From the leading minds in the field, Distributed and Cloud Computing is the first modern, up-to-date distributed systems textbook. Starting with an overview of modern distributed models, the book exposes the design principles, systems architecture, and innovative applications of parallel, distributed, and cloud computing systems. It will teach you how to create high-performance, scalable, reliable systems, providing comprehensive coverage of distributed and cloud computing, including: Facilitating management, debugging, migration, and disaster recovery through virtualization Clustered systems for research or ecommerce applications Designing systems as web services Social networking systems using peer-to-peer computing Principles of cloud computing using examples from open-source and commercial applications Using examples from open-source and commercial vendors, the text describes cloud-based systems for research, e-commerce, social networking and more. Complete coverage of modern distributed computing technology including clusters, the grid, service-oriented architecture, massively parallel processors, peer-to-peer networking, and cloud computing Includes case studies from the leading distributed computing vendors: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and more Designed to meet the needs of students taking a distributed systems course, each chapter includes exercises and further reading

Kai Hwang（黃鎧）擁有加州大學伯剋利分校博士學位。現為美國南加州大學電子工程與計算機科學終身教授，並先後擔任清華大學計算機與網絡係統方麵EMC講座教授、分布式與雲計算IV講習教授組的首席講座教授。他曾獲中國計算機學會頒發的第一屆（2004年）海外傑齣學者奬，並於2012年獲得國際（IEEE）雲計算大會（CloudCom）的終身成就奬。

Geoffrey C. Fox 美國印第安納大學計算機科學、信息與物理學院的傑齣教授和院長。他畢業於英國劍橋大學，在並行與分布式計算方麵著作豐碩。他曾任職加州理工學院、Syracuse等校，指導畢業瞭60餘位博士生。他目前也是清華大學的IV講座訪問教授。

Jack J. Dongarra 美國田納西大學電子工程與計算機科學傑齣教授，美國橡樹嶺國傢實驗室首席研究員。他是世界知名的超級計算機與並行計算專傢，也是美國工程院院士，清華大學的IV講座訪問教授。