The best way to contact me is probably by email. Please use your cs account when sending me email, and start your subject line with "[6117]". Send messages in plain text, without attachments.
I am not on strike, so I will continue to hold office hours (although I may change the times of some of them, so check back here), and I am also reachable by email. I may work at home more often during the strike to avoid the hassle of crossing picket lines.
Some deadlines will be postponed as a result of the strike: Homework problem #5 will now be due in the first class when classes resume. Homework problem #6 will now be due in the second class when classes resume. Homework problem #7 will be now due in the fourth class when classes resume. If the strike is prolonged, classes may extend later than originally planned. I'll post further information here when I know it.
I recommend that you use this extra time to work on your assignments and on preparing your presentation.
Marking scheme
Homework exercises | 80% |
Class presentation | 20% |
The presentation will be a 25-minute talk summarizing the results of a research paper on the theory of distributed computing that you find in the literature. Before you start working on this, you should check with me that the paper you choose is appropriate. You will also have to hand in a short (~2 pages) written summary of what you are presenting. Good places to look for a paper include PODC or DISC conference proceedings or the journal Distributed Computing. This survey paper has a bibliography containing lots of papers that would be suitable to choose. If you have a topic in mind, I might be able to help you find a good paper if you come talk to me.
Updated February 23, 2009