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    • Advanced Topics in Distributed Systems . CMPSC 271

    Covers the fundamental problems in distributed systems and the various tools used to solve them. Of primary interest is the issue of fault-tolerance. Topics include event ordering, clocks, global states, agreement, fault-tolerance, and peer-to-peer systems.

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    Prerequisites: cmpsc 170.

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    Engineering

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    EL ABBADI A
    Amr El Abbadi
    4.3
    36 reviews
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    M W
    09:00 AM - 10:50 AM
    47 / 35 Full
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    Winter 2026 . El Abbadi A
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    M W
    09:00 AM - 10:50 AM
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    4.3
    CS271 . El Abbadi A 9 Months Ago

    Fun class, interesting concepts, and he is one of my faves.

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    CS271 . El Abbadi A 10 Years Ago

    Really good lectures

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    CS271 . El Abbadi A 15 Years Ago

    I took up Prof. Abbadi's graduate course on Distributed Systems during winter 2011. I had great enthusiasm for the c ourse initially, but it turned out to be a super bummer. The coursework was pathetic. Too much theory and horrible choice of abstract research papers assigned for reading. His teaching was too abstract and the projects were a joke.

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    271 . El Abbadi A 20 Years Ago

    friendly and tend to give difficult quizzes. those problems are very creative but too hard for many to complete in 30 minutes.

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    CS171 . El Abbadi A 3 Months Ago

    If you're just here to learn then take the class, the material is very interesting. But man the grading was rough I swear the people in this class are smarter than the average cs class the median was always so high in the quizzes...

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    CS171 . El Abbadi A 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

    Professor El Abbadi is a joy to have a class with. He genuinely cares about the material and is great at answering questions. His lectures are quite interesting, and the class is mainly project based which helps you learn. TAKE HIM IF YOU ARE ABLE!!!

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