Note: Schedule is tentative—check Canvas for the latest updates and slide uploads.
| Week | Mon | Wed | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | 8 / 27 Orientation & Syllabus | 8 / 29 Cloud Intro I |
| 2 | 9 / 1 Cloud Intro II, Golang 101 | 9 / 3 Dist-Sys Foundations I | 9 / 5 Dist-Sys Foundations II |
| 3 | 9 / 8 MapReduce I ★ | 9 / 10 MapReduce II | 9 / 12 RPC I |
| 4 | 9 / 15 RPC II | 9 / 17 Transactions I | 9 / 19 Hacker Day |
| 5 | 9 / 22 Transactions II | 9 / 24 Transactions III | 9 / 26 Time & Coordination I |
| 6 | 9 / 29 Time & Coordination II ★ | 10 / 1 Agreement | 10 / 3 Two-Phase Commit I |
| 7 | 10 / 6 Two-Phase Commit II | 10 / 8 Guest Talk (Ruiming Lu, SJTU & UMich) | 10 / 10 Consensus I |
| 8 | 10 / 13 Reading Day | 10 / 15 Consensus II | 10 / 17 Consensus III |
| 9 | 10 / 20 Hacker Day ★ | 10 / 22 Midterm Review | 10 / 24 Midterm Exam |
| 10 | 10 / 27 Consensus IV | 10 / 29 Isolation & Consistency I | 10 / 31 Isolation & Consistency II |
| 11 | 11 / 3 Case Study: GFS | 11 / 5 Case Study: ZooKeeper | 11 / 7 Lab Day • Play w/ ZK I |
| 12 | 11 / 10 Lab Day • Play w/ ZK II | 11 / 12 Lab Day • Hack ZK II | 11 / 14 Guest Talk |
| 13 | 11 / 17 Virtualization ★ | 11 / 19 MLSys | 11 / 21 Cloud Infra |
| 14 | 11 / 24 Hacker Day | 11 / 26 Thanksgiving Recess | 11 / 28 Thanksgiving Recess |
| 15 | 12 / 1 Reliability I | 12 / 3 Reliability II | 12 / 5 Final Review |
| 16 | 12 / 8 Extra Q&A ★ | — | — |
Final Exam: December 11, 2025 2:00PM
Lab Deadlines
- Lab 0 due Mon 9/8
- Lab 1 due Mon 9/29
- Lab 2a due Mon 10/20
- Lab 2b due Mon 11/17
- Lab 2c due Mon 12/8