Lectures for INFO8002 - Large-Scale Data Systems, ULiège, Fall 2020.
- Instructor: Gilles Louppe (g.louppe@uliege.be)
- Teaching assistant: Joeri Hermans (joeri.hermans@doct.ulg.ac.be)
- When: Fall 2020, Tuesday 1:45 PM.
- Classroom: Virtual. Podcasts are posted on MyULiège.
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| September 15 | Course syllabus [PDF] Lecture 1: Introduction [PDF] |
| September 22 | Lecture 2: Basic distributed abstractions [PDF] |
| September 29 | Lecture 3: Reliable broadcast [PDF] Exercise session 1 [PDF] |
| October 6 | Lecture 4: Shared memory [PDF] |
| October 13 | Lecture 5: Consensus [PDF] Exercise session 2 [PDF] [Solution] |
| October 20 | Lecture 6: Distributed file systems [PDF] |
| October 27 | (Lecture 7 is postponed.) |
| November 3 | Lecture 7: Distributed hash tables [PDF] |
| November 10 | Lecture 8: Blockchain [PDF] Presentation of the programming project, 2PM on Jitsi Exercise session 3 [PDF], 2PM on Jitsi |
| November 17 | Lecture 9: Distributed computing [PDF] Exercise session 4 [PDF] |
| November 24 | Exercise session 5 [PDF] |
| December 8 | Q&A session (see email) |
| December 18 | Deadline for the reading assignment and the programming project |
See the project folder for a complete description of the project.
Your report should be formatted using the LaTeX template template-report-reading-assignment.tex.
Your project should be submitted by December 18, 2020 at 23:59 on the submission platform.
Your task is to read and summarize a scientific paper in the field of distributed systems. You are free to select one among the following two papers:
You should produce a report that summarizes the problem that is tackled by the paper and explains why it is challenging or important. The report should outline the main contributions and results with respect to the problem that is addressed. It should also include a critical discussion of the advantages and shortcomings of the contributions of the paper.
Constraints:
- You can work in groups of maximum 4 students.
- You report must be written in English.
- Up to 4 pages (excluding references, if any).
- Formatted using the LaTeX template
template-report-reading-assignment.tex.
Your report should be submitted by December 18, 2020 at 23:59 on the submission platform.