Distributed Systems (Fall 2009)Instructor: Maarten van Steen Room: R4.20 Email: steen@cs.vu.nl Tel: 598 7784 If you wish to talk to me about the course, please make an appointment after class, by calling, or via email. Information about the Computer Systems Group. Information about the top masters in Parallel and Distributed Computer Systems Course MaterialFor the exams, you have to study
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Maarten van Steen There is a set of slides available. They are also available as small booklets allowing you to make notes. Material may change up to a few days before class.
Instructors may want the original slides, or even
perhaps the Latex sources. Please contact me.
What to studyIn principle, everything that is specified under the class schedule needs to be studied. However, not everything is equally important. For this year, you can find a rough categorization here. Note: "++" indicates important, "o" indicates less important.ExamsThere is an extensive set of previous exams, most with answers to the questions. The results of exams can be found here (internally available only). The dates for exams can be found here.Class schedule (Fall 2009)Important note: This year's course is scheduled for November-December only. There are two classes each week (Wednesday and Friday), no midterm exam, with a final exam on December 15.Schedule: The following schedule is tentative. There is a lot of material and not everything will be discussed. Note that the exam is scheduled in the week following the last class. That means that you defintely have to study the material as we go!
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