Electrical & Computer Engin 690STA - Fundamentals/Cloud Computing
Spring
2026
01
3.00
Taqi Raza
TU TH 8:30AM 9:45AM
UMass Amherst
77377
Engineering Laboratory rm 306
taqi@umass.edu
77416
This course will give students a deep exposure to cloud computing enabling technologies, its main building blocks, the design strategies behind scalable and fault tolerant cloud architectures, and an in-depth understanding through homeworks projects and exams. We learn about data center networks and their topologies, cloud transport layer, file systems, handling big data, enabling consistent data store, virtualization, and the softwarization trends in cloud computing.
Open to Graduate students only. Prerequisites: Computer networks course: E&C-ENG 325 or E&C-ENG 374 or equivalent