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CS 754Advanced Distributed Systems

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Computer Science

CS 754 as listed in the Fall 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.

This course provides a broad discussion of advanced topics in modern distributed systems. The course will discuss the state of the art of these systems and how and why they reached there. The course will discuss current data center hardware and software architecture, communication middleware, and how modern systems can tolerate failures, maintain data consistency, scale, leverage the new hardware capabilities, and exploit highly concurrent hardware.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
      • CS654 - Distributed Systems (0.50)
    • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:

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Calendar versions

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In 13 terms, Winter 2020 to Winter 2024