DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

COMPSCI 739

Course Description

Large-scale distributed systems have become pervasive, underlying virtually all widely used computing services. Explore prevalent issues in designing and implementing distributed systems. Topics include fault tolerance, scalability, replication, distributed storage, consensus, reliability, performance, and correctness.

Prerequisties

COMPSCI 736 , COMPSCI 744 , COMPSCI 764 , or COMPSCI 774

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.9

3.78% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

0.53% from Historical

A Rate

80%

18.05% from Historical

Class Size

3.66% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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