COE3265: Distributed Computing

Introduction to Distributed Software Systems: Overview of distributed software and hardware issues with a historical perspective. Definitions of distributed operating systems, concept of transparency, the client-server model; middleware, the N-tier model. The design of distributed systems, Distributed Objects and Remote Invocation, client/server and peer-to-peer architectures; the design of distribution middleware; the use and design of programming systems for distributed computing. Distributed Programming: concepts of distributed programming languages, synchronization and communication mechanisms, and middleware standards and platforms Remote procedure call, marshalling, message brokering and other core mechanisms of current middleware systems: Java RMI, CORBA, and Web Services. Advanced Concepts: Distributed Database System: Structure of Distributed Database, Data Fragmentation, Data Model, Query Processing, Semi Join, Parallel & Pipeline join, Distributed Query Processing in R* system, Concurrency Control in Distributed Database System, Recovery in Distributed Database System, Distributed deadlock Detection and Resolution, Commit Protocols.