Distributed Systems Courses and Certifications

CMU Database Group

Distributed Analytical Database Systems - Lecture 23

Introduces distributed analytical database systems and their role in database systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Data Council

Real-time Schema Discovery in Distributed Systems

A look at discovering and evolving schemas automatically in a high-throughput distributed system, without batching.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

DEFCONConference

Fungible Threats - Exploiting Distributed Data Replication Systems for Malicious Purposes

The talk examines how distributed replication systems can keep command infrastructure, payload delivery, and phishing campaigns resilient to takedowns.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

LAFF-On Programming for High Performance

Learn to squeeze high performance out of modern CPUs.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Programming Reactive Systems

Build reactive systems in Scala and Akka: actor programming, supervision and failure handling, persistent state, clustered distributed actors, and Akka Streams with stream composition and backpressure.

• edX
• 9 weeks, 5-7 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

System Design & Architecture Masterclass + Case Studies

135 ratings at Udemy

Scalable System Design with Real Case Studies (Netflix, Amazon, Google, ChatGPT) + Interview Questions & Cheat Sheets

• Udemy
• 58 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Bolei Zhou

Introduction to Reinforcement Learning - Distributed RL Systems - Lecture 9

Explores distributed reinforcement learning through asynchronous optimization, Hogwild, A3C, IMPALA, RLlib, and system designs for AlphaGo Zero and AlphaStar.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ACCU Conference

How Bloomberg Uses Behavior-Driven Development to Test Distributed Systems

A practical demonstration of using behavior-driven development and the behave framework to build end-to-end tests across teams in a distributed system.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

More Intelligent Global Rate Limiting for Distributed Systems

Explore a global rate limiter designed to share capacity fairly among clients and respond intelligently to regional traffic surges.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

RSA Conference

Cryptography in Distributed Systems

Explore cryptographic accumulators, anonymous credentials, multi-party revocation, and compressed Schnorr proofs for privacy-preserving identity and blockchain systems.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Devoxx

Building Distributed Systems in Distributed Teams

See how Elastic built a distributed-by-design company, with shared values and practices for daily work, hiring, onboarding, and tooling.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Navigating the Distributed Systems Execution Maze With OpenTracing

Explore the challenges of adding OpenTracing to a Kubernetes system, from connecting traces across services to deciding when and how to instrument.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

EuroPython Conference

Reliability in Distributed Systems

A practical look at monitoring distributed systems at multiple levels and recovering when dependencies fail.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

VinAI

Federated User Representation Learning: Privacy-Preserving Personalization in Distributed Systems

FURL adapts neural user personalization to federated learning while addressing communication costs and privacy constraints.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ChatLoopBackOff - Exploring OpenTelemetry for Distributed Systems Insights

Mofi explores how OpenTelemetry helps developers and operators monitor, trace, and troubleshoot distributed systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video