Course schedule (tentative)
| Date | Time | Location | Reading | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 12 | ||||
| Thursday Mar 22 | 13:15 - 15:00 | MC333 | Course Info, L1: Introduction (P-O) | |
| Week 13 | ||||
| Monday Mar 26 | 13:15 - 15:00 | MC333 | L2: Building Blocks (P-O) | |
| Wednesday Mar 28 | 13:15 - 15:00 | MC333 | Thinking Clearly About Performance | L3: Performance (P-O) |
| Wednesday Mar 28 | 15:15 - 17:00 | MA416 MA426 |
T1: Lab (Jakob) | |
| Week 14 | ||||
| Thursday Apr 05 | 13:15 - 14:00 | MC333 | Written Exam 1 (covering module 1) | |
| Week 15 | ||||
| Monday Apr 09 | 13:15 - 15:00 | MC333 | L4: Time and Global States (Jonny) | |
| Thursday Apr 12 | 13:15 - 15:00 | MC333 | L5: Mutual Exclusions and Elections (Jonny) | |
| Friday Apr 13 | 12:00 | Deadline: Assignment 1 | ||
| Week 16 | ||||
| Monday Apr 16 | 13:15 - 15:00 | MC333 | L6: Group Communication (Jonny) | |
| Wednesday Apr 18 | 13:15 - 15:00 | MA426 | T2: Tutorial Group Communication GCom (Jakob) | |
| Thursday Apr 19 | 13:15 - 15:00 | MC333 | Paxos Made Simple | L7: Distributed Agreements (Jonny) |
| Week 17 | ||||
| Monday Apr 23 | 13:15 - 14:45 | MC333 | Written Exam 2 (covering module 2) | |
| Thursday Apr 26 | 13:15 - 15:00 | MC333 | Understanding replication in databases and distributed systems (Page 1-11, the rest is extensive reading) | L8: Replication (Jonny) |
| Week 18 | ||||
| Thursday May 03 | 13:15 - 15:00 | MC333 | CAP Twelve Years Later: How the “Rules” Have Changed | L9: Consistency (Jonny) |
| Week 19 | ||||
| Monday May 07 | 13:15 - 15:00 | MC333 | Three-Phase Commit Protocol | L10: Transactions (Jonny) |
| Week 20 | ||||
| Monday May 14 | 13:15 - 15:00 | MC333 | Distributed Deadlock Detection | L11: Concurrency Control (Jonny) |
| Thursday May 17 | 13:15 - 14:45 | MC333 | Written Exam 3 (covering module 3) | |
| Week 21 | ||||
| Wednesday May 23 | 12:00 | Soft deadline: GCom project | ||
| Thursday May 24 | 09:15 - 17:00 | TBA | Project presentations | |
| Week 22 | ||||
| Monday May 28 | 13:00 - 13:45 | MC333 | Written Exam 1 (covering module 1) | |
| Monday May 28 | 13:50 - 15:20 | MC333 | Written Exam 2 (covering module 2) | |
| Monday May 28 | 15:30 - 17:00 | MC333 | Written Exam 3 (covering module 3) | |
| Wednesday May 30 | 12:00 | Hard deadline: GCom project | ||
| Thursday May 31 | 09:15 - 17:00 | TBA | Project presentations | |