Datacenter Computing

Catalog description

The course provides a strong foundation for students to understand the entire system stack in cloud computing systems today, from hardware to OS, resource management, and application frameworks, as well as considerations such as reliability, privacy, and security. The course consists of a mix of lectures and discussions of the latest papers in datacenter design and management. Topics include, but are not limited to: server design, hardware accelerators, cloud OS, cluster management, distributed programming frameworks, microservices, serverless computing, and cloud security and privacy.