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236351 - Distributed Systems
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Moed B Exam
The exam will be held on Thursday 29/3 at 15:30.
Alex will hold reception hours on Wednesday at 11:00.
Created on 27/3/2012, 07:46:22  
Grades + solution of Moed A have been published
The exam's median and average were 76.5 & 76.07. A 10% factor was given bringing the two to 84.50 & 83.27. The final grade median and average were 87.50 & 87.

Appeals can be submitted until 19/3/2012.
Last updated on 5/3/2012, 14:51:11  
Some comments about the exam
1) The exam length is 2 hours.
2) The exam is with open material.
3) Alex will hold reception hours on Sunday 26/2 at 11:00
Created on 22/2/2012, 17:07:06  
Exams from previous years have been published
Also, Prof. Friedman will hold a reception hour on Monday 20/2/12 at 11:00.
Alex will publish later a reception hour closer to the exam.
Last updated on 13/2/2012, 16:38:29  
Grades and solution to HW4 have been published.
Appeals can be submitted until the exam.
Created on 13/2/2012, 16:36:25  
Exercise 3 grades have been published
The printed version of your documentation with remarks will be passed to the secretariat on Sunday.

You may appeal by mail until the Exam (27/2).
Last updated on 13/2/2012, 16:35:53  
Submission deadline extension for HW4
Due to a flood of last minute requests for extensions, the deadline has been delayed till Thursday at 22:00.
Those who have already submitted - I will not start grading before the new deadline so you have an option to resubmit if you wish.
Last updated on 31/1/2012, 20:13:33  
Home assignment #4 (dry) has been published
Deadline is Tuesday 31/1/2012
Created on 18/1/2012, 15:23:19  
Exercise 3 has been postponed to the 19/1
Due to many requests, the deadline has been postponed to the 19/1.
This deadline is final.
Exercise 4 (dry) may be published before the new deadline.
Created on 11/1/2012, 13:24:22  
FAQ for exercise 3
FAQ for exercise 3 was added.
Be sure to check it regularly.
Fixed typo in the input file.
Created on 3/1/2012, 17:58:59  
Exercise 3 PDF updated
Rental servers should expose only search queries.
Created on 27/12/2011, 13:35:43  
No tutorial and lecture on Tuesday 27/12
Since Tuesday is "matkonet" Sunday,
there will be no lecture and tutorial this week.
Last updated on 25/12/2011, 16:17:45  
Exercise 3 has been published, due to 15.1.12, 23:55
The submission is in pairs, electronically only.
Being a summarizing programming assignment in the course,
it is highly recommended to start working on it as soon as possible.
Created on 25/12/2011, 16:15:07  
Lectures on 13/12/11 and 20/12/11
Tomorrow (13/12/11), the lecture will end around 12:00. The recitation will be held as usual.

Next week (20/12/11), we will hold a lecture at the time of the recitation - so there will be three hours of lectures - 2 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon.

Finally, I would like to draw your attention to the remark at the end of the home assignment. All questions have a simple solution. If your solution requires a long answer, there is a very good chance it is not what we had in mind...
Last updated on 12/12/2011, 10:35:01  
Home assignment #2 (dry) has been published
Due date is Tuesday December 13 before midnight.
Created on 5/12/2011, 14:29:12  
Tutorial Cancellation
The tutorial tomorrow (6/12) is cancelled.
Created on 5/12/2011, 10:50:07  
Exercise 1 deadline extension
Exercise 1 deadline is extended to Sunday 4/12 10:00.
There will be no more extensions.

Also, The following articles might help you with the HW:
Exception handling in WCF:
http://www.extremeexperts.com/Net/Articles/ExceptionHandlingInWCF.aspx

Adding headers to requests:
http://live.mscommunity.net/blogs/damirdobric/archive/2011/06/04/wcf-how-to-append-header-to-http-request.aspx
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/964433/how-to-add-a-custom-header-to-every-wcf-calls
Last updated on 29/11/2011, 10:08:26  
FAQ for exercise 1
FAQ for exercise 1 is now open.
Be sure to check it regularly.
Also, a minor typo is fixed in the PDF:
During the initialization process, the rental agency server should contact the
registration server and register itself.
Created on 21/11/2011, 13:46:18  
Exercise 1 has been published, due on 29/11/11, 23:59
The submission is in pairs, electronically and to the course cell.
Created on 16/11/2011, 10:31:35  
Complimentary tutorial
The Complimentary tutorial today will be held at Taub 4 (16:30).
Created on 6/11/2011, 10:14:47  
The strike is over
The strike is over and we must hold complimentary tutorials.
The first tutorial (C# for java programmers) will be held on Sunday 6/11 at 16:30.
The tutorial is a quick technical overview of C# for people who are familiar with java.
The room will be published on Sunday morning.
The second tutorial will be held on Tuesday 8/11 as scheduled.
Last updated on 3/11/2011, 13:31:33  
Welcome
Welcome to Distributed Systems course!

While the junior teaching staff association is striking - tutorials will not be held.
Lectures will be held as scheduled.
We will keep you posted as things develop.
Created on 24/10/2011, 09:49:38