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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Level LimitEngineering
CollegeFun class, interesting concepts, and he is one of my faves.
Really good lectures
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.
friendly and tend to give difficult quizzes. those problems are very creative but too hard for many to complete in 30 minutes.
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!!!
please please please take this class with Professor El Abbadi before he stops teaching it. It is incredibly clear how much he cares for his students and his material - the class is interesting, and you can expect fair (not too hard) items on his quizzes. He is passionate when teaching and responds very quickly on piazza. Great guy, great class!!!
Michael Beyeler
5.0
James Preiss
2.1
Misha Sra
3.0
Daniel Lokshtanov
3.8