CS431 Distributed Systems

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CS431Distributed Systems

• T. Sarah Alhammad

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How to reach me?
smalhammad_at_pnu.edu.sa
Room 2.505.25
Consultation Hours sun,tue,wed,thu 9-11
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What You Will Learn

• How the Internet is constructed and functions
• Explore a networked environment and work in a
  distributed fashion
• Data and networking security
• Different types of limitations in an
  Internet-based distributed system
• Design and analyze a simple distributed
  information system

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Textbooks
Distributed Systems Concepts and Design, 4th
edition or 5th edition. George Coulouris, Jean
Dollimore, Tim KindbergAddison-Wesley,
2005-2006.
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Course Outline

• Computer Networks
• Internetworking, protocol stacks and data
  transport
• Network Security
• Security considerations, basic cryptography and
  network security
• Operation Systems
• Processes, memory models, portable code and
  middleware
• Distributed Systems
• Design and operation of distributed systems and
  applications

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Coursework
Assessment Assessment Task Week Due Proportion of Final Assessment
1 Major exam 1 Week 7 15
2 Major exam 2 Week 12 20
3 Theoretical exercise 5
4 Final exam End of Semester 60
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Suggested References

• Data and Computer Communications,7th edition ,
  William Stallings, Prentice Hall, 2003.
• Computer Networks, A Systems Approach, by Larry
  L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie, Morgan Kaufmann
  Publishers, 2nd edition, 1999.
• Computer Networks, Fourth Edition, by A. S.
  Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall PTR, 2003.
• Operating Systems Design and Implementation,
  third Edition, by A. S Tanenbaum, A. S Woodhull,
  Prentice Hall, 2006.
• Operation Systems Concepts, Abraham Silberschatz,
  Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne, Wiley, 2008.