CSE 124

CSE 124 an undergraduate course on networking and distributed systems. The continued exponential growth of the Internet has made the network an important part of our everyday lives. Companies use the network to conduct business, doctors to diagnose medical issues, storytellers to create movies and games, and developers to deploy their software to the world. This course will provide a broad understanding of exactly how the network infrastructure supports distributed applications ranging from email to web browsing to electronic commerce to cloud computing. Topics covered in the course include the socket API, security, naming, network file systems, transport protocols (TCP), distributed programming models, and data-parallel frameworks. Hands-on programming assignments provide in-depth understanding of issues in distributed systems and networking.