Syllabus Information

5.1. Methodological overview

The methodologies used in this course are :

• Theoretical lectures explaining the concepts and design of Distributed Systems.
• Problem solving lectures where students apply theoretical knowledge.
• Practical sessions in labs with smaller groups where students design and implement, in computers , different solutions to basic problems.

5.2. Learning tasks

• Study of Distributed Systems concepts.
• Analysis of architectures and technologies.
• Problem based learning.
• Design and implementation of Distributed System solutions in a lab.

5.3. Syllabus

The syllabus of this course is:

Basic concepts: Architectures. Processes and threads. Interprocess communication. Interface definition languages. Client-Server model. Management of events. Timing. Logical time. Group communication.

Resource management: Assignment of resource. Scheduling. Virtualization. Migration. Mutual exclusion. Leader election. Locks.

Technologies: Messaging systems. File systems. Objects systems. Web systems. P2P systems.

Fault Tolerance: Consensus. Distributed transactions. Replication.

Security: Cryptographic services. Kerberos. Digital certificates. Public key infrastructures.

5.4. Course planning and calendar

Schedule of sessions and presentation of works

The educational organization of the course is as follows:

• Lectures and lessons of problems: 3 hours a week

• Computer lab sessions

Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura de Zaragoza: 2 hours every two weeks

Escuela Universitaria Politécnica de Teruel: 1 hour a week

In computer lab sessions students work in small groups supervised by a teacher.

Student Work

To achieve the objectives of this subject, students have to spend about 150 hours distributed as follows:

• 56 hours approximately, during learning activities (lectures, problems and practical lab sessions)

• 91 hours of personal study (study of notes and texts, problems solving, preparation for classes and practices, and learning of the software development process)

• 3 hours for the written final exam

5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources

[BB: Bibliografía básica / BC: Bibliografía complementaria]

• Zaragoza:
• [BB] Distributed systems : concepts and design / George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, Tim Kindberg, Gordon Blair . 5th ed. Boston, [etc.] : Addison-Wesley, 2012
• [BB] Tanenbaum, Andrew Stuart. Sistemas distribuidos : principios y paradigmas / Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Maarten Van Steen ; traducción Jorge Octavio García Pérez, Rodolfo Navarro Salas ; revisión técnica Aarón Jiménez Govea . - 2ª ed. Naucalpan de Juárez (Estado de México) : Pearson Educación, 2008
• Teruel:
• [BB] Coulouris, George F.. Distributed systems : concepts and design / George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, Tim Kindberg . 4th ed., 5th print. Harlow (England) : Addison-Wesley, 2009
• [BB] Tanenbaum, Andrew Stuart. Sistemas distribuidos : principios y paradigmas / Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Maarten Van Steen ; traducción Jorge Octavio García Pérez, Rodolfo Navarro Salas ; revisión técnica Aarón Jiménez Govea . - 2ª ed. Naucalpan de Juárez (Estado de México) : Pearson Educación, 2008