1. 1DT057 Distributed Information System Dr. Edith C.-H. Ngai Department of Information Technology Uppsala University

2. How to reach me? Rm 72104, Ångström 018 471 5777 edith.ngai@it.uu.se Consultation Hours: (Tue) 3-5pm

3. Organization of the Course Lectures Labs Assignments Presentations Examination Project (period 3) Visit our course web page: http://www.it.uu.se/edu/course/homepage/distrinfo/ht09

4. Your tutors Fredrik Bjurefors ◦ e-mail: Fredrik.Bjurefors@it.uu.se Ioana Rodhe ◦ e-mail: ioana.rodhe@it.uu.se

5. Nature of the Course The course combines theory and practical parts. The theory part of the course consists of a series of lectures, assignments, presentations and a mid- term exam. Laboratory exercises and project comprise the practical part.

6. What You Will Learn How the Internet is constructed and functions Explore a networked environment and work in a distributed fashion Data and networking security Different types of limitations in an Internet-based distributed system Design and analyze a simple distributed information system

7. Other Related Courses Computer Programming (1TD433, 1TD721) Computer Architecture (1DT016) Operating Systems (1DT020) Computer Networks I (1DT052) Advanced Computer Networks (1DT010)

8. Textbooks Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach, 5 th edition. Jim Kurose, Keith Ross Addison-Wesley, 2009.

9. Textbooks Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, 4 th edition. George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, Tim Kindberg Addison-Wesley, 2005.

10. Suggested References  Data and Computer Communications,7th edition, William Stallings, Prentice Hall, 2003.  Computer Networks, A Systems Approach, by Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2nd edition, 1999.  Computer Networks, Fourth Edition, by A. S. Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall PTR, 2003.  Operating Systems Design and Implementation, third Edition, by A. S Tanenbaum, A. S Woodhull, Prentice Hall, 2006.  Operation Systems Concepts, Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne, Wiley, 2008.

11. Coursework Period 2 ◦ Practical Part (100%)  1 Lab (80%)  1 Presentation (20%) ◦ Theoretical part (100%)  2 Written Assignments (20%)  Mid-term Examination (80%) Period 3 ◦ Runestone Project

12. Grading To pass the course, you need to satisfy both criteria: ◦ Complete the two written assignments ◦ Make a presentations in class ◦ Obtain >60% in the lab ◦ Obtain >60% in the mid-term exam and written assignments ◦ Complete the course project in period 3 You get the following grades according to your final overall mark: >60 grade 3 >80 grade 4 >90 grade 5

13. Course Outline Computer Networks ◦ Internetworking, protocol stacks and data transport Network Security ◦ Security considerations, basic cryptography and network security Operation Systems ◦ Processes, memory models, portable code and middleware Distributed Systems ◦ Design and operation of distributed systems and applications