6.5250J / 18.437J Distributed Algorithms

Repeats every week every Tuesday and every Thursday until Tue Dec 09 2025 except Tue Nov 11 2025, Thu Nov 27 2025.
Thu, 09/04/2025 - 11:00am to 12:30pm
Location: 
E25-111
Instructor: 
Mohsen Ghaffari

Design and analysis of algorithms, emphasizing those suitable for use in distributed networks. Covers various topics including distributed graph algorithms, locality constraints, bandwidth limitations and communication complexity, process synchronization, allocation of computational resources, fault tolerance, and asynchrony. No background in distributed systems required.