The Midterm for this class will be held on Wednesday, October 10th

Exams will require that you Think about the problem anddevise a solution that has not been discussed in class.  There are many solutions and you have to come up with your own, justify it, make assumptions clear, etc.  The best way to study for the exam is to create a study group and pose (and solve) problems that exist or that don't exist in the world.  For example, how do you do a load balancing algorithm (for what type of application, can it be generic)?  what components do you need (what type of servers or processes)?  what information do you need, who provides it, how often?  what policies do you need (at an abstraction level)?  what mechanisms do you need?

There will be two midterm exams.