T-106.5250 - Distributed Systems
(5 cr), Autumn 2007

Contents

Concepts, mechanisms, and implementation of distributed systems.

Material

The only course material is the course text book:

George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, Tim Kindberg:
Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, 4/E,
Addison-Wesley 2005, 944 pp, ISBN: 0-321-26354-5.

Note! We use the fourth edition. The older editions are not valid.

The text book has its own web pages: http://cdk4.net.

Requirements

To pass the course, you need to pass the examination that is entirely based on chapters 1-7, 9-14, and 16 of the course text book.

The next exams are:

Use webtopi to register to the exam. Registering is mandatory.

How to prepare to the exam

The exam is entirely based on chapters 1-7, 9-14, and 16 of the course text book. You should read the book carefully and try to understand the subjects instead of rote learning. The exam questions are essays or small questions that are answered by a few sentences. Try to answer clearly. When your prepare the answer for an essay, think first what you know about the subject. Remember, that the subject may have been described in several chapters of the book. Make some notes. Design an outline for your answer and only after that start to write the answer. You can use subsection headers to make your answer clearer.

Exam results

Exam 2008-12-19.
Exam 2008-03-07.
Exam 2007-12-21.
Exam 2007-03-06.
Exam 2006-12-22.
Exam 2006-05-11.
Exam 2006-03-06.

Lectures

The course lectures are presented in Finnish between 11.9. and 13.12.2007 tuesdays and thursdays at 12-14 in room T4.

The contents of the lectures.

Registering to the course

Use webtopi to register to the course. Registering is mandatory.

Teacher

The course is lectured by Esko Nuutila.

Course information

All information concerning the course is presented in this web page and in the lectures. You can also send email to Esko.Nuutila@tkk.fi.