Archived Versions

Distributed Computer Systems Engineering

As taught in: Spring 2006

6.824 Course logo showing programming code below the course name.

Course logo. (Image courtesy of Frank Dabek. Used with permission.)

Instructors:

Prof. Robert Morris

MIT Course Number:

6.824

Level:

Graduate

Course Features

Course Description

This course covers abstractions and implementation techniques for the design of distributed systems. Topics include: server design, network programming, naming, storage systems, security, and fault tolerance. The assigned readings for the course are from current literature. This course is worth 6 Engineering Design Points.