TIM-8121 v1

Prasad, S. K. (2015). Topics in parallel and distributed computing: introducing concurrency in undergraduate courses. Morgan Kaufmann.

Read Chapter 1 for an introduction to distributed computing.

Herlihy, M. (2019). Blockchains from a distributed computing perspective. Communications of the ACM, 2, 78.

This resource provides an analysis of how distributed computing is used in blockchain technology.

Gargees, R. S., & Scott, G. J. (2020). Multi-stage distributed computing for big data: Evaluating connective topologies [Conference presentation]. 2020 10th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), 0626–0633.

This resource demonstrates how multiple processors can achieve Big data analysis through a distributed approach.