04833320: 40 Years Distributed Systems Research

In this course, we will use a case-study-based approach to give an overview of four decades of research on operating systems and distributed systems. Topics include Concurrency, Fault Tolerence, Measurement, Storage, File Systems, Virtual Machine and Big Data. The learning objectives are:

• To understand historical & intellectual contexts of the evolution of operating systems and distributed systems.
• To appreciate different styles and methodologies of conducting systems research.

This course assumes a basic familiarity with operating systems concepts. Students are required to read about 2-3 research papers each day, write reviews and actively participate in class discussion.

• Instructors: Hui Zhang, Chenren Xu
• Lecture time: 7/3~7/14 10:00~12:00 am
• Location: Room 313, No. 2 Teaching Building（二教313）

This course assumes you have taken an "Introduction to Computer Systems" course (For example based on the O'Hallaron and Bryant book). We will also build on basic networking and signals but the course includes introductory material on these topics.

For programming experience, you need to have knowledge in C/C++ programming for the project.

Instructors

Name	Email	Office
Hui Zhang	hzhang AT cs DOT cmu DOT edu
Chenren Xu	chenren AT pku DOT edu DOT cn	Science Building No.5 515S

Teaching Assistants

Name	Email	Office
Shuang Jiang	js_eecs AT pku DOT edu DOT cn	Science Building No.5 517

Collaboration

You must complete individual assignments and tests by yourself. And you must collaborate with your partner in the team-based project.

It is acceptable and encouraged to help fellow students with generic problems(e.g. where to find documentation, use of tools...).

Everyone of you need to provide proper credit when reusing material.

Academic Integrity

The Peking University Policy on Integrity applies. We will strictly follow university policy on reporting cases of cheating.