Distributed and Pervasive Systems

The objective of this course is to illustrate the foundations of modern distributed systems and their extension to pervasive systems obtained by including smart objects, IOT, sensors and actuators as system nodes. In addition to classical topics like transparency, synchronization and distributed consensus, the course covers sensor data management techniques and context-awareness principles. A second objective is to provide a technological view of the topic describing the distributed systems that are behind the current cloud and edge computing offering and guiding the students in the design and implementation of a distributed system.

The student will learn the main problems involved in the design and development of complex distributed systems like Cloud, Edge and DLT systems. The student will also be able to design distributed systems handling sensor data streams. The student will also have a hands-on experience through a software project.