Distributed Systems 2014/2015

Academic Year 2014/2015

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students got acquainted with the fundamental issues of distributed systems, the computational models capturing their essence, and the technologies currently helping facing them in the most systematic and effective way. In particular, students become familiar with the fittest solutions, technologies, architectures, and methodologies to design distributed systems, and is capable of

devising out the most critical aspects of distributed systems coming from physical distribution
determining the most proper methodological approaches
selecting the fittest technologies for implementing the solutions detected

Course contents

Generality on distributed systems

Basic problems and definitions
Software architectures. The architecture of the WWW, REST & ROA
Software infrastructure: from objects to agents

Fundamental issues of distributed systems

Communication
Naming
Synchronisation
Consistency & replication
Fault tolerance
Coordination: generality, languages and technologies
Distributed software system engineering

Main sorts of distributed systems

Distributed object-based systems
Distributed web-based systems
Distributed coordination-based systems
Multi-agent systems

Readings/Bibliography

The bibliography is made available through the course web site.

Teaching methods

Lessons with slides
Examples discussed and built by the teacher and by experts from the field
Lab activity

Assessment methods

Oral test
Possible discussion of an individual/group project

Teaching tools

Web site of the teacher
Web page of the course with slides (PDF), other materials and useful links

Links to further information

http://apice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Courses/Sd

Office hours

See the website of Andrea Omicini

58260 - Distributed Systems

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