Part 4: Extensions and Applications

Chapter 16: Coded Computing and Coded Caching

Advanced~170 min

Learning Objectives

  • Define the distributed computing / MapReduce problem
  • State the Li-Maddah-Ali-Yu-Avestimehr (LMYA 2018) coded MapReduce rate
  • Connect coded caching and coded MapReduce via the memory-communication tradeoff
  • Understand gradient coding for straggler tolerance
  • Understand coded matrix multiplication (Lee et al. 2017)
  • Assess deployment tradeoffs: computation redundancy vs communication

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Prerequisites

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