CMSC 34700
Scalable Internet ServicesPrerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Catalog Description: The demands and opportunities of the World Wide Web present challenges for operating and distributed systems research in wide-area, Internet-scale systems. This class surveys current research in this area, including work in wide-area caching, prefetching, replication, naming, distributed computation, scalable servers, security and communication protocols. A primary goal is to provide the background necessary for doing research on these topics. We read and evaluate research papers selected from the literature. In addition to lectures, students are asked to evaluate the papers as a basis for discussion. Students enrolled for full credit will also do a class project in small groups.
Instructors: I. FosterQuarter offered: Autumn.
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