Computer Science 150
Topics: Distributed Systems
| Course Description: |
Fundamental concepts and paradigms of distributed systems. Communication services; client/server model; CORBA; Web Services; .NET and J2EE; failures and fault-tolerance; membership; group communication; ordering; synchrony and asynchrony; and ongoing research efforts at Westmont in survivable distributed systems. Prerequisite: CS 45 or consent of instructor. (Offered alternate years.) |
| Professor: |
Kim P. Kihlstrom kimkihls@westmont.edu http://homepage.westmont.edu/kimkihls/ Office: Math and Computer Science Building Phone: 805-565-6864 |
Spring 2007 Textbook: |
Birman, Reliable Distributed Systems: Technologies, Web Services, and Applications, ISBN 0-387-21509-3 |
Course Materials at Eureka (requires enrollment)
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The 2007 class project: Staralert, a national surveillance application |
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