CMSC818E

Advanced Topics in Computer Systems; Clouds, Consistency, & Consensus

Reviews for this courseTestudo

The guiding philosophy of this course is that the best way to learn about real systems is to build them. We will cover peer-to-peer systems, microservices, multi-threading, consensus, and the protocols underlying cloud services.

Sister Courses: CMSC818B, CMSC818C, CMSC818D, CMSC818F, CMSC818G, CMSC818I, CMSC818J, CMSC818K, CMSC818L, CMSC818N, CMSC818O, CMSC818P, CMSC818Q, CMSC818R, CMSC818T, CMSC818V, CMSC818W, CMSC818X, CMSC818Y

Past Semesters

Peter Keleher

2 reviews
Average rating: 2.00

Peter Keleher

2 reviews
Average rating: 2.00

During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.57 between 114 students*

CMSC818E Grade Distribution+-0510152025303540455055606570758085% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 5.26%
A: 50.88%
A+: 24.56%
B: 4.39%
B+: 2.63%
C: 0.88%
F: 0.88%
W: 7.02%
other: 3.51%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.