Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 6.824 (Spring 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Distributed Computer Systems Engineering 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Robert Morris 
• Course Introduction:
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  6.824 Distributed Computer Systems Engineering
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  6.824 Distributed Computer Systems Engineering
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2006

  
  
  

  

  Course logo. (Image courtesy of Frank Dabek. Used with permission.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course covers abstractions and implementation techniques for the design of distributed systems. Topics include: server design, network programming, naming, storage systems, security, and fault tolerance. The assigned readings for the course are from current literature. This course is worth 6 Engineering Design Points.
  
  

  Recommended Citation

  
  
  

  For any use or distribution of these materials, please cite as follows:

  Robert Morris, course materials for 6.824 Distributed Computer Systems Engineering, Spring 2006. MIT OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu/), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Downloaded on [DD Month YYYY].

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .c, .pl, .x, .ps, and .zip. .h are header files.