COMPSCI 4DC3 - Distributed Computing

3 unit(s)

Models of distributed computation, formal reasoning about distributed systems, time and message complexity, distributed agreement under adversarial attacks, distributed coordination and symmetry breaking, peer-to-peer computing, simulation as a tool for building more advanced functionality, actor-model programming.
Three lectures, one tutorial; one term
Prerequisite(s): One of COMPSCI 2C03 or SFWRENG 2C03 or SFWRENG 2MD3 or MECHTRON 2MD3, and one of COMPSCI 2SD3 or 3SD3 or SFWRENG 3BB4 or SFWRENG 3SH3
Offered on an irregular basis.