CS 6620 — Fundamentals of Cloud Computing

4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springMiami, FLOnlineSeattle, WASilicon Valley, CAVancouver, CanadaHybridOnlineTraditional

Covers fundamentals of cloud computing, including virtualization and containers, distributed file systems and object stores, infrastructure as a service platforms, open source cloud platforms, key big data platforms, and topics in data center scale systems. Combines classroom material delivered via lectures, readings from literature, student presentations, and a semester-long software project.

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 2023213314790%7.0
Spring 2024640542795%3.7
Summer A 20242699077%10.5
Fall 2024629633090%5.7
Spring 2025628832489%6.0
Summer A 20251636991%6.0
Fall 2025628832888%6.7
Spring 2026527128495%2.6

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 4% · T 9% · W 15% · Th 15% · F 12%

Common patterns: async (48% of sections), W (15% of sections), F (12% of sections), R (11% of sections), T (6% of sections), M (4% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Spring

Summer A

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

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