The Taub Faculty of Computer Science Events and Talks

The theory of distributed computing, which lies at the heart of understanding the power and limitations of distributed systems, underwent tremendous progress over the last few decades. Despite this progress, there seems to be a widening gap between the traditional models on top of which the theory of distributed computing is built and the real-world problems we wish to investigate through these models. In this talk we will discuss the different aspects of this widening gap and present some of the efforts made in attempt to adjust the field of theoretical distributed computing to the rapidly changing needs of its practical applications. In particular, we will focus on recent advances in the study of wireless networks and on a new model for decentralized networks of "unorthodox" devices. The talk will be self-contained.