004
• Place: AQ 3159
• It is a close-book exam. No cheating-sheet.
• Cover the class slides we have discussed before the mid-term day.

Final-Term Exam. (3-hour)

• Time: 19:00-22:00, Dec. 18th, Saturday
• Place: WMC3220

Lecture Slides (Some slides are provided by Professor Tiko.)

• Chapter 1 (Coverage: Chapters 1 in the textbook)
• Chapter 2 (Coverage: Chapters 2 in the textbook)
• Chapter 3 (Coverage: Chapters 3 in the textbook)
• Chapter 4 (Coverage: Chapters 4, 5, 18  in the textbook)
• Chapter 5 (Coverage: Chapters 5, 9 in the textbook)
• Chapter 6 (Coverage: Chapters 8 in the textbook)
• Chapter 7 (Coverage: Chapters 10 in the textbook)
• Chapter 8 (Coverage: Chapters 11 and 12 in the textbook)
• Chapter 9 (Coverage: Chapters 7 in the textbook)
• Chapter 10 (Coverage: Chapters 14 in the textbook)
• Chapter 11 (Coverage: Chapters 11, 14 in the textbook)

Tutorial

• Sample socket programs using UNIX APIs
• A sample RPC program
• Compilation and running of a RMI application