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TDDE35 Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Networks
Timetable
For detailed time and place of individual lectures, please see timedit.
See overview for a preliminary high-level timeline of when the different parts will be covered.
| Date | Instructor | Layer/topic (chapter) | Exam |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21/1 (Tue) | Niklas | Welcome + Intro (ch 1) | TEN1 |
| 22/1 (Wed) | Niklas | Intro/Applications (ch 1+2) | TEN1 |
| 28/1 (Tue) | Niklas | Applications (ch 2) | TEN1 |
| 29/1 (Wed) | Andrei | Transport (ch 3) | TEN1 |
| 4/2 (Tue) | Andrei | Transport (ch 3) | TEN1 |
| 5/2 (Wed) | Andrei | Network, data plane (ch 4) | TEN1 |
| 7/2 (Fri) | Andrei | Network, data+control plane (ch 4+5) | TEN1 |
| 10/2 (Mon) | Andrei | Network, control plane (ch 5) | TEN1 |
| 12/2 (Wed) | Nikos | Link (ch 6) | TEN1 |
| 18/2 (Tue) | Niklas | Security (ch 8) | TEN1 |
| 25/2 (Tue) | Nikos | Wireless (ch 7) | TEN1 |
| 26/2 (Wed) | Niklas | Multimedia (ch 9 or ch 1) | TEN1 |
| 5/3 (Wed) | Niklas (Andrei) | Review | TEN1 |
| 11/3 (Tue) | Sectra | Guest lecture |
Note: We will also schedule some shorter sessions on roughly every-second Friday.
Computer Networking (TEN1)
Textbook for computer network part:
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Kurose, James F. & Ross, Keith W.
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 7th Edition (2016), Pearson Education.
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Or the 8th edition (2021). Both versions work equally well.
The textbook also has its own website, including applets, powerpoint slides and wireshark labs. We strongly encourage students to take advantage of the many available learning resources. |
Reading: Kurose and Ross, Chapter 1
- Welcome slides: 2024 (pdf), 2025 (pdf)
- Overview: TDDE35 overview
- Main slides: textbook (pptx), 2024 (pdf), 2025 (pdf)
- Store-and-forward
- Queueing
- Transmission vs propagation delay
Application layer
Reading: Kurose and Ross, Chapter 2
- Slides: textbook (pptx), 2024 (ppt), 2025 (pptx)
- HTTP versions
- Sockets and Assignment 2 (during vt2 ...): 2020
Transport layer
Reading: Kurose and Ross, Chapter 3
- Slides: textbook/2024 (pptx), 2023 (ppt) Transport animations
Network layer:Data Plane
Reading: Kurose and Ross, Chapter 4
- Slides: textbook/2024 (pptx), 2023 (ppt),
- IPv6 statistics
Reading: Kurose and Ross, Chapter 5
- Slides: textbook/2024 (pptx), 2023 (ppt)
- Dijkstra animation
DV count to infinity
LiU AS
Current BGP Table
List of ASes
BGP hijack
CIDR Report
Link layer
Reading: Kurose and Ross, Chapter 6
- Slides: textbook (pptx), 2023 (ppt) 2024 (pptx)
- CSMA/CD animation
Wireless and mobile networks
Reading: Kurose and Ross, Chapter 7
- Slides: textbook (pptx), 2023 (ppt), 2024 (pptx)
- CSMA/CA
- CSMA/CA with hidden terminals
Security
Reading: Kurose and Ross, Chapter 8.
- Slides: textbook (pptx), 2023 (full pptx file, used during lecture), 2024 (pptx), 2025 (used pptx)
Multimedia networking
Reading: Kurose and Ross, Chapter 9 in 7th Ed. (and part of Chapter 2 in 8th Ed.)
- Slides: textbook (pptx from 7th Ed.), 2024 (full pptx, used during lecture)
Reading: Kurose and Ross, Chapter 1-9. Guest lecture
Slides: 2024 (Sectra), 2022 (Ericsson 5G security)
TEN2 Material and Lectures
| Date | Instructor | Part of TEN2 topics | Exam |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31/3 (Mon) | Niklas | Intro. + DS (part A1) | TEN2 |
| 1/4 (Tue) | Niklas | DS (parts A1 + A2 or B) | TEN2 |
| 2/4 (Wed) | Niklas | DS (parts A2 + A3 + A4) | TEN2 |
| 7/4 (Mon) | Niklas | DS (part A4) + Methods (part B1) | TEN2 |
| 8/4 (Tue) | Niklas | Methods (part B) | TEN2 |
| 9/4 (Wed) | Niklas | Methods (part B) | TEN2 |
| 15/4 (Tue) | Christoph | Multicore (part C) | TEN2 |
| 16/4 (Wed) | Christoph | Multicore (part C) | TEN2 |
| 22/4 (Tue) | Christoph | Multicore (part C) | TEN2 |
| 23/4 (Wed) | Christoph | Multicore (part C) | TEN2 |
| 28/4 (Mon) | Petru | Embedded Systems (part D) | TEN2 |
| 29/4 (Tue) | Petru | Embedded Systems (part D) | TEN2 |
| 5/5 (Mon) | Petru | Embedded Systems (part D) | TEN2 |
Note: We will also schedule some shorter sessions on roughly every-second Friday.
There will also be a mid-term seminar and some final-presentation seminars.
Distributed Systems (part A of TEN2)
The four lectures will primarily be based on content from the textbook "Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms", by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Maarten Van Steen. We will cover roughly the same content as in last year's course. As such, you may benefit from having a look at the following topics:- Introduction (Ch. 1)
- Architectures (Ch 2 - 2.2)
- Processes and communication (Ch 3 - 3.4.2, 4 - 4.3, 11 - 11.3.1)
- Synchronization, replication, and consistency (Ch 6 - 6.3, 6.5 - 6.5.3, 7.4, 7.5.2-7.6)
- Object-based and Web-based systems (Ch 10 - 10.7, 12 - 12.7)
- Slides 2025: intro; part A1; part A2; part A3; part A4
- Slides 2023/2024: part A1; part A2; part A3; part A4
- Slides 2020: partA1; partA2; partA3; p2p examples; mapreduce examples
- B. Cohen, "Incentives build robustness in BitTorrent", Proc. Workshop on Economics of Peer-to-Peer Systems, Berkeley, CA, June 2003. (pdf)
- Extra resource (for log claims/discussion): I. Stoica, R. Morris, D. Karger, M. F. Kaashoek, and H. Balakrishnan, "Chord: A scalable peer-to-peer lookup service for Internet applications", Proc. ACM SIGCOMM, San Diego, CA, Aug. 2001. (doi)
Methodologies and Scale (part B of TEN2)
Slides- Slides 2025: Measurements (B1 [2025]); Tails + RGR (B2 [2025]); Queueing + Experimentel design (B3 [2025])
- Slides 2024: Overview + Measurements (B1 [2024]); Tails + RGR (B2 [2024]); Queueing + Experimentel design (B3 [2024])
Multicore (part C of TEN2)
Slides- Slides 2025: Introduction (2025) Parallel Computer Architecture Concepts (lecture 1), Parallel Programming with Processes, Threads and Message Passing (lecture 2), Design and Analysis of Parallel Programs (lectures 3-4)
- Slides 2024: Introduction (2024) Parallel Computer Architecture Concepts (lecture 1), Parallel Programming with Processes, Threads and Message Passing (lecture 2), Design and Analysis of Parallel Programs (lectures 3-4)
Embedded Systems (part D of TEN2)
Slides- Slides 2024: Embedded systems (2024)
Summary lecture and example questions for exam
- Old exams can be obtained from IDA's student office and their online archive. The TDDE35/TEN1 exams pre-, during, and post-covid should all work well for study preparations. (Also, note that TDDE35/TEN1 will look similar to pre-covid exams in TDTS11, which were joint between TDTS11+TDDD93 or TDTS11+TDDE35. During and post-covid, the TDTS11 and TDTS04 exams follow a different format.)
- Slides for summary lecture for TEN2 can be found here: 2021/2022, 2020,
- Slides used for discussion about some recent research project can be found here: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
- Thesis projects and other project opportunities: I always have several projects on a broad range of topics; See my website for example projects, recent publications, and examples of papers published with past thesis students. If you interested in discussing potential projects, please send me an email (although for thesis projects an email in year 4 or 5 may be enough :).
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Last updated: 2025-04-15
