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CSE P 552 Autumn 2026 Schedule

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September
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Office Hour: 12:00-13:00 OH (Zanqi)
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October
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Office Hour: 11:30-13:00 OH (Samarth)
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Office Hour: 17:30-18:30 OH (James)
CSE 440
Lecture: 18:30-21:20 Lecture
CSE2 G20
Intro to distributed systems, fault models, Lab 0 and dslabs overview, RPC and Lab 1
Lab 0 + 1 walkthrough slides
whiteboard (PDF)
Office Hour: 12:00-13:00 OH (Zanqi)
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Office Hour: 11:30-13:00 OH (Samarth)
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Homework: 23:59 Partner form
Office Hour: 17:30-18:30 OH (James)
CSE 440
Homework: 18:30 Problem set 1, Lab 1
Lecture: 18:30-21:20 Lecture
CSE2 G20
Primary-backup, Lab 2 intro, Linearizability, Invariants
Lab 2 walkthrough slides
whiteboard (PDF)
Office Hour: 12:00-13:00 OH (Zanqi)
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Office Hour: 11:30-13:00 OH (Samarth)
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Homework: 23:59 Lab 2 design draft
Office Hour: 17:30-18:30 OH (James)
CSE 440
Homework: 18:30 Problem set 2
Lecture: 18:30-21:20 Lecture
CSE2 G20
Knowledge, Lab 2 design review, Single-decree Paxos
Paxos and Lab 3 walkthrough slides
whiteboard (PDF)
Optional: Halpern and Moses, Knowledge and Common Knowledge in a Distributed Environment
Office Hour: 12:00-13:00 OH (Zanqi)
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Office Hour: 11:30-13:00 OH (Samarth)
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Homework: 23:59 Reading 1 response
Office Hour: 17:30-18:30 OH (James)
CSE 440
Homework: 18:30 Lab 2
Lecture: 18:30-21:20 Lecture
CSE2 G20
MultiPaxos, Lab 3 details
Reading 1: VMware FT, Baseball consistency, or Chubby
whiteboard (PDF)
Office Hour: 12:00-13:00 OH (Zanqi)
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November
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Office Hour: 11:30-13:00 OH (Samarth)
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Homework: 23:59 Lab 3 design draft
Office Hour: 17:30-18:30 OH (James)
CSE 440
Homework: 18:30 Problem set 3
Lecture: 18:30-21:20 Lecture
CSE2 G20
Impossibility of coordinated attack, Lab 3 design review, Logical clocks
whiteboard (PDF)
Optional: Lamport, Time, Clocks, and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed System
Office Hour: 12:00-13:00 OH (Zanqi)
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Office Hour: 11:30-13:00 OH (Samarth)
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Homework: 23:59 Reading 2 response
Office Hour: 17:30-18:30 OH (James)
CSE 440
Lecture: 18:30-21:20 Lecture
CSE2 G20
Sharding, Consistent hashing, Lab 4 part 1 details
Reading 2: Paxos Made Live, network-partition failures, or metastable failures
Holiday: Veterans Day
Office Hour: 12:00-13:00 OH (Zanqi)
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Office Hour: 11:30-13:00 OH (Samarth)
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Office Hour: 17:30-18:30 OH (James)
CSE 440
Homework: 18:30 Lab 3
Lecture: 18:30-21:20 Lecture
CSE2 G20
Lab 3 debrief, More sharding, Lab 4 part 2 details
Office Hour: 12:00-13:00 OH (Zanqi)
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Office Hour: 11:30-13:00 OH (Samarth)
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Homework: 23:59 Lab 4 part 2 design draft
Office Hour: 17:30-18:30 OH (James)
CSE 440
Homework: 18:30 Lab 4 part 1, Problem set 4
Lecture: 18:30-21:20 Lecture
CSE2 G20
Lab 4 part 2 design review, Two-phase commit, Lab 4 part 3 details
Holiday: Thanksgiving
Holiday: Native American Heritage Day
Office Hour: 12:00-13:00 OH (Zanqi)
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Office Hour: 11:30-13:00 OH (Samarth)
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Office Hour: 17:30-18:30 OH (James)
CSE 440
Homework: 18:30 Lab 4 part 2
Lecture: 18:30-21:20 Lecture
CSE2 G20
TBD -- possible guest lecture
Office Hour: 12:00-13:00 OH (Zanqi)
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December
SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
Office Hour: 11:30-13:00 OH (Samarth)
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Homework: 23:59 Reading 3 response
Homework: 23:59 Lab 4 part 3 design draft
Office Hour: 17:30-18:30 OH (James)
CSE 440
Homework: 18:30 Problem set 5
Lecture: 18:30-21:20 Lecture
CSE2 G20
Lab 4 part 3 design review, Course victory lap
Reading 3: TBD
Homework: 18:30 Lab 4 part 3
Homework: 23:59 Hard deadline for all late work