CS 6112 - [Foundations of Concurrency]

Fall. Not offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.

Enrollment limited to: graduate student standing or permission of the instructor.

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An introduction to the theoretical foundations of languages for concurrent and distributed programming. This advanced seminar presents general models (e.g., CSP, pi-calculus, join-calculus, ambients), their associated reasoning techniques, and topics such as coordination, fault-tolerance, mobility, security, and scalability. Evaluation is based on participation, short assignments, and student presentations of recent papers.