Distributed Computing

The book covers basic concepts and techniques developed in this area over the past three decades such as the fundamentals of distributed computing, inter-process communication, synchronization, distributed system management, distributed shared memory, distributed file system and naming. Towards the end of the book emerging trends in high performance computing such as grid computing, SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture), and cloud computing are discussed. The book will help students and professional developers alike to understand the concepts and applications of distributed computing.

Sunita Mahajan is currently Principal, Institute of Computer Science, MET League of Colleges, Mumbai. A PhD in computer technology from S.N.D.T. Women's University, she has 31 years of research experience at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. She is life member of the Computer Society of India, Indian Physics Association and Indian Women Scientists' Association, where she is working as a trustee. Seema Shah is currently Acting Principal and Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Department, Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Mumbai University. She is life member ISTE and IWSA, member IEEE and ACM.