Roger Wattenhofer: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2015

NameHerr Prof. Dr. Roger Wattenhofer
LehrgebietDistributed Computing
Adresse
Inst. f. Techn. Informatik u. K.
ETH Zürich, ETZ G 96
Gloriastrasse 35
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telefon+41 44 632 63 12
E-Mailwattenhofer@ethz.ch
URLhttp://www.disco.ethz.ch
DepartementInformationstechnologie und Elektrotechnik
BeziehungOrdentlicher Professor

NummerTitelECTSUmfangDozierende
227-0558-00LPrinciples of Distributed Computing Information 6 KP2V + 2U + 1AR. Wattenhofer
KurzbeschreibungWe study the fundamental issues underlying the design of distributed systems: communication, coordination, fault-tolerance, locality, parallelism, self-organization, symmetry breaking, synchronization, uncertainty. We explore essential algorithmic ideas and lower bound techniques.
LernzielDistributed computing is essential in modern computing and communications systems. Examples are on the one hand large-scale networks such as the Internet, and on the other hand multiprocessors such as your new multi-core laptop. This course introduces the principles of distributed computing, emphasizing the fundamental issues underlying the design of distributed systems and networks: communication, coordination, fault-tolerance, locality, parallelism, self-organization, symmetry breaking, synchronization, uncertainty. We explore essential algorithmic ideas and lower bound techniques, basically the "pearls" of distributed computing. We will cover a fresh topic every week.
InhaltDistributed computing models and paradigms, e.g. message passing, shared memory, synchronous vs. asynchronous systems, time and message complexity, peer-to-peer systems, small-world networks, social networks, sorting networks, wireless communication, and self-organizing systems.

Distributed algorithms, e.g. leader election, coloring, covering, packing, decomposition, spanning trees, mutual exclusion, store and collect, arrow, ivy, synchronizers, diameter, all-pairs-shortest-path, wake-up, and lower bounds
SkriptAvailable. Our course script is used at dozens of other universities around the world.
LiteraturLecture Notes By Roger Wattenhofer. These lecture notes are taught at about a dozen different universities through the world.

Distributed Computing: Fundamentals, Simulations and Advanced Topics
Hagit Attiya, Jennifer Welch.
McGraw-Hill Publishing, 1998, ISBN 0-07-709352 6

Introduction to Algorithms
Thomas Cormen, Charles Leiserson, Ronald Rivest.
The MIT Press, 1998, ISBN 0-262-53091-0 oder 0-262-03141-8

Disseminatin of Information in Communication Networks
Juraj Hromkovic, Ralf Klasing, Andrzej Pelc, Peter Ruzicka, Walter Unger.
Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2005, ISBN 3-540-00846-2

Introduction to Parallel Algorithms and Architectures: Arrays, Trees, Hypercubes
Frank Thomson Leighton.
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1991, ISBN 1-55860-117-1

Distributed Computing: A Locality-Sensitive Approach
David Peleg.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), 2000, ISBN 0-89871-464-8
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesCourse pre-requisites: Interest in algorithmic problems. (No particular course needed.)
227-0559-00LSeminar in Distributed Computing Information 2 KP2SR. Wattenhofer
KurzbeschreibungIn this seminar participating students present and discuss recent research papers in the area of distributed computing. The seminar consists of algorithmic as well as systems papers in distributed computing theory, peer-to-peer computing, ad hoc and sensor networking, or multi-core computing.
LernzielIn the last two decades, we have experienced an unprecedented growth in the area of distributed systems and networks; distributed computing now encompasses many of the activities occurring in today's computer and communications world. This course introduces the basics of distributed computing, highlighting common themes and techniques. We study the fundamental issues underlying the design of distributed systems: communication, coordination, synchronization, uncertainty. We explore essential algorithmic ideas and lower bound techniques.

In this seminar, students present the latest work in this domain.

Seminar language: English
InhaltDifferent each year. For details see: www.disco.ethz.ch/courses.html
SkriptSlides of presentations will be made available.
LiteraturPapers.
The actual paper selection can be found on www.disco.ethz.ch/courses.html.
252-0817-00LDistributed Systems Laboratory Information
Im Masterstudium können zusätzlich zu den Vertiefungsübergreifenden Fächern nur max. 10 Kreditpunkte über Laboratorien erarbeitet werden. Weitere Laboratorien werden auf dem Beiblatt aufgeführt.
10 KP9PG. Alonso, F. Mattern, T. Roscoe, R. Wattenhofer
KurzbeschreibungEntwicklung und / oder Evaluation eines umfangreicheren praktischen Systems mit Technologien aus dem Gebiet der verteilten Systeme. Das Projekt kann aus unterschiedlichen Teilbereichen (von Web-Services bis hin zu ubiquitären Systemen) stammen; typische Technologien umfassen drahtlose Ad-hoc-Netze oder Anwendungen auf Mobiltelefonen.
LernzielErwerb praktischer Kenntnisse bei Entwicklung und / oder Evaluation eines umfangreicheren praktischen Systems mit Technologien aus dem Gebiet der verteilten Systeme.
InhaltEntwicklung und / oder Evaluation eines umfangreicheren praktischen Systems mit Technologien aus dem Gebiet der verteilten Systeme. Das Projekt kann aus unterschiedlichen Teilbereichen (von Web-Services bis hin zu ubiquitären Systemen) stammen; typische Technologien umfassen drahtlose Ad-hoc-Netze oder Anwendungen auf Mobiltelefonen. Zu diesem Praktikum existiert keine Vorlesung. Bei Interesse bitte einen der beteiligten Professoren oder einen Assistenten der Forschungsgruppen kontaktieren.