Course schedule (tentative)
| Date | Time | Location | Reading | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 35 | |||||
| Friday Sep 2 | 08:15 - 10:00 | N230 | Course Info, L1: Introduction | ||
| Week 36 | |||||
| Tuesday Sep 6 | 08:15 - 10:00 | MA136 | L2: Building Blocks | ||
| Friday Sep 9 | 08:15 - 10:00 | MA136 | Thinking Clearly About Performance | L3: Performance | |
| Friday Sep 9 | 10:15 - 12:00 | MA416 MA426 |
T1: Tutorial Systems Performance | ||
| Week 37 | |||||
| Monday Sep 12 | 09:00 | Publication: Written Exam 1 | |||
| Tuesday Sep 13 | 08:15 - 10:00 | MA136 | L4: Time and Global States | ||
| Friday Sep 16 | 12:00 | Deadline: Assignment 1 | |||
| Week 38 | |||||
| Monday Sep 19 | 12:00 | Deadline: Written Exam 1 | |||
| Tuesday Sep 20 | 08:15 - 10:00 | MA146 | L5: Mutual Exclusions and Elections | ||
| Friday Sep 23 | 08:15 - 10:00 | N230 | L6: Group Communication | ||
| Tuesday Sep 23 | 10:15 - 12:00 | MA416 MA426 |
T2: Tutorial Group Communication GCom | ||
| Week 39 | |||||
| Tuesday Sep 27 | 08:15 - 10:00 | MA146 | Paxos Made Simple The Part-Time Partliament |
L7: Distributed Agreements | |
| Friday Sep 30 | 08:15 - 10:00 | MA146 | Paper1:Erasure Coding vs. Replication Paper2:Understanding replication |
L8: Replication (.odp useful for the notes) | L8: Replication (pdf) |
| Friday Sep 30 | 09:00 | Publication: Written Exam 2 | |||
| Week 40 | |||||
| Tuesday Oct 4 | 08:15 - 10:00 | MA146 | CAP Twelve Years Later: How the “Rules” Have Changed | L9: Consistency (.odp useful for the notes) | L9: Consistency |
| Thursday Oct 6 | 17:00 | Deadline: Written Exam 2 | |||
| Friday Oct 7 | 08:15 - 10:00 | MA146 | L10: Transactions | L10: Transactions (odp) | |
| Week 41 | |||||
| Wendesday Oct 12 | 08:15 - 10:00 | MA146 | L11: Concurrency Control | L11: Concurrency Control (odp) | |
| Wednesday Oct 12 | 09:00 | Publication: Written Exam 3 | |||
| Week 42 | |||||
| Friday Oct 21 | 15:00 | Deadline: Written Exam 3 | |||
| Friday Oct 21 | 09:00 | Publication: Written Exam 4 | |||
| Week 43 | |||||
| Monday Oct 24 | 12:00 | Deadline: GCom project | |||
| Tuesday Oct 25 | 09:15 - 16:00 | TBA | Project presentations | ||
| Wednesday Oct 26 | 09:15 - 16:00 | TBA | Project presentations | ||
| Week 44 | |||||
| Monday Oct 31 | 9:00 | Deadline: Written Exam 4 | |||
| Week 1 (2017) | |||||
| Wednesday Jan 6 | 12:00 | Deadline: Make-Up Exam | |||