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Prereq.: 6.004 Prereq: (and, by implication, 6.001 and 6.002)
U (2)
5-0-7
Topics on the engineering of computer software and hardware systems: techniques for controlling complexity; system infrastructure; networks and distributed systems; atomicity and coordination of parallel activities; recovery and reliability; privacy of information; impact of computer systems on society. Case studies of working systems and outside reading in the current literature provide comparisons and contrasts. Two design projects. Enrollment may be limited. Additional credit for completion of laboratory project available via registration for 6.906, subject to resource limitations. 4 Engineering Design Points.
Underground Review (MIT only): 1996 1997 1998 1999
There are at 2 design projects and 3 quizzes. There is no final exam. The first design project is an individual effort; the second design project may be done in teams of up to three students. Note that you must complete the design projects to pass this class.
| Time | Location | Instructor | TA
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| Lecture | MW2 | 34-101 | Kaashoek and Balakrishnan | ||
| Special lectures | F2 | 34-101 | |||
| Lab recitations | F2 | 34-304 | Chen
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| Recitations: | (#1) | TR10 | 34-303 | Horn | DeCouto
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| (#13) | TR10 | 34-302 | Rudolph | Sit
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| (#11) | TR10 | 36-155 | Morris | Chao
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| (#2) | TR11 | 34-303 | Horn | Sit
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| (#6) | TR11 | 34-302 | Rudolph | Chao
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| (#12) | TR11 | 36-155 | Morris | Borodavkina
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| (#5) | TR12 | 34-303 | Poletto | Isla
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| (#7) | TR1 | 34-303 | Saltzer | Isla
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| (#3) | TR1 | 36-839 | Rivest | Tse
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| (#8) | TR1 | 34-302 | Poletto | Borodavkina
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| (#10) | TR1 | 36-153 | Balakrishnan/Kaashoek | Chen
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| (#9) | TR2 | 34-303 | Saltzer | Tse
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| (#4) | TR2 | 36-839 | Rivest | Chen
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| (#14) | TR2 | 38-136 | Balakrishnan/Kaashoek | DeCouto
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| Lectures | |||
| Frans Kaashoek | NE43-522 | 3-7149 | kaashoek@mit.edu
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| Hari Balakrishnan | NE43-510 | 3-8713 | hari@lcs.mit.edu |
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| Recitations | |||
| Berthold Horn | NE43-715 | 3-5863 | bkph@ai.mit.edu
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| Robert Morris | NE43-509 | 3-5983 | rtm@lcs.mit.edu
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| Massimiliano Poletto | NE43-521a | 3-6042 | maxp@lcs.mit.edu
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| Ron Rivest | NE43-324 | 3-5880 | rivest@mit.edu
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| Larry Rudolph | NE43-208 | 3-6562 | rudolph@abp.lcs.mit.edu
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| Jerry Saltzer | NE43-513 | 3-6016 | Saltzer@mit.edu
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| Teaching assistants | |||
| Lucy Borodavkina | ?? | ?? | lyudmila@mit.edu
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| Tony Chao | ?? | 494-1156 | tchao@mit.edu
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| Benjie Chen | NE43-521b | 3-7328 | benjie@lcs.mit.edu
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| Doug DeCouto | NE43-521b | 3-7328 | decouto@mit.edu
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| Damian Isla | ?? | ?? | naimad@mit.edu
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| Emil Sit | NE43-521b | 3-7328 | sit@mit.edu
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| May Tse | ?? | ?? | maymay@mit.edu
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| Course secretary | |||
| Neena Lyall | NE43-523 | 3-6019 | lyall@lcs.mit.edu
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All office hours will be held in the lounge in the 5th floor of LCS.
| Benjie Chen | M12-2 |
| Lucy Borodavkina | M4-6 |
| Doug De Couto | TR11 |
| May Tse | TR12 |
| Tony Chao | W12-2 |
| Damian Isla | W5-7 |
| Emil Sit | R3-5 |
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