Course

Distributed Systems (DAT520)

The course gives insight into both theoretical and practical aspects of distributed computing systems, particularly techniques for building fault-tolerant systems.


Dette er emnebeskrivelsen for studieåret 2025-2026

Fakta

Emnekode

DAT520

Vekting (stp)

10

Semester undervisningsstart

Spring

Undervisningsspråk

English

Antall semestre

1

Vurderingssemester

Spring

Timeplan

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Litteratur

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Content

The course gives insight into important theoretical principles of distributed computing, including system models for interaction and failure, interprocess communication, synchronization, time and global states, protocols for coordination and consensus (Paxos and Raft), distributed transactions, fault tolerance, consistency, and replication. The course also covers concrete systems and architectures for distributed systems: map-reduce, distributed hash tables, peer-to-peer systems, gossip-based systems, and distributed file and storage systems.

The course also includes a significant programming project based on concepts and algorithms studied in class, in which the student must show how these can be implemented in practice.

The programming project in this course shall be implemented using the Go programming language.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

  • Be familiar with important principles for the design and implementation of distributed systems.
  • Be familiar with the most common system architectures for distributed systems.
  • Be familiar with essential techniques for solving various problems in distributed systems.

Skills

  • Be able to develop advanced distributed applications with fault tolerance properties.
  • Be able to perform independent research in distributed systems.
  • Be able to reason about problems that involve distributed components.

General competency

  • Know how to develop distributed computer systems.

Forkunnskapskrav

Ingen

Anbefalte forkunnskaper

Operating Systems and Systems Programming (DAT320)
Operating systems, computer networking, advanced programming

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Written exam 1/1 4 Hours Letter grades None permitted


Digital exam.

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Compulsory assignments

Mandatory programming assignments. Pass/Fail. You must submit your solution to our system for automated evaluation, followed by in-lab approval. All programming assignments must be passed to sit for the written exam.

Completion of mandatory lab assignments is to be made at the times and in the assigned groups. Absence due to illness or other reasons must be communicated as soon as possible to the laboratory personnel. One cannot expect that provisions for completion of the lab assignments at other times are made unless prior arrangements with the laboratory personnel have been agreed upon.

Failure to complete the assigned labs on time or not having them approved will result in being barred from sitting for the exam in the course.

Fagperson(er)

Course coordinator:

Hein Meling

Head of Department:

Tom Ryen

Method of work

4 hours of lectures and 4 hours of mandatory work. All mandatory work (such as hand-ins, lab work, projects, etc. ) must be approved within the specified deadlines throughout the course.

Overlapping

Emne Reduksjon (SP)
Distributed Systems (DAT520_1) , Distributed systems (MID110_1) 10

Åpent for

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Exchange programme at Faculty of Science and Technology

Emneevaluering

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital course evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

Kontakt

Course coordinator:

Hein Meling

Head of Department:

Tom Ryen

Tilbys av

Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 1