Lecture: Sun 10:30-12:30 (Taub 4)
Prof. Hagit Attiya, hagit@cs.technion.ac.il
Office hours: Sun 12:30-13:30, Taub 742, Ext. 4365
Recitation: Mon 8:30-9:30 (Taub 9)
Eddie Bortnikov, Edward.Bortnikov@compaq.com
Office hours: Tue 16:30-17:30, Tandem Labs Israel (Gutwirth park), Tel. 8323050 (ext 216)
Your grades are here.
| Date | Announcement |
|---|---|
| 5.3.2001 | At last, the final grades. Drop by my office to see your papers; please bring another copy with you, if you want to take the graded paper. |
| 30.1.2001 | Here are your grades. |
| 24.1.2001 | Homework number 4 is posted. Due date: 7.2.2001. You need to submit this assignment only if you want to improve your home assignments grade. Grades for assignment #3 will be published around 29.1.2001. |
| 31.12.2000 | Until further notice, the strike does not apply to this course: Lectures are held. There will be no recitation tomorrow (1.1.2001). Please check project assignments, and notify me of errors/omissions. |
| 31.12.2000 | Homework number 3 is posted. Due date: 22.1.2001. |
| 12.12.2000 | The hint for Question 2 in Homework 2 was modified. |
| 3.12.2000 | The code of fast mutex (in postscript) was added to Homework 2. |
| 28.11.2000 | Homework number 2 is posted. Due date: 18.12.2000. |
| 12.11.2000 | Project ideas are posted. Project proposals due: 10.12.2000. Projects due: 28.1.2001 |
| 5.11.2000 | No recitation tomorrow (6.11.2000). We will notify you about next week. |
| 5.11.2000 | Homework number 1 is posted. Due date: 27.11.2000. |
Course Outline:
- Introduction; syllabus will be availale soon.
- Leader election in rings.
- Mutual exclusion.
- Consensus.
- Wait-free simulations of shared objects.
- Additional topics, by lecturer’s choice.
The course uses the book Distributed Computing: Fundamentals, Simulations, and Advanced Topics by Attiya and Welch.
See the errata page for the book.
See also the previous incarnation of this course.
Lecture Notes:
Notes for all lectures, as well as slides of figures used can be found here.
Some other courses using the same book also have their notes/slides on the Web.
Home assignments:
- Home work number 1, Due 27.11.2000.
- Home work number 2, Due 18.12.2000.
- Home work number 3, Due 22.1.2001.
- Home work number 4, Due 7.2.2001.
Written Project:
A written project is an important part of the class duties; here are some suggestions.
Project proposals are due on 10.12.2000; here are the assignments.
Projects are due on 28.1.2001.
Copyright Notice:
You may use these materials for non-profit educational purposes without charge. I leave them online for students to reference throughout my course. I do not grant to you the right to publish these materials for profit, in either their original or formatted form.
Hagit Attiya, Department of Computer Science, Technion