Description

This course will outline semantic techniques for dealing with distributed systems. In the first part I will give a rapid overview of work on concurrency -- process calculi, labelled-transition and reduction semantics, equivalences, and pi-calculus-style name passing.

The second part will turn to distribution, highlighting some of the main design choices taken in various calculi that address problems of mobility, security, and partial failure.

This is by way of a snapshot of how the material fits together, and a collection of extended pointers into the literature.

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