Lectures for INFO8002 - Large-Scale Data Systems, ULiège, Fall 2021.
- Instructor: Gilles Louppe (g.louppe@uliege.be)
- Teaching assistant: Sami Ben Mariem (Sami.BenMariem@uliege.be)
- When: Fall 2021, Tuesday 1:45 PM.
- Classroom: R7/B28.
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| September 14 | Course syllabus [PDF] Lecture 1: Introduction [PDF] |
| September 21 | Lecture 2: Basic distributed abstractions [PDF] |
| September 28 | Lecture 3: Reliable broadcast [PDF] |
| October 5 | Lecture 4: Shared memory [PDF] |
| October 12 | Lecture 5: Consensus [PDF] |
| October 19 | Lecture 6: Blockchain [PDF] Exercise session 1 [PDF] |
| October 26 | Lecture 7: Distributed hash tables [PDF] Exercise session 2 [PDF] |
| November 9 | Lecture 8: Distributed file systems [PDF] Exercise session 3 [PDF] |
| November 16 | Lecture 9: Distributed computing [PDF] |
| November 30 | Exercise session 4 [PDF] |
| December 7 | Exercise session 5 [PDF] |
| December 14 | Q&A Session |
| December 17 | Deadline for the reading assignment and the programming project |
KeyChain. Due by December 17, 2021 at 23:59. See the /project/ folder for instructions. Presentation can be found here
Your task is to read and summarize a scientific paper in the field of distributed systems. You are free to select one among the following two papers:
You should produce a report that summarizes the problem that is tackled by the paper and explains why it is challenging or important. The report should outline the main contributions and results with respect to the problem that is addressed. It should also include a critical discussion of the advantages and shortcomings of the contributions of the paper.
Constraints:
- You can work in groups of maximum 4 students.
- You report must be written in English.
- Up to 4 pages (excluding references, if any).
- Formatted using the LaTeX template
template-report-reading-assignment.tex.
Your report should be submitted by December 17, 2021 at 23:59 on the submission platform.