290B Cloud Computing

The purpose of the class is to explore current research topics and technological developments pertaining to the subject of "Cloud Computing."

While a rigorous definition of cloud computing remains elusive (at least with respect to non-academic treatments of the subject), roughly speaking cloud computing refers to the ability to obtain computational capability via a network-facing API that is exported by abstract services which appear to be ubiquitously accessible and persistent. The course will cover various topics that fall under this broad rubric, with a particular emphasis on the computer science research challenges that are constituent to them.