Cloud computing systems today, whether open-source or used inside companies, are built using a common set of core techniques, algorithms, and design philosophies – all centered around distributed systems. Learn about such fundamental distributed computing "concepts" for cloud computing.
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- Distributed Algorithm
- Distributed Computing
- C++
- Cloud Computing
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Try Coursera for BusinessSyllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1: Orientation, Introduction to Clouds, MapReduce
Week 2: Gossip, Membership, and Grids
Week 3: P2P Systems
Week 4: Key-Value Stores, Time, and Ordering
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- 5 stars63.89%
- 4 stars21.68%
- 3 stars6.09%
- 2 stars2.61%
- 1 star5.71%
TOP REVIEWS FROM CLOUD COMPUTING CONCEPTS, PART 1
Professor Indranil Gupta is apt in his explanations.
Course Material is highly relevant. Good foundation course for cloud computing.
Enjoyed the course. Brought back my ability to program in c++. The programming assignment was sufficiently challenging to achieve that.
Nice topics covered in the course. Homeworks and the final exam are easy. Course Assignment is a nice implementation of what the lectures cover, but difficult to start.
Excellent primer on distributed systems theory and practice, but the programming assignment was complicated by low quality template code.
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