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Credit points: 3.0

This course discusses aspects of building distributed systems, with an emphasis on reliability.

Lectures are held on Sunday 12:30-14:20 in Taub 7.
Recitations will be given in a reverse class manner: the recitation recording will be released by Sunday of each respective week. Anyone wishing to discuss the recording can meet Yaron during his reception hours on Tuesday.

Grading Policy:

The structure of the final grade: one programming assignment to be submitted in couples (5%+5%+20%=30% - see below), two dry home assignments to be submitted individually (2x10%=20%), and a final exam (50%). You need to get at least 45 in the exam in order to pass the course.

The dry assignments will be published roughly on weeks 5 and 12 with a one week deadline.

H.W. late submissions:

Late submissions will result in a penalty in the form of  3 points per day for the first three days, and 10 points per day beyond that.

Prerequisites:

1. Working knowledge of Java/Go (needed for programming assignments).
   • The assignment is in Go, but switching from Java to Go is fairly easy
2. General knowledge of OOP concepts.
3. Operating Systems.
4. Other courses in Distributed Algorithms, Parallel and Distributed Programming, and Introduction to Computer Networks can be helpful, but are not necessary.