| Date | Lectures | Reading |
| Jan 8 | • System Calls and Signals [ announcements , pdf ] | [THE] [UNIX] [UNIX History] |
| Jan 10 | • Processes and Threads [ pdf] | Chap 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 |
| Jan 15 | • No Class : MLK Day | |
| Jan 17 | • CPU Scheduling, Homework 1 Due [ pdf] | |
| Jan 21 | • RT Scheduling [ lecture notes, LIU73 78HOA , 74HOA ] | |
| Jan 24 | • Semaphores, Monitors [ pdf] | |
| Jan 29 | • CSP [ Slides ] | CSP book chapters 1 and 2 |
| Jan 31 | • Homework 2 Due | CSP book chapters 1 and 2 |
| Feb 5 | • Intro to Distributed Systems, Homework 3 Due [ Notes ] | Chapter 1 of textbook |
| Feb 7 | • Architectures of Dist. Sys. Homework 4 Out [ Notes ] | Chapter 2 |
| Feb 12 | • Processes, Clients, Servers [ Notes ] | Chapter 3 |
| Feb 14 | • Cancelled | Chapter 4 |
| Feb 19 | • RPC [ RPC Slides ] | |
| Feb 21 | • Naming [ Notes ] | Chapter 5 |
| Feb 23 | • Homework 4 Due, 5 PM | |
| Feb 26 | • Naming and Physical Clocks [ Naming / DNS] [ Physical Clock] | Chapter 6 |
| Feb 28 | • Logical Clocks [ Logical Clock ] | Chapter 6 |
| Mar 5 | • Spring Break | |
| Mar 7 | • Spring Break | |
| Mar 12 | • Synchronization [ Synchronization ] | Chapter 6 |
| Mar 14 | • Synchronization Continued | |
| Mar 16 | • Homework 5 Due | |
| Mar 19 | • Midterm Exam | |
| Mar 21 | • Consistency and Replication [ Consistency ] [ Replication ] | Chapter 7 |
| Mar 26 | • Coherence [ Notes ] | Chapter 7 |
| Mar 28 | • Consensus [ Notes ] | Chapter 8 |
| Apr 2 | • Multicast [ Notes ] | Chapter 8 |
| Apr 4 | • Class Cancelled | |
| Apr 9 | • Generic Entity Resolution in Levine 101 [ Description ] | |
| Apr 11 | • Chapter 8 continued | |
| Apr 16 | • Security [ Notes ] | Chapter 9 |
| Apr 18 | • Basic Cryptography [ Notes ] | Chapter 9 |
| Apr 23 | • Reading Days | |
| Apr 25 | • Reading Days | |
| May 2 | • Final Exam |