CS237: Spring 2013
Distributed Systems Middleware

Course Materials

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Course Reading Material

Lecture Notes:

1. Lecture 1: Middleware and Distributed Systems Fundamentals.
2. Lecture 2: Virtual Time and Global States in Distributed Systems.
3. Lecture 3: Distributed Operating Systems Concepts.
4. Lecture 4: Distributed OS Case Studies.
5. Lecture 5: Distributed Computing Frameworks: DCE, Hadoop
6. Lecture 6: Object-based Middleware: CORBA, COM 
7. Lecture 7: Middleware Frameworks Java-based Technologies, Jini and Espeak - Case Studies
8. Lecture 8: Middleware Frameworks XML, Web Services, Service Oriented Architectures
9. Distributed Middleware Frameworks Case Studies
10. Middleware for QoS-Enabled Environments
11. Middleware for Embedded Environments
12. Middleware for Fault Tolerant Environments
13. Middleware for Secure Environments
14. Middleware for Mobile and Ubiquitous Environments

Homeworks:

1. Homework 1: Brief survey paper in the area of class project.
2. Weekly topic summaries, specific questions to be covered in summaries discussed in class
3. Class presentation

Reference Books:

• Distributed Systems - Sape Mullender, Addison-Wesley Inc.
• Operating Systems Concepts - Silberschatz and Galvin, Fifth Edition -Addison-Wesley Inc.