ECE428/CS425/CSE424 Distributed Systems
Spring 2011


Instructor: Nitin Vaidya
Office hours: Wednesday, 02:00 pm - 03:30 pm
Office location: 458 Coordinated Science Lab (CSL)
Phone: 265-5414
E-mail: nhv@illinois.edu

Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm, Siebel Center, room 1105


Teaching Assistants:

  • Dongho Kim (dkim99@illinois.edu)
    • Office hours: Tuesday, 10.00 am - 11.00 am
    • Office Location: Siebel Center, room 0207

  • Vijay Raman (vraman3@illinois.edu)
    • Office hours: Monday, 2.30 pm - 3.30 pm
    • Office Location: Siebel Center, room 0207



  • Required textbook:
    • Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design, by Coulouris, G., Dollimore, J., and Kindberg, T., 4th Ed.

  • Other related books (not required):
    • Distributed Systems: An Algorithmic Approach by S. Ghosh, CRC Press (2006)
    • Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms by A. Tanenbaum and M. Steen, Prentice-Hall
    • Distributed Algorithms: Concepts and Design by N. Lynch, Morgan-Kaufmann
Mid-term test:
Mid-term test will be held in Transportation Building room 114 during normal class time (2 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.) on March 17, 2011 (Thursday). All material covered in class through March 9 March 4, and the relevant readings are included for this mid-term test. The mid-term test will be closed-book closed-notes.

Final examination:
Final exam will be held in Everitt Laborartory room 165 starting at 7 p.m. on May 9, 2011 (Monday). The final examination will be comprehensive (all material covered in the course and associated required readings included). The final examination will be closed book-closed notes. The final exam schedule is based on the UIUC non-combined final examination guidelines for Spring 2011. If you have a conflict, please let the instructor know as soon as possible. For the UIUC policy on final examination conflicts, please click here.