Distributed Data Systems

Starting in the mid-1990s, computing is undergoing a revolution, in which collections of independent computers appear to users as a single, albeit distributed, computing system. Motivated by the increase in the computation capacity of consumer computers, by the commoditization of server-grade machines, and by the advent of the Internet, the distributed computing paradigm has permeated all fields using computers. Current distributed computing applications range from the consumer social networks, peer-to-peer file-sharing, and massively multiplayer online games; to scientific computing using Big Data and stream processing; and to engineering fields and industrial control systems. This course focuses on the systems aspects of distributed computing with a special focus on data systems.