Distributed Consensus

Computer Science research fellow of Cambridge University, Heidi Howard discusses Paxos, Raft, and distributed consensus in distributed systems alongside with her work “Paxos vs. Raft: Have we reached consensus on distributed consensus?”

She goes into detail about the leaders in Paxos and Raft and how The Raft Consensus Algorithm actually inspired her to pursue her PhD.

Paxos vs Raft paper: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.05074](https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.05074)

Leslie Lamport paper “part-time Parliament” [https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/lamport-paxos.pdf](https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/lamport-paxos.pdf)

Leslie Lamport paper "Paxos Made Simple" [https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/paxos-simple.pdf](https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/paxos-simple.pdf)

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Heidi Howard