CS412
Distributed Systems & Clouds
Faculty
Igor Sakhankov
Staff Software Engineer at Glovo
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Skills you’ll learn
Overview
Clouds are an essential part of today’s life. Therefore, cloud computing skills are in high demand right now. The course curriculum includes the foundations of clouds: virtualisation and fundamental principles of distributed systems. In this module, different aspects of the design and implementation of distributed systems are explained. We will deep-dive into technologies like: google file system, spanner, dynamo DB, s3, and consensus algorithms like Raft and Paxos. The course also covers public clouds (AWS, GCP and Azure), and cost analysis of cloud solutions. Throughout the course, we will design and deploy cloud-native applications.
Learning highlights
- Understand the pros and cons of clouds.
- Understand how to do a cost analysis and choose the best platform.
- Learn how to build and maintain distributed systems.
- Get hands-on experience of working with clouds.
- Learn how to design cloud-native applications.
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
Clouds and cloud computing. Examples in industry
Session 2
Virtualisation. Virtual machines
Session 3
Containers. Kubernetes
Session 4
Object storage. S3
Session 5
Databases. Dynamo
Session 6
Authorisation and security. IAM
Session 7
Networks. VPCs
Session 8
Message queues. Kinesis
Session 9
Load balancing
Session 10
Logging, monitoring, debugging
Session 11
Software Architecture for Distributed System
Session 12
Cloud-native applications
Session 13
Hybrid clouds
Session 14
Real-life examples
Session 15
Final exam
Methodology
The course sessions consist of lectures given by the professor and practical seminars where students complete a programming assignment under the professor’s supervision. Homework is assigned after each session to strengthen the understanding of the material. In addition, every week, a few quizzes are conducted, and a final exam happens at the end of the course.
Grading
Igor is a software engineer with experience in distributed systems, microservices, data pipelines and setting up team processes. He worked for the companies like Uber and Booking.com, right now works for Glovo.
Igor graduated from Innopolis University with a Master's degree in Software Engineering backed by MSIT SE CMU original program.
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Distributed Systems & Clouds
by Igor Sakhankov
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Jun 08 - Jun 26, 2026
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
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