ECE 526 : Spring 2013 : Distributed Algorithms

ECE 526 Distributed Algorithms
Spring 2013

Instructor: Nitin Vaidya
Office hours: Thursday 11:00 - 12:00 p.m. or by appointment
Office location: 458 Coordinated Science Lab (CSL)
Phone: 217-265-5414
E-mail: nhv@illinois.edu

Teaching Assistant: Lewis Tseng (ltseng3@illinois.edu). Office hours: Wednesday 1:00 - 2:00 pm (location to be announced)

Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
Room 1131 Siebel Center

Course handout
Course material:

Required textbook: Distributed Computing: Fundamentals, Simulations, and Advanced Topics, Second Edition, Hagit Attiya and Jennifer Welch, John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
Visit webpage for the book to see the errata.

In addition to the required textbook, the course will also use papers from relevant publications.
Useful links:
- Slides for several lecture based on a course taught by Prof. Jennifer Welch.
- We will use Piazza to post announcements and to handle questions. Please add yourself to the ECE 526 Piazza at https://piazza.com/illinois/spring2013/ece526.

Mid-term exams:

The first mid-term exam will be held in class on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. All the material covered in class through February 18, 2013, and associated required readings, will be included for this exam. The mid-term exam will be open-book open-notes.
The second mid-term exam may include a "take-home" component. The in-class portion of the second mid-term exam will be held in class on on Thursday, April 4, 2013. All the material covered in class through March 27, 2013, and associated required readings, will be included for this exam. The mid-term exam will be open-book open-notes.

Final examination:
The final exam will be held during 8:00-11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 7, 2013. The final examination will be comprehensive (all material covered in the course and associated required readings included). The final examination will be open book-open notes.

Homeworks