• New book: Distributed Computing Pearls (May 2018).

A review of the book has appeared in the following special issue on
Teaching concurrency
ACM SIGACT News Distributed Computing Column 33, March 2009 (18 pages)
pdf of Column 33
Also in: ACM SIGACT News, Volume 40 Issue 1, pages 47--50, March 2009
pdf

The following article gives a brief overview of the book
Shared memory synchronization
In: Distributed computing column of the Bulletin of the European Association
for Theoretical Computer Science (BEATCS), October 2008 (18 pages)
G. Taubenfeld
pdf

Preface
Key Features
1. Introduction
2. Mutual exclusion using atomic registers: basic topics
3. Mutual exclusion using atomic registers: advanced topics
4. Blocking and non-blocking synchronization
5. Barrier synchronization
6. The l-exclusion problem
7. Multiple resources
8. Classical synchronization problems
9. Consensus
10. Timing-based algorithms
Bibliography
Index

Synchronization is a fundamental challenge in computer science.  It is fast becoming a major performance and design issue for concurrent programming on modern architectures, and for the design of distributed systems.  This is the first text to give a complete and coherent view of all aspects of synchronization algorithms.

Computer science students, programmers, system designers and researchers will be able to solve problems and master techniques that go beyond the treatment provided in introductory texts on operating systems, distributed computing and concurrency.  Dozens of algorithms are presented and their performance is analyzed according to precise complexity measures.

Highlights of the book include

• A wide variety of synchronization problems, algorithms and   key concepts are covered in detail.
• Self-review questions with solutions to check your understanding.
• A wealth of end-of-chapter exercises and bibliographic notes.
• Over 300 annotated references guiding you through the contemporary research literature.
• A Companion Website provides PowerPoint slides and other teaching and learning aids for students and instructors at pearsoned.co.uk/taubenfeld.

About the author

The companion website  includes the following  valuable  learning material:

• Errata
• 8 PowerPoint presentations 
• All figures from the book

Errata

PowerPoint Presentations

Figures