Faculty Name: Dr. Sathya Peri
Course Name: Distributed Computing (CS5320)
Course Period: 29 th Jul to 25 th Nov 2025 (Tuesday 14:30 PM to 16:00 PM; Friday 16:00 PM to 17:30 PM)
Number of Credits: 3 credits
Course Contents:
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What you'll learn: Basics of Distributed Programming and Computing.
About the Instructor: Dr. Sathya Peri is currently an Professor in CSE Department of IIT Hyderabad (IITH). His
research interests broadly comprise of parallel and distributed systems. One of the areas he
looks in efficient ways to parallelize using Software Transactional Memory Systems (STMs)
while also exploring lock-free & wait-free algorithms. In the context of distributed systems, his
interest includes Blockchain and Peer-to-Peer Systems. He is currently working on improving
the efficiency of Smart Contract Execution in Blockchains Systems.
Link for Research Profile: https://people.iith.ac.in/sathya_p/
