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[incubator-nemo] branch master updated: [NEMO-15] Run Spark ALS in distributed mode (#113)

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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
     new 954d92f  [NEMO-15] Run Spark ALS in distributed mode (#113)
954d92f is described below

commit 954d92fa81b0767305bf6ddc43f63a8470dd28b5
Author: John Yang <jo...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Aug 31 20:39:51 2018 +0900

    [NEMO-15] Run Spark ALS in distributed mode (#113)
    
    JIRA: [NEMO-15: Run Spark ALS in distributed mode](https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/NEMO/issues/NEMO-15)
    
    **Major changes:**
    - Removes 'sideinput' from IRDAG, and instead introduces BroadcastVariableProperty
    - InMasterBroadcastVariables/BroadcastManagerWorker: Components that deal with broadcast variables
    - New RPC messages for exchanging broadcast variables between client->driver, and driver<->executor
    
    **Minor changes to note:**
    - Explicit scala lambdas (update_ms, update_us) to get around serialization errors
    - Avoid duplicate PlanState completions which can be caused by cloned executions
    
    **Tests for the changes:**
    - SparkScala#testALS
    
    **Other comments:**
    - This PR also closes: [NEMO-14] Re-investigate Broadcast and SideInputs
    
    Closes #113
---
 bin/run_spark.sh                                   |   0
 .../main/java/edu/snu/nemo/client/JobLauncher.java |  15 +-
 .../edu/snu/nemo/client/ClientEndpointTest.java    |   2 +-
 .../java/edu/snu/nemo/common/dag/DAGBuilder.java   |   5 +-
 .../java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/IdManager.java     |   1 +
 .../java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/edge/IREdge.java   |  25 --
 .../BroadcastVariableIdProperty.java               |  43 +++
 .../edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/vertex/LoopVertex.java  |  10 +-
 .../nemo/common/ir/vertex/transform/Transform.java |  11 +-
 .../snu/nemo/common/coder/CoderFactoryTest.java    |   3 +-
 .../compiler/frontend/beam/PipelineTranslator.java |  28 +-
 .../beam/transform/CreateViewTransform.java        |   9 -
 .../frontend/beam/transform/DoTransform.java       |  23 +-
 .../frontend/spark/SparkBroadcastVariables.java    |  54 ++++
 .../frontend/spark/core/SparkBroadcast.java        |  46 ++++
 .../compiler/frontend/spark/core/SparkContext.java |  12 +
 .../frontend/spark/core/SparkFrontendUtils.java    |  28 +-
 .../compiler/frontend/spark/core/rdd/RDD.scala     |  10 +-
 .../snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/NemoOptimizer.java |   3 +-
 .../reshaping/LargeShuffleRelayReshapingPass.java  |   4 +-
 .../compiletime/reshaping/LoopExtractionPass.java  |  17 +-
 .../compiletime/reshaping/LoopOptimizations.java   |   6 +-
 .../compiletime/reshaping/SkewReshapingPass.java   |   4 +-
 .../edu/snu/nemo/examples/spark/SparkALS.scala     |  11 +-
 .../edu/snu/nemo/examples/spark/SparkScala.java    |  10 +
 .../common/message/ncs/NcsMessageEnvironment.java  |   6 +
 .../runtime/common/plan/PhysicalPlanGenerator.java |   5 +-
 .../snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/RuntimeEdge.java  |  13 +-
 .../snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/StageEdge.java    |  22 +-
 runtime/common/src/main/proto/ControlMessage.proto |  15 ++
 .../main/java/edu/snu/nemo/driver/NemoDriver.java  |  12 +-
 .../edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/Executor.java    |   7 +-
 .../runtime/executor/TransformContextImpl.java     |  20 +-
 .../executor/data/BroadcastManagerWorker.java      | 142 ++++++++++
 .../runtime/executor/datatransfer/InputReader.java |   4 -
 .../nemo/runtime/executor/task/DataFetcher.java    |  16 +-
 .../executor/task/ParentTaskDataFetcher.java       |   7 +-
 .../executor/task/SourceVertexDataFetcher.java     |   5 +-
 .../nemo/runtime/executor/task/TaskExecutor.java   | 300 ++++++++++-----------
 .../nemo/runtime/executor/task/VertexHarness.java  |  36 +--
 .../runtime/executor/TransformContextImplTest.java |  24 +-
 .../executor/datatransfer/DataTransferTest.java    |   9 +-
 .../executor/task/ParentTaskDataFetcherTest.java   |   3 +-
 .../runtime/executor/task/TaskExecutorTest.java    | 126 +++++----
 .../nemo/runtime/master/BlockManagerMaster.java    |   5 +-
 .../runtime/master/BroadcastManagerMaster.java     |  50 ++++
 .../edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/PlanAppender.java  |   3 +-
 .../snu/nemo/runtime/master/PlanStateManager.java  |   4 +-
 .../edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/RuntimeMaster.java |  22 ++
 .../SkewnessAwareSchedulingConstraintTest.java     |   2 +-
 50 files changed, 794 insertions(+), 444 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/run_spark.sh b/bin/run_spark.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/client/JobLauncher.java b/client/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/client/JobLauncher.java
index 68a4422..bf43332 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/client/JobLauncher.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/client/JobLauncher.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package edu.snu.nemo.client;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.dag.DAG;
 import edu.snu.nemo.conf.JobConf;
 import edu.snu.nemo.driver.NemoDriver;
@@ -42,14 +43,13 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Base64;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 
 /**
@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ public final class JobLauncher {
    */
   // When modifying the signature of this method, see CompilerTestUtil#compileDAG and make corresponding changes
   public static void launchDAG(final DAG dag) {
+    launchDAG(dag, Collections.emptyMap());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param dag the application DAG.
+   * @param broadcastVariables broadcast variables (can be empty).
+   */
+  public static void launchDAG(final DAG dag, final Map<Serializable, Object> broadcastVariables) {
     // Wait until the driver is ready.
     try {
       LOG.info("Waiting for the driver to be ready");
@@ -188,6 +196,7 @@ public final class JobLauncher {
         .setType(ControlMessage.ClientToDriverMessageType.LaunchDAG)
         .setLaunchDAG(ControlMessage.LaunchDAGMessage.newBuilder()
             .setDag(serializedDAG)
+            .setBroadcastVars(ByteString.copyFrom(SerializationUtils.serialize((Serializable) broadcastVariables)))
             .build())
         .build());
 
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/client/ClientEndpointTest.java b/client/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/client/ClientEndpointTest.java
index 4f9212b..b033dd8 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/client/ClientEndpointTest.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/client/ClientEndpointTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 public class ClientEndpointTest {
   private static final int MAX_SCHEDULE_ATTEMPT = 2;
 
-  @Test(timeout = 3000)
+  @Test(timeout = 10000)
   public void testState() throws Exception {
     // Create a simple client endpoint that returns given job state.
     final StateTranslator stateTranslator = mock(StateTranslator.class);
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/dag/DAGBuilder.java b/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/dag/DAGBuilder.java
index 7625cde..f9b266e 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/dag/DAGBuilder.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/dag/DAGBuilder.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package edu.snu.nemo.common.dag;
 
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.exception.CompileTimeOptimizationException;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.IREdge;
+import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.executionproperty.BroadcastVariableIdProperty;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.executionproperty.DataFlowProperty;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.executionproperty.MetricCollectionProperty;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.vertex.IRVertex;
@@ -258,11 +259,11 @@ public final class DAGBuilder<V extends Vertex, E extends Edge<V>> implements Se
   private void executionPropertyCheck() {
     // SideInput is not compatible with Push
     vertices.forEach(v -> incomingEdges.get(v).stream().filter(e -> e instanceof IREdge).map(e -> (IREdge) e)
-        .filter(e -> Boolean.TRUE.equals(e.isSideInput()))
+        .filter(e -> e.getPropertyValue(BroadcastVariableIdProperty.class).isPresent())
         .filter(e -> DataFlowProperty.Value.Push.equals(e.getPropertyValue(DataFlowProperty.class).get()))
         .forEach(e -> {
           throw new CompileTimeOptimizationException("DAG execution property check: "
-              + "SideInput edge is not compatible with push" + e.getId());
+              + "Broadcast edge is not compatible with push" + e.getId());
         }));
     // DataSizeMetricCollection is not compatible with Push (All data have to be stored before the data collection)
     vertices.forEach(v -> incomingEdges.get(v).stream().filter(e -> e instanceof IREdge).map(e -> (IREdge) e)
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/IdManager.java b/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/IdManager.java
index 3a183ae..9fd96fa 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/IdManager.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/IdManager.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public final class IdManager {
   public static String newVertexId() {
     return "vertex" + (isDriver ? "(d)" : "") + vertexId.getAndIncrement();
   }
+
   /**
    * @return a new edge ID.
    */
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/edge/IREdge.java b/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/edge/IREdge.java
index d2c75e3..3cd1bd6 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/edge/IREdge.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/edge/IREdge.java
@@ -32,11 +32,9 @@ import java.util.Optional;
  */
 public final class IREdge extends Edge<IRVertex> {
   private final ExecutionPropertyMap<EdgeExecutionProperty> executionProperties;
-  private final Boolean isSideInput;
 
   /**
    * Constructor of IREdge.
-   * This constructor assumes that this edge is not for a side input.
    *
    * @param commPattern data communication pattern type of the edge.
    * @param src         source vertex.
@@ -45,23 +43,7 @@ public final class IREdge extends Edge<IRVertex> {
   public IREdge(final CommunicationPatternProperty.Value commPattern,
                 final IRVertex src,
                 final IRVertex dst) {
-    this(commPattern, src, dst, false);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Constructor of IREdge.
-   *
-   * @param commPattern data communication pattern type of the edge.
-   * @param src         source vertex.
-   * @param dst         destination vertex.
-   * @param isSideInput flag for whether or not the edge is a sideInput.
-   */
-  public IREdge(final CommunicationPatternProperty.Value commPattern,
-                final IRVertex src,
-                final IRVertex dst,
-                final Boolean isSideInput) {
     super(IdManager.newEdgeId(), src, dst);
-    this.isSideInput = isSideInput;
     this.executionProperties = ExecutionPropertyMap.of(this, commPattern);
   }
 
@@ -105,13 +87,6 @@ public final class IREdge extends Edge<IRVertex> {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @return whether or not the edge is a side input edge.
-   */
-  public Boolean isSideInput() {
-    return isSideInput;
-  }
-
-  /**
    * @param edge edge to compare.
    * @return whether or not the edge has the same itinerary
    */
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/edge/executionproperty/BroadcastVariableIdProperty.java b/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/edge/executionproperty/BroadcastVariableIdProperty.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0461763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/edge/executionproperty/BroadcastVariableIdProperty.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Seoul National University
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.executionproperty;
+
+import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.executionproperty.EdgeExecutionProperty;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Edges with this property fetch a broadcast variable.
+ */
+public final class BroadcastVariableIdProperty extends EdgeExecutionProperty<Serializable> {
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor.
+   * @param value id.
+   */
+  private BroadcastVariableIdProperty(final Serializable value) {
+    super(value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Static method exposing constructor.
+   * @param value id.
+   * @return the newly created execution property.
+   */
+  public static BroadcastVariableIdProperty of(final Serializable value) {
+    return new BroadcastVariableIdProperty(value);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/vertex/LoopVertex.java b/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/vertex/LoopVertex.java
index 7d25aee..e07320e 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/vertex/LoopVertex.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/vertex/LoopVertex.java
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ public final class LoopVertex extends IRVertex {
       dagBuilder.addVertex(newIrVertex, dagToAdd);
       dagToAdd.getIncomingEdgesOf(irVertex).forEach(edge -> {
         final IRVertex newSrc = originalToNewIRVertex.get(edge.getSrc());
-        final IREdge newIrEdge = new IREdge(edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-            newSrc, newIrVertex, edge.isSideInput());
+        final IREdge newIrEdge =
+          new IREdge(edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(), newSrc, newIrVertex);
         edge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(newIrEdge);
         dagBuilder.connectVertices(newIrEdge);
       });
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public final class LoopVertex extends IRVertex {
     // process DAG incoming edges.
     getDagIncomingEdges().forEach((dstVertex, irEdges) -> irEdges.forEach(edge -> {
       final IREdge newIrEdge = new IREdge(edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-          edge.getSrc(), originalToNewIRVertex.get(dstVertex), edge.isSideInput());
+          edge.getSrc(), originalToNewIRVertex.get(dstVertex));
       edge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(newIrEdge);
       dagBuilder.connectVertices(newIrEdge);
     }));
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ public final class LoopVertex extends IRVertex {
       // if termination condition met, we process the DAG outgoing edge.
       getDagOutgoingEdges().forEach((srcVertex, irEdges) -> irEdges.forEach(edge -> {
         final IREdge newIrEdge = new IREdge(edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-            originalToNewIRVertex.get(srcVertex), edge.getDst(), edge.isSideInput());
+            originalToNewIRVertex.get(srcVertex), edge.getDst());
         edge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(newIrEdge);
         dagBuilder.addVertex(edge.getDst()).connectVertices(newIrEdge);
       }));
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public final class LoopVertex extends IRVertex {
     this.nonIterativeIncomingEdges.forEach((dstVertex, irEdges) -> irEdges.forEach(this::addDagIncomingEdge));
     this.iterativeIncomingEdges.forEach((dstVertex, irEdges) -> irEdges.forEach(edge -> {
       final IREdge newIrEdge = new IREdge(edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-          originalToNewIRVertex.get(edge.getSrc()), dstVertex, edge.isSideInput());
+          originalToNewIRVertex.get(edge.getSrc()), dstVertex);
       edge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(newIrEdge);
       this.addDagIncomingEdge(newIrEdge);
     }));
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/vertex/transform/Transform.java b/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/vertex/transform/Transform.java
index 47fa6c8..b7bb26c 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/vertex/transform/Transform.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ir/vertex/transform/Transform.java
@@ -47,20 +47,13 @@ public interface Transform<I, O> extends Serializable {
   void close();
 
   /**
-   * @return tag
-   */
-  default Object getTag() {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  /**
    * Context of the transform.
    */
   interface Context extends Serializable {
     /**
-     * @return sideInputs.
+     * @return the broadcast variable.
      */
-    Map getSideInputs();
+    Object getBroadcastVariable(Serializable id);
     Map<String, String> getTagToAdditionalChildren();
 
     /**
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/coder/CoderFactoryTest.java b/common/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/coder/CoderFactoryTest.java
index 078b7f9..9f836da 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/coder/CoderFactoryTest.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/coder/CoderFactoryTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package edu.snu.nemo.common.coder;
 
-import edu.snu.nemo.common.ContextImpl;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 
 /**
- * Tests {@link ContextImpl}.
+ * Tests coder factories.
  */
 public class CoderFactoryTest {
 
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/beam/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/beam/PipelineTranslator.java b/compiler/frontend/beam/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/beam/PipelineTranslator.java
index 7e34ca2..a744ae8 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/beam/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/beam/PipelineTranslator.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/beam/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/beam/PipelineTranslator.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public final class PipelineTranslator
                                             final Read.Bounded<?> transform) {
     final IRVertex vertex = new BeamBoundedSourceVertex<>(transform.getSource());
     ctx.addVertex(vertex);
-    transformVertex.getNode().getInputs().values().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input, false));
+    transformVertex.getNode().getInputs().values().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input));
     transformVertex.getNode().getOutputs().values().forEach(output -> ctx.registerMainOutputFrom(vertex, output));
   }
 
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ public final class PipelineTranslator
     ctx.addVertex(vertex);
     transformVertex.getNode().getInputs().values().stream()
         .filter(input -> !transform.getAdditionalInputs().values().contains(input))
-        .forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input, false));
-    transform.getSideInputs().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input, true));
+        .forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input));
+    transform.getSideInputs().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input));
     transformVertex.getNode().getOutputs().values().forEach(output -> ctx.registerMainOutputFrom(vertex, output));
   }
 
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ public final class PipelineTranslator
     ctx.addVertex(vertex);
     transformVertex.getNode().getInputs().values().stream()
         .filter(input -> !transform.getAdditionalInputs().values().contains(input))
-        .forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input, false));
-    transform.getSideInputs().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input, true));
+        .forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input));
+    transform.getSideInputs().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input));
     transformVertex.getNode().getOutputs().entrySet().stream()
         .filter(pValueWithTupleTag -> pValueWithTupleTag.getKey().equals(transform.getMainOutputTag()))
         .forEach(pValueWithTupleTag -> ctx.registerMainOutputFrom(vertex, pValueWithTupleTag.getValue()));
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public final class PipelineTranslator
                                            final GroupByKey<?, ?> transform) {
     final IRVertex vertex = new OperatorVertex(new GroupByKeyTransform());
     ctx.addVertex(vertex);
-    transformVertex.getNode().getInputs().values().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input, false));
+    transformVertex.getNode().getInputs().values().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input));
     transformVertex.getNode().getOutputs().values().forEach(output -> ctx.registerMainOutputFrom(vertex, output));
   }
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public final class PipelineTranslator
     }
     final IRVertex vertex = new OperatorVertex(new WindowTransform(windowFn));
     ctx.addVertex(vertex);
-    transformVertex.getNode().getInputs().values().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input, false));
+    transformVertex.getNode().getInputs().values().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input));
     transformVertex.getNode().getOutputs().values().forEach(output -> ctx.registerMainOutputFrom(vertex, output));
   }
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public final class PipelineTranslator
                                                       final View.CreatePCollectionView<?, ?> transform) {
     final IRVertex vertex = new OperatorVertex(new CreateViewTransform<>(transform.getView()));
     ctx.addVertex(vertex);
-    transformVertex.getNode().getInputs().values().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input, false));
+    transformVertex.getNode().getInputs().values().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input));
     ctx.registerMainOutputFrom(vertex, transform.getView());
     transformVertex.getNode().getOutputs().values().forEach(output -> ctx.registerMainOutputFrom(vertex, output));
   }
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public final class PipelineTranslator
                                         final Flatten.PCollections<?> transform) {
     final IRVertex vertex = new OperatorVertex(new FlattenTransform());
     ctx.addVertex(vertex);
-    transformVertex.getNode().getInputs().values().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input, false));
+    transformVertex.getNode().getInputs().values().forEach(input -> ctx.addEdgeTo(vertex, input));
     transformVertex.getNode().getOutputs().values().forEach(output -> ctx.registerMainOutputFrom(vertex, output));
   }
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public final class PipelineTranslator
       final IRVertex groupByKey = new OperatorVertex(new GroupByKeyTransform());
       ctx.addVertex(groupByKey);
       last.getNode().getOutputs().values().forEach(outputFromCombiner
-          -> ctx.addEdgeTo(groupByKey, outputFromCombiner, false));
+          -> ctx.addEdgeTo(groupByKey, outputFromCombiner));
       first.getNode().getOutputs().values()
           .forEach(outputFromGroupByKey -> ctx.registerMainOutputFrom(groupByKey, outputFromGroupByKey));
 
@@ -400,9 +400,8 @@ public final class PipelineTranslator
      *
      * @param dst the destination IR vertex.
      * @param input the {@link PValue} {@code dst} consumes
-     * @param isSideInput whether it is sideInput or not.
      */
-    private void addEdgeTo(final IRVertex dst, final PValue input, final boolean isSideInput) {
+    private void addEdgeTo(final IRVertex dst, final PValue input) {
       final IRVertex src = pValueToProducer.get(input);
       if (src == null) {
         try {
@@ -418,7 +417,7 @@ public final class PipelineTranslator
         throw new RuntimeException(String.format("%s have failed to determine communication pattern "
             + "for an edge from %s to %s", communicationPatternSelector, src, dst));
       }
-      final IREdge edge = new IREdge(communicationPattern, src, dst, isSideInput);
+      final IREdge edge = new IREdge(communicationPattern, src, dst);
       final Coder<?> coder;
       if (input instanceof PCollection) {
         coder = ((PCollection) input).getCoder();
@@ -436,6 +435,9 @@ public final class PipelineTranslator
       if (pValueToTag.containsKey(input)) {
         edge.setProperty(AdditionalOutputTagProperty.of(pValueToTag.get(input).getId()));
       }
+      if (input instanceof PCollectionView) {
+        edge.setProperty(BroadcastVariableIdProperty.of((PCollectionView) input));
+      }
       edge.setProperty(KeyExtractorProperty.of(new BeamKeyExtractor()));
       builder.connectVertices(edge);
     }
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/beam/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/beam/transform/CreateViewTransform.java b/compiler/frontend/beam/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/beam/transform/CreateViewTransform.java
index 059de81..b4ab6c6 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/beam/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/beam/transform/CreateViewTransform.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/beam/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/beam/transform/CreateViewTransform.java
@@ -61,15 +61,6 @@ public final class CreateViewTransform<I, O> implements Transform<I, O> {
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * get the Tag of the Transform.
-   * @return the PCollectionView of the transform.
-   */
-  @Override
-  public PCollectionView getTag() {
-    return this.pCollectionView;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public void close() {
     final Object view = viewFn.apply(multiView);
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/beam/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/beam/transform/DoTransform.java b/compiler/frontend/beam/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/beam/transform/DoTransform.java
index 8b1ff0f..529e83b 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/beam/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/beam/transform/DoTransform.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/beam/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/beam/transform/DoTransform.java
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ public final class DoTransform<I, O> implements Transform<I, O> {
     this.outputCollector = oc;
     this.startBundleContext = new StartBundleContext(doFn, serializedOptions);
     this.finishBundleContext = new FinishBundleContext(doFn, outputCollector, serializedOptions);
-    this.processContext = new ProcessContext(doFn, outputCollector,
-        context.getSideInputs(), context.getTagToAdditionalChildren(), serializedOptions);
+    this.processContext = new ProcessContext(doFn, outputCollector, context, serializedOptions);
     this.invoker = DoFnInvokers.invokerFor(doFn);
     invoker.invokeSetup();
     invoker.invokeStartBundle(startBundleContext);
@@ -196,29 +195,27 @@ public final class DoTransform<I, O> implements Transform<I, O> {
       implements DoFnInvoker.ArgumentProvider<I, O> {
     private I input;
     private final OutputCollector<O> outputCollector;
-    private final Map sideInputs;
     private final Map<String, String> additionalOutputs;
+    private final Context context;
     private final ObjectMapper mapper;
     private final PipelineOptions options;
 
     /**
      * ProcessContext Constructor.
      *
-     * @param fn                Dofn.
-     * @param outputCollector   OutputCollector.
-     * @param sideInputs        Map for SideInputs.
-     * @param additionalOutputs Map for TaggedOutputs.
-     * @param serializedOptions Options, serialized.
+     * @param fn                 Dofn.
+     * @param outputCollector    OutputCollector.
+     * @param context            Context.
+     * @param serializedOptions  Options, serialized.
      */
     ProcessContext(final DoFn<I, O> fn,
                    final OutputCollector<O> outputCollector,
-                   final Map sideInputs,
-                   final Map<String, String> additionalOutputs,
+                   final Context context,
                    final String serializedOptions) {
       fn.super();
       this.outputCollector = outputCollector;
-      this.sideInputs = sideInputs;
-      this.additionalOutputs = additionalOutputs;
+      this.context = context;
+      this.additionalOutputs = context.getTagToAdditionalChildren();
       this.mapper = new ObjectMapper();
       try {
         this.options = mapper.readValue(serializedOptions, PipelineOptions.class);
@@ -248,7 +245,7 @@ public final class DoTransform<I, O> implements Transform<I, O> {
 
     @Override
     public <T> T sideInput(final PCollectionView<T> view) {
-      return (T) sideInputs.get(view);
+      return (T) context.getBroadcastVariable(view);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/SparkBroadcastVariables.java b/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/SparkBroadcastVariables.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcfdcc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/SparkBroadcastVariables.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Seoul National University
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+/**
+ * Broadcast variables of Spark.
+ */
+public final class SparkBroadcastVariables {
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SparkBroadcastVariables.class.getName());
+  private static final AtomicLong ID_GENERATOR = new AtomicLong(0);
+  private static final Map<Serializable, Object> ID_TO_VARIABLE = new HashMap<>();
+
+  private SparkBroadcastVariables() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param variable data.
+   * @return the id of the variable.
+   */
+  public static long register(final Object variable) {
+    final long id = ID_GENERATOR.getAndIncrement();
+    ID_TO_VARIABLE.put(id, variable);
+    LOG.info("Registered Spark broadcast variable with id {}", id);
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return all the map from ids to variables.
+   */
+  public static Map<Serializable, Object> getAll() {
+    return ID_TO_VARIABLE;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/SparkBroadcast.java b/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/SparkBroadcast.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..511f78b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/SparkBroadcast.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Seoul National University
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.core;
+
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.data.BroadcastManagerWorker;
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag$;
+
+/**
+ * @param <T> type of the broadcast data.
+ */
+public final class SparkBroadcast<T> extends org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast<T> {
+  private final long tag;
+
+  SparkBroadcast(final long tag, final Class<T> classType) {
+    super(tag, ClassTag$.MODULE$.apply(classType));
+    this.tag = tag;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public T getValue() {
+    return (T) BroadcastManagerWorker.getStaticReference().get(tag);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void doUnpersist(final boolean blocking) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void doDestroy(final boolean blocking) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/SparkContext.java b/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/SparkContext.java
index 60f43a9..7922064 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/SparkContext.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/SparkContext.java
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@
  */
 package edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.core;
 
+import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.SparkBroadcastVariables;
 import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.core.rdd.JavaRDD;
 import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.core.rdd.RDD;
 import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
+import org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import scala.collection.Seq;
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag;
 
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  * Spark context wrapper for in Nemo.
  */
 public final class SparkContext extends org.apache.spark.SparkContext {
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SparkContext.class.getName());
   private final org.apache.spark.SparkContext sparkContext;
 
   /**
@@ -61,4 +66,11 @@ public final class SparkContext extends org.apache.spark.SparkContext {
     final List<T> javaList = scala.collection.JavaConversions.seqAsJavaList(seq);
     return JavaRDD.of(this.sparkContext, javaList, numSlices).rdd();
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public <T> Broadcast<T> broadcast(final T data,
+                                    final ClassTag<T> evidence) {
+    final long id = SparkBroadcastVariables.register(data);
+    return new SparkBroadcast<>(id, (Class<T>) data.getClass());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/SparkFrontendUtils.java b/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/SparkFrontendUtils.java
index 54de1a6..75d22e0 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/SparkFrontendUtils.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/SparkFrontendUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.executionproperty.KeyExtractorProperty;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.vertex.IRVertex;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.vertex.LoopVertex;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.vertex.OperatorVertex;
+import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.SparkBroadcastVariables;
 import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.SparkKeyExtractor;
 import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.coder.SparkDecoderFactory;
 import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.coder.SparkEncoderFactory;
@@ -36,14 +37,15 @@ import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.FlatMapFunction;
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.Function;
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.Function2;
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.PairFunction;
-import org.apache.spark.serializer.JavaSerializer;
-import org.apache.spark.serializer.KryoSerializer;
-import org.apache.spark.serializer.Serializer;
+import org.apache.spark.serializer.*;
 import scala.Function1;
 import scala.Tuple2;
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters;
 import scala.collection.TraversableOnce;
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag;
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag$;
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.*;
 
 /**
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ public final class SparkFrontendUtils {
     builder.connectVertices(newEdge);
 
     // launch DAG
-    JobLauncher.launchDAG(builder.build());
+    JobLauncher.launchDAG(builder.build(), SparkBroadcastVariables.getAll());
 
     return (List<T>) JobLauncher.getCollectedData();
   }
@@ -126,16 +128,32 @@ public final class SparkFrontendUtils {
   /**
    * Converts a {@link Function1} to a corresponding {@link Function}.
    *
+   * Here, we use the Spark 'JavaSerializer' to facilitate debugging in the future.
+   * TODO #205: RDD Closure with Broadcast Variables Serialization Bug
+   *
    * @param scalaFunction the scala function to convert.
    * @param <I>           the type of input.
    * @param <O>           the type of output.
    * @return the converted Java function.
    */
   public static <I, O> Function<I, O> toJavaFunction(final Function1<I, O> scalaFunction) {
+    // This 'JavaSerializer' from Spark provides a human-readable NotSerializableException stack traces,
+    // which can be useful when addressing this problem.
+    // Other toJavaFunction can also use this serializer when debugging.
+    final ClassTag<Function1<I, O>> classTag = ClassTag$.MODULE$.apply(scalaFunction.getClass());
+    final byte[] serializedFunction = new JavaSerializer().newInstance().serialize(scalaFunction, classTag).array();
+
     return new Function<I, O>() {
+      private Function1<I, O> deserializedFunction;
+
       @Override
       public O call(final I v1) throws Exception {
-        return scalaFunction.apply(v1);
+        if (deserializedFunction == null) {
+          // TODO #205: RDD Closure with Broadcast Variables Serialization Bug
+          final SerializerInstance js = new JavaSerializer().newInstance();
+          deserializedFunction = js.deserialize(ByteBuffer.wrap(serializedFunction), classTag);
+        }
+        return deserializedFunction.apply(v1);
       }
     };
   }
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/scala/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/rdd/RDD.scala b/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/scala/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/rdd/RDD.scala
index a3d75a5..c253f17 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/scala/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/rdd/RDD.scala
+++ b/compiler/frontend/spark/src/main/scala/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/frontend/spark/core/rdd/RDD.scala
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.executionproperty.EdgeExecutionProperty
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.vertex.executionproperty.IgnoreSchedulingTempDataReceiverProperty
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.vertex.{IRVertex, LoopVertex, OperatorVertex}
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.test.EmptyComponents.EmptyTransform
-import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.SparkKeyExtractor
+import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.{SparkBroadcastVariables, SparkKeyExtractor}
 import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.coder.{SparkDecoderFactory, SparkEncoderFactory}
 import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.core.SparkFrontendUtils
 import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.transform._
+import org.apache.commons.lang.SerializationUtils
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableFactory
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.CompressionCodec
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.function.{FlatMapFunction, Function, Function2}
@@ -37,9 +38,10 @@ import org.apache.spark.partial.{BoundedDouble, PartialResult}
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.{AsyncRDDActions, DoubleRDDFunctions, OrderedRDDFunctions, PartitionCoalescer, SequenceFileRDDFunctions}
 import org.apache.spark.serializer.Serializer
 import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel
-import org.apache.spark.{Dependency, Partition, Partitioner, SparkContext, TaskContext}
+import org.apache.spark.{Dependency, Partition, Partitioner, SparkContext, SparkEnv, TaskContext}
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 
+import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.language.implicitConversions
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ final class RDD[T: ClassTag] protected[rdd] (
    *       all the data is loaded into the driver's memory.
    */
   override def collect(): Array[T] =
-    collectAsList().toArray().asInstanceOf[Array[T]]
+    collectAsList().asScala.toArray
 
   /////////////// TRANSFORMATIONS ///////////////
 
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ final class RDD[T: ClassTag] protected[rdd] (
     newEdge.setProperty(keyExtractorProperty)
 
     builder.connectVertices(newEdge)
-    JobLauncher.launchDAG(builder.build)
+    JobLauncher.launchDAG(builder.build, SparkBroadcastVariables.getAll)
   }
 
   /////////////// CACHING ///////////////
diff --git a/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/NemoOptimizer.java b/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/NemoOptimizer.java
index ba4e11c..3d290e1 100644
--- a/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/NemoOptimizer.java
+++ b/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/NemoOptimizer.java
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ public final class NemoOptimizer implements Optimizer {
             edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class)
                 .orElseThrow(() -> new RuntimeException("No communication pattern on an ir edge")),
             cachedDataRelayVertex,
-            irVertex,
-            edge.isSideInput());
+            irVertex);
         edge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(newEdge);
         newEdge.setProperty(CacheIDProperty.of(cacheId.get()));
         builder.connectVertices(newEdge);
diff --git a/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/LargeShuffleRelayReshapingPass.java b/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/LargeShuffleRelayReshapingPass.java
index fa2afee..9918b39 100644
--- a/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/LargeShuffleRelayReshapingPass.java
+++ b/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/LargeShuffleRelayReshapingPass.java
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ public final class LargeShuffleRelayReshapingPass extends ReshapingPass {
             final OperatorVertex iFileMergerVertex = new OperatorVertex(new RelayTransform());
 
             builder.addVertex(iFileMergerVertex);
-            final IREdge newEdgeToMerger = new IREdge(CommunicationPatternProperty.Value.Shuffle,
-                edge.getSrc(), iFileMergerVertex, edge.isSideInput());
+            final IREdge newEdgeToMerger =
+              new IREdge(CommunicationPatternProperty.Value.Shuffle, edge.getSrc(), iFileMergerVertex);
             edge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(newEdgeToMerger);
             final IREdge newEdgeFromMerger = new IREdge(CommunicationPatternProperty.Value.OneToOne,
                 iFileMergerVertex, v);
diff --git a/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/LoopExtractionPass.java b/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/LoopExtractionPass.java
index e11d712..0992539 100644
--- a/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/LoopExtractionPass.java
+++ b/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/LoopExtractionPass.java
@@ -100,9 +100,8 @@ public final class LoopExtractionPass extends ReshapingPass {
                 // connecting with a loop: loop -> operator.
                 final LoopVertex srcLoopVertex = dag.getAssignedLoopVertexOf(irEdge.getSrc());
                 srcLoopVertex.addDagOutgoingEdge(irEdge);
-                final IREdge edgeFromLoop =
-                    new IREdge(irEdge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-                        srcLoopVertex, operatorVertex, irEdge.isSideInput());
+                final IREdge edgeFromLoop = new IREdge(
+                  irEdge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(), srcLoopVertex, operatorVertex);
                 irEdge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(edgeFromLoop);
                 builder.connectVertices(edgeFromLoop);
                 srcLoopVertex.mapEdgeWithLoop(edgeFromLoop, irEdge);
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ public final class LoopExtractionPass extends ReshapingPass {
         } else { // loop -> loop connection
           assignedLoopVertex.addDagIncomingEdge(irEdge);
           final IREdge edgeToLoop = new IREdge(irEdge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-              srcLoopVertex, assignedLoopVertex, irEdge.isSideInput());
+              srcLoopVertex, assignedLoopVertex);
           irEdge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(edgeToLoop);
           builder.connectVertices(edgeToLoop);
           assignedLoopVertex.mapEdgeWithLoop(edgeToLoop, irEdge);
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ public final class LoopExtractionPass extends ReshapingPass {
       } else { // operator -> loop
         assignedLoopVertex.addDagIncomingEdge(irEdge);
         final IREdge edgeToLoop = new IREdge(irEdge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-            irEdge.getSrc(), assignedLoopVertex, irEdge.isSideInput());
+            irEdge.getSrc(), assignedLoopVertex);
         irEdge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(edgeToLoop);
         builder.connectVertices(edgeToLoop);
         assignedLoopVertex.mapEdgeWithLoop(edgeToLoop, irEdge);
@@ -229,13 +228,13 @@ public final class LoopExtractionPass extends ReshapingPass {
 
               // add the new IREdge to the iterative incoming edges list.
               final IREdge newIrEdge = new IREdge(edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-                  equivalentSrcVertex, equivalentDstVertex, edge.isSideInput());
+                  equivalentSrcVertex, equivalentDstVertex);
               edge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(newIrEdge);
               finalRootLoopVertex.addIterativeIncomingEdge(newIrEdge);
             } else {
               // src is from outside the previous loop. vertex outside previous loop -> DAG.
               final IREdge newIrEdge = new IREdge(edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-                  srcVertex, equivalentDstVertex, edge.isSideInput());
+                  srcVertex, equivalentDstVertex);
               edge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(newIrEdge);
               finalRootLoopVertex.addNonIterativeIncomingEdge(newIrEdge);
             }
@@ -248,7 +247,7 @@ public final class LoopExtractionPass extends ReshapingPass {
             final IRVertex equivalentSrcVertex = equivalentVertices.get(srcVertex);
 
             final IREdge newIrEdge = new IREdge(edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-                equivalentSrcVertex, dstVertex, edge.isSideInput());
+                equivalentSrcVertex, dstVertex);
             edge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(newIrEdge);
             finalRootLoopVertex.addDagOutgoingEdge(newIrEdge);
             finalRootLoopVertex.mapEdgeWithLoop(loopVertex.getEdgeWithLoop(edge), newIrEdge);
@@ -293,7 +292,7 @@ public final class LoopExtractionPass extends ReshapingPass {
         builder.connectVertices(edge);
       } else {
         final IREdge newIrEdge = new IREdge(edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-            firstEquivalentVertex, irVertex, edge.isSideInput());
+            firstEquivalentVertex, irVertex);
         edge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(newIrEdge);
         builder.connectVertices(newIrEdge);
       }
diff --git a/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/LoopOptimizations.java b/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/LoopOptimizations.java
index 9d9f8bc..ce496df 100644
--- a/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/LoopOptimizations.java
+++ b/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/LoopOptimizations.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public final class LoopOptimizations {
             inEdges.getOrDefault(loopVertex, new ArrayList<>()).forEach(irEdge -> {
               if (builder.contains(irEdge.getSrc())) {
                 final IREdge newIREdge = new IREdge(irEdge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class)
-                    .get(), irEdge.getSrc(), newLoopVertex, irEdge.isSideInput());
+                    .get(), irEdge.getSrc(), newLoopVertex);
                 irEdge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(newIREdge);
                 builder.connectVertices(newIREdge);
               }
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public final class LoopOptimizations {
             outEdges.getOrDefault(loopVertex, new ArrayList<>()).forEach(irEdge -> {
               if (builder.contains(irEdge.getDst())) {
                 final IREdge newIREdge = new IREdge(irEdge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class)
-                    .get(), newLoopVertex, irEdge.getDst(), irEdge.isSideInput());
+                    .get(), newLoopVertex, irEdge.getDst());
                 irEdge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(newIREdge);
                 builder.connectVertices(newIREdge);
               }
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public final class LoopOptimizations {
               .forEach(edge -> {
                 edgesToRemove.add(edge);
                 final IREdge newEdge = new IREdge(edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-                    candidate.getKey(), edge.getDst(), edge.isSideInput());
+                    candidate.getKey(), edge.getDst());
                 newEdge.setProperty(EncoderProperty.of(edge.getPropertyValue(EncoderProperty.class).get()));
                 newEdge.setProperty(DecoderProperty.of(edge.getPropertyValue(DecoderProperty.class).get()));
                 edgesToAdd.add(newEdge);
diff --git a/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/SkewReshapingPass.java b/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/SkewReshapingPass.java
index a8763bd..571476d 100644
--- a/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/SkewReshapingPass.java
+++ b/compiler/optimizer/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/compiler/optimizer/pass/compiletime/reshaping/SkewReshapingPass.java
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ public final class SkewReshapingPass extends ReshapingPass {
             newEdge.setProperty(EncoderProperty.of(edge.getPropertyValue(EncoderProperty.class).get()));
             newEdge.setProperty(DecoderProperty.of(edge.getPropertyValue(DecoderProperty.class).get()));
 
-            final IREdge edgeToGbK = new IREdge(edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(),
-                metricCollectionBarrierVertex, v, edge.isSideInput());
+            final IREdge edgeToGbK = new IREdge(
+              edge.getPropertyValue(CommunicationPatternProperty.class).get(), metricCollectionBarrierVertex, v);
             edge.copyExecutionPropertiesTo(edgeToGbK);
             builder.connectVertices(newEdge);
             builder.connectVertices(edgeToGbK);
diff --git a/examples/spark/src/main/scala/edu/snu/nemo/examples/spark/SparkALS.scala b/examples/spark/src/main/scala/edu/snu/nemo/examples/spark/SparkALS.scala
index 2c15769..9b3b1ed 100644
--- a/examples/spark/src/main/scala/edu/snu/nemo/examples/spark/SparkALS.scala
+++ b/examples/spark/src/main/scala/edu/snu/nemo/examples/spark/SparkALS.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 package edu.snu.nemo.examples.spark;
 
 import edu.snu.nemo.compiler.frontend.spark.sql.SparkSession
+import org.apache.commons.lang.SerializationUtils
 import org.apache.commons.math3.linear._
+import org.apache.spark.SparkEnv
 
 /**
   * Alternating least squares matrix factorization.
@@ -126,14 +128,19 @@ object SparkALS {
     val Rc = sc.broadcast(R)
     var msb = sc.broadcast(ms)
     var usb = sc.broadcast(us)
+
+    // TODO #205: RDD Closure with Broadcast Variables Serialization Bug
+    val update_ms = (i : Int) => update(i, msb.value(i), usb.value, Rc.value)
+    val update_us = (i : Int) => update(i, usb.value(i), msb.value, Rc.value.transpose())
+
     for (iter <- 1 to ITERATIONS) {
       println(s"Iteration $iter:")
       ms = sc.parallelize(0 until M, slices)
-        .map(i => update(i, msb.value(i), usb.value, Rc.value))
+        .map(update_ms)
         .collect()
       msb = sc.broadcast(ms) // Re-broadcast ms because it was updated
       us = sc.parallelize(0 until U, slices)
-        .map(i => update(i, usb.value(i), msb.value, Rc.value.transpose()))
+        .map(update_us)
         .collect()
       usb = sc.broadcast(us) // Re-broadcast us because it was updated
       println("RMSE = " + rmse(R, ms, us))
diff --git a/examples/spark/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/examples/spark/SparkScala.java b/examples/spark/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/examples/spark/SparkScala.java
index 65e3bf6..fdc9e6d 100644
--- a/examples/spark/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/examples/spark/SparkScala.java
+++ b/examples/spark/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/examples/spark/SparkScala.java
@@ -104,4 +104,14 @@ public final class SparkScala {
       ExampleTestUtil.deleteOutputFile(fileBasePath, outputFileName2);
     }
   }
+
+  @Test(timeout = TIMEOUT)
+  public void testALS() throws Exception {
+    JobLauncher.main(builder
+      .addJobId(SparkALS.class.getSimpleName() + "_test")
+      .addUserMain(SparkALS.class.getCanonicalName())
+      .addUserArgs("100") // TODO #202: Bug with empty string user_args
+      .addOptimizationPolicy(DefaultPolicy.class.getCanonicalName())
+      .build());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/message/ncs/NcsMessageEnvironment.java b/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/message/ncs/NcsMessageEnvironment.java
index a5062fe..fc05ad8 100644
--- a/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/message/ncs/NcsMessageEnvironment.java
+++ b/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/message/ncs/NcsMessageEnvironment.java
@@ -205,8 +205,10 @@ public final class NcsMessageEnvironment implements MessageEnvironment {
       case MetricFlushed:
         return MessageType.Send;
       case RequestBlockLocation:
+      case RequestBroadcastVariable:
         return MessageType.Request;
       case BlockLocationInfo:
+      case InMasterBroadcastVariable:
         return MessageType.Reply;
       default:
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(controlMessage.toString());
@@ -217,6 +219,8 @@ public final class NcsMessageEnvironment implements MessageEnvironment {
     switch (controlMessage.getType()) {
       case RequestBlockLocation:
         return controlMessage.getRequestBlockLocationMsg().getExecutorId();
+      case RequestBroadcastVariable:
+        return controlMessage.getRequestbroadcastVariableMsg().getExecutorId();
       default:
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(controlMessage.toString());
     }
@@ -226,6 +230,8 @@ public final class NcsMessageEnvironment implements MessageEnvironment {
     switch (controlMessage.getType()) {
       case BlockLocationInfo:
         return controlMessage.getBlockLocationInfoMsg().getRequestId();
+      case InMasterBroadcastVariable:
+        return controlMessage.getBroadcastVariableMsg().getRequestId();
       default:
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(controlMessage.toString());
     }
diff --git a/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/PhysicalPlanGenerator.java b/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/PhysicalPlanGenerator.java
index 598b253..b1fa4fb 100644
--- a/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/PhysicalPlanGenerator.java
+++ b/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/PhysicalPlanGenerator.java
@@ -193,8 +193,7 @@ public final class PhysicalPlanGenerator implements Function<DAG<IRVertex, IREdg
                 irEdge.getId(),
                 irEdge.getExecutionProperties(),
                 irEdge.getSrc(),
-                irEdge.getDst(),
-                irEdge.isSideInput()));
+                irEdge.getDst()));
           } else { // edge comes from another stage
             interStageEdges.add(irEdge);
           }
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ public final class PhysicalPlanGenerator implements Function<DAG<IRVertex, IREdg
             dstStage == null ? String.format(" destination stage for %s", interStageEdge.getDst()) : ""));
       }
       dagOfStagesBuilder.connectVertices(new StageEdge(interStageEdge.getId(), interStageEdge.getExecutionProperties(),
-          interStageEdge.getSrc(), interStageEdge.getDst(), srcStage, dstStage, interStageEdge.isSideInput()));
+          interStageEdge.getSrc(), interStageEdge.getDst(), srcStage, dstStage));
     }
 
     return dagOfStagesBuilder.build();
diff --git a/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/RuntimeEdge.java b/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/RuntimeEdge.java
index 01a548a..05406a9 100644
--- a/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/RuntimeEdge.java
+++ b/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/RuntimeEdge.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import java.util.Optional;
  */
 public class RuntimeEdge<V extends Vertex> extends Edge<V> {
   private final ExecutionPropertyMap<EdgeExecutionProperty> executionProperties;
-  private final Boolean isSideInput;
 
   /**
    * Constructs the edge given the below parameters.
@@ -38,16 +37,13 @@ public class RuntimeEdge<V extends Vertex> extends Edge<V> {
    * @param executionProperties to control the data flow on this edge.
    * @param src            the source vertex.
    * @param dst            the destination vertex.
-   * @param isSideInput    Whether or not the RuntimeEdge is a side input edge.
    */
   public RuntimeEdge(final String runtimeEdgeId,
                      final ExecutionPropertyMap<EdgeExecutionProperty> executionProperties,
                      final V src,
-                     final V dst,
-                     final Boolean isSideInput) {
+                     final V dst) {
     super(runtimeEdgeId, src, dst);
     this.executionProperties = executionProperties;
-    this.isSideInput = isSideInput;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -70,13 +66,6 @@ public class RuntimeEdge<V extends Vertex> extends Edge<V> {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @return whether or not the RuntimeEdge is a side input edge.
-   */
-  public final Boolean isSideInput() {
-    return isSideInput;
-  }
-
-  /**
    * @return JSON representation of additional properties
    */
   @Override
diff --git a/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/StageEdge.java b/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/StageEdge.java
index ced7564..97e4658 100644
--- a/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/StageEdge.java
+++ b/runtime/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/common/plan/StageEdge.java
@@ -69,17 +69,15 @@ public final class StageEdge extends RuntimeEdge<Stage> {
    * @param dstVertex      destination IRVertex in the dstStage of this edge.
    * @param srcStage       source stage.
    * @param dstStage       destination stage.
-   * @param isSideInput    whether or not the edge is a sideInput edge.
    */
   @VisibleForTesting
   public StageEdge(final String runtimeEdgeId,
-            final ExecutionPropertyMap<EdgeExecutionProperty> edgeProperties,
-            final IRVertex srcVertex,
-            final IRVertex dstVertex,
-            final Stage srcStage,
-            final Stage dstStage,
-            final Boolean isSideInput) {
-    super(runtimeEdgeId, edgeProperties, srcStage, dstStage, isSideInput);
+                   final ExecutionPropertyMap<EdgeExecutionProperty> edgeProperties,
+                   final IRVertex srcVertex,
+                   final IRVertex dstVertex,
+                   final Stage srcStage,
+                   final Stage dstStage) {
+    super(runtimeEdgeId, edgeProperties, srcStage, dstStage);
     this.srcVertex = srcVertex;
     this.dstVertex = dstVertex;
     // Initialize the key range of each dst task.
@@ -88,11 +86,11 @@ public final class StageEdge extends RuntimeEdge<Stage> {
       taskIdxToKeyRange.put(taskIdx, HashRange.of(taskIdx, taskIdx + 1, false));
     }
     this.dataCommunicationPatternValue = edgeProperties.get(CommunicationPatternProperty.class)
-        .orElseThrow(() -> new RuntimeException(String.format(
-            "CommunicationPatternProperty not set for %s", runtimeEdgeId)));
+      .orElseThrow(() -> new RuntimeException(String.format(
+        "CommunicationPatternProperty not set for %s", runtimeEdgeId)));
     this.dataFlowModelValue = edgeProperties.get(DataFlowProperty.class)
-        .orElseThrow(() -> new RuntimeException(String.format(
-            "DataFlowProperty not set for %s", runtimeEdgeId)));
+      .orElseThrow(() -> new RuntimeException(String.format(
+        "DataFlowProperty not set for %s", runtimeEdgeId)));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/runtime/common/src/main/proto/ControlMessage.proto b/runtime/common/src/main/proto/ControlMessage.proto
index 9e29e43..3c6bb8e 100644
--- a/runtime/common/src/main/proto/ControlMessage.proto
+++ b/runtime/common/src/main/proto/ControlMessage.proto
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ message ClientToDriverMessage {
 
 message LaunchDAGMessage {
     required string dag = 1;
+    optional bytes broadcastVars = 2;
 }
 
 message DataCollectMessage {
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ enum MessageType {
     MetricMessageReceived = 8;
     RequestMetricFlush = 9;
     MetricFlushed = 10;
+    RequestBroadcastVariable = 11;
+    InMasterBroadcastVariable = 12;
 }
 
 message Message {
@@ -77,6 +80,8 @@ message Message {
     optional ContainerFailedMsg containerFailedMsg = 11;
     optional MetricMsg metricMsg = 12;
     optional DataCollectMessage dataCollected = 13;
+    optional RequestBroadcastVariableMessage requestbroadcastVariableMsg = 14;
+    optional InMasterBroadcastVariableMessage broadcastVariableMsg = 15;
 }
 
 // Messages from Master to Executors
@@ -192,3 +197,13 @@ message Metric {
     required string metricField = 3;
     required bytes metricValue = 4;
 }
+
+message RequestBroadcastVariableMessage {
+  required string executorId = 1;
+  required bytes broadcastId = 2;
+}
+
+message InMasterBroadcastVariableMessage {
+  required int64 requestId = 1; // To find the matching request msg
+  required bytes variable = 2;
+}
diff --git a/runtime/driver/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/driver/NemoDriver.java b/runtime/driver/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/driver/NemoDriver.java
index b36fae6..4f22ac6 100644
--- a/runtime/driver/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/driver/NemoDriver.java
+++ b/runtime/driver/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/driver/NemoDriver.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.RuntimeIdManager;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.comm.ControlMessage;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.message.MessageParameters;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.master.ClientRPC;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.master.BroadcastManagerMaster;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.master.RuntimeMaster;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.SerializationUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.concurrent.BasicThreadFactory;
 import org.apache.reef.annotations.audience.DriverSide;
 import org.apache.reef.driver.client.JobMessageObserver;
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.logging.LogManager;
@@ -104,8 +108,12 @@ public final class NemoDriver {
     this.clientRPC = clientRPC;
     // TODO #69: Support job-wide execution property
     ResourceSitePass.setBandwidthSpecificationString(bandwidthString);
-    clientRPC.registerHandler(ControlMessage.ClientToDriverMessageType.LaunchDAG, message ->
-        startSchedulingUserDAG(message.getLaunchDAG().getDag()));
+    clientRPC.registerHandler(ControlMessage.ClientToDriverMessageType.LaunchDAG, message -> {
+      startSchedulingUserDAG(message.getLaunchDAG().getDag());
+      final Map<Serializable, Object> broadcastVars =
+        SerializationUtils.deserialize(message.getLaunchDAG().getBroadcastVars().toByteArray());
+      BroadcastManagerMaster.registerBroadcastVariablesFromClient(broadcastVars);
+    });
     clientRPC.registerHandler(ControlMessage.ClientToDriverMessageType.DriverShutdown, message -> shutdown());
     // Send DriverStarted message to the client
     clientRPC.send(ControlMessage.DriverToClientMessage.newBuilder()
diff --git a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/Executor.java b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/Executor.java
index b4bdcd7..23978dc 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/Executor.java
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/Executor.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.message.MessageListener;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.message.PersistentConnectionToMasterMap;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.plan.RuntimeEdge;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.plan.Task;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.data.BroadcastManagerWorker;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.data.SerializerManager;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.datatransfer.DataTransferFactory;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.task.TaskExecutor;
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ public final class Executor {
    */
   private final DataTransferFactory dataTransferFactory;
 
+  private final BroadcastManagerWorker broadcastManagerWorker;
+
   private final PersistentConnectionToMasterMap persistentConnectionToMasterMap;
 
   private final MetricMessageSender metricMessageSender;
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ public final class Executor {
                    final MessageEnvironment messageEnvironment,
                    final SerializerManager serializerManager,
                    final DataTransferFactory dataTransferFactory,
+                   final BroadcastManagerWorker broadcastManagerWorker,
                    final MetricManagerWorker metricMessageSender) {
     this.executorId = executorId;
     this.executorService = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(new BasicThreadFactory.Builder()
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ public final class Executor {
     this.persistentConnectionToMasterMap = persistentConnectionToMasterMap;
     this.serializerManager = serializerManager;
     this.dataTransferFactory = dataTransferFactory;
+    this.broadcastManagerWorker = broadcastManagerWorker;
     this.metricMessageSender = metricMessageSender;
     messageEnvironment.setupListener(MessageEnvironment.EXECUTOR_MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID, new ExecutorMessageReceiver());
   }
@@ -130,7 +135,7 @@ public final class Executor {
             e.getPropertyValue(DecompressionProperty.class).orElse(null)));
       });
 
-      new TaskExecutor(task, irDag, taskStateManager, dataTransferFactory,
+      new TaskExecutor(task, irDag, taskStateManager, dataTransferFactory, broadcastManagerWorker,
           metricMessageSender, persistentConnectionToMasterMap).execute();
     } catch (final Exception e) {
       persistentConnectionToMasterMap.getMessageSender(MessageEnvironment.RUNTIME_MASTER_MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID).send(
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ContextImpl.java b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/TransformContextImpl.java
similarity index 68%
rename from common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ContextImpl.java
rename to runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/TransformContextImpl.java
index df5809f..eeace7c 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ContextImpl.java
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/TransformContextImpl.java
@@ -13,36 +13,38 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package edu.snu.nemo.common;
+package edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor;
 
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.vertex.transform.Transform;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.data.BroadcastManagerWorker;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 /**
  * Transform Context Implementation.
  */
-public final class ContextImpl implements Transform.Context {
-  private final Map sideInputs;
+public final class TransformContextImpl implements Transform.Context {
+  private final BroadcastManagerWorker broadcastManagerWorker;
   private final Map<String, String> tagToAdditionalChildren;
   private String data;
 
   /**
    * Constructor of Context Implementation.
-   * @param sideInputs              side inputs.
+   * @param broadcastManagerWorker for broadcast variables.
    * @param tagToAdditionalChildren tag id to additional vertices id map.
    */
-  public ContextImpl(final Map sideInputs,
-                     final Map<String, String> tagToAdditionalChildren) {
-    this.sideInputs = sideInputs;
+  public TransformContextImpl(final BroadcastManagerWorker broadcastManagerWorker,
+                              final Map<String, String> tagToAdditionalChildren) {
+    this.broadcastManagerWorker = broadcastManagerWorker;
     this.tagToAdditionalChildren = tagToAdditionalChildren;
     this.data = null;
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Map getSideInputs() {
-    return this.sideInputs;
+  public Object getBroadcastVariable(final Serializable tag) {
+    return broadcastManagerWorker.get(tag);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/data/BroadcastManagerWorker.java b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/data/BroadcastManagerWorker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e90427b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/data/BroadcastManagerWorker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Seoul National University
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.data;
+
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
+import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
+import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
+import edu.snu.nemo.conf.JobConf;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.RuntimeIdManager;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.comm.ControlMessage;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.message.MessageEnvironment;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.message.PersistentConnectionToMasterMap;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.datatransfer.InputReader;
+import net.jcip.annotations.ThreadSafe;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.SerializationUtils;
+import org.apache.reef.tang.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+/**
+ * Used by tasks to get/fetch (probably remote) broadcast variables.
+ */
+@ThreadSafe
+public final class BroadcastManagerWorker {
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BroadcastManagerWorker.class.getName());
+  private static BroadcastManagerWorker staticReference;
+
+  private final ConcurrentHashMap<Serializable, InputReader> idToReader;
+  private final LoadingCache<Serializable, Object> idToVariableCache;
+
+  /**
+   * Initializes the cache for broadcast variables.
+   * This cache handles concurrent cache operations by multiple threads, and is able to fetch data from
+   * remote executors or the master.
+   *
+   * @param executorId of the executor.
+   * @param toMaster connection.
+   */
+  @Inject
+  private BroadcastManagerWorker(@Parameter(JobConf.ExecutorId.class) final String executorId,
+                                final PersistentConnectionToMasterMap toMaster) {
+    staticReference = this;
+    this.idToReader = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    this.idToVariableCache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
+      .maximumSize(100)
+      .expireAfterWrite(10, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
+      .build(
+        new CacheLoader<Serializable, Object>() {
+          public Object load(final Serializable id) throws Exception {
+            LOG.info("Start to load broadcast {}", id.toString());
+            if (idToReader.containsKey(id)) {
+              // Get from reader
+              final InputReader inputReader = idToReader.get(id);
+              final List<CompletableFuture<DataUtil.IteratorWithNumBytes>> iterators = inputReader.read();
+              if (iterators.size() != 1) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(id.toString());
+              }
+              final DataUtil.IteratorWithNumBytes iterator = iterators.get(0).get();
+              if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(id.toString() + " (no element) " + iterator.toString());
+              }
+              final Object result = iterator.next();
+              if (iterator.hasNext()) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(id.toString() + " (more than single element) " + iterator.toString());
+              }
+              return result;
+            } else {
+              // Get from master
+              final CompletableFuture<ControlMessage.Message> responseFromMasterFuture = toMaster
+                .getMessageSender(MessageEnvironment.RUNTIME_MASTER_MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID).request(
+                  ControlMessage.Message.newBuilder()
+                    .setId(RuntimeIdManager.generateMessageId())
+                    .setListenerId(MessageEnvironment.RUNTIME_MASTER_MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID)
+                    .setType(ControlMessage.MessageType.RequestBroadcastVariable)
+                    .setRequestbroadcastVariableMsg(
+                      ControlMessage.RequestBroadcastVariableMessage.newBuilder()
+                        .setExecutorId(executorId)
+                        .setBroadcastId(ByteString.copyFrom(SerializationUtils.serialize(id)))
+                        .build())
+                    .build());
+              return SerializationUtils.deserialize(
+                responseFromMasterFuture.get().getBroadcastVariableMsg().getVariable().toByteArray());
+            }
+          }
+        });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * When the broadcast variable can be read by an input reader.
+   * (i.e., the variable is expressed as an IREdge, and reside in a executor as a block)
+   *
+   * @param id of the broadcast variable.
+   * @param inputReader
+   */
+  public void registerInputReader(final Serializable id,
+                                  final InputReader inputReader) {
+    this.idToReader.put(id, inputReader);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the variable with the id.
+   * @param id of the variable.
+   * @return the variable.
+   */
+  public Object get(final Serializable id)  {
+    try {
+      return idToVariableCache.get(id);
+    } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+      // TODO #207: Handle broadcast variable fetch exceptions
+      throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return the static reference for those that do not use TANG and cannot access the singleton object.
+   */
+  public static BroadcastManagerWorker getStaticReference() {
+    return staticReference;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/datatransfer/InputReader.java b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/datatransfer/InputReader.java
index 7637660..0d3c0d4 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/datatransfer/InputReader.java
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/datatransfer/InputReader.java
@@ -152,10 +152,6 @@ public final class InputReader extends DataTransfer {
     return srcVertex;
   }
 
-  public boolean isSideInputReader() {
-    return Boolean.TRUE.equals(runtimeEdge.isSideInput());
-  }
-
   /**
    * Get the parallelism of the source task.
    *
diff --git a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/DataFetcher.java b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/DataFetcher.java
index bb80e1a..54b0902 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/DataFetcher.java
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/DataFetcher.java
@@ -25,17 +25,11 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 abstract class DataFetcher {
   private final IRVertex dataSource;
   private final VertexHarness child;
-  private final boolean isToSideInput;
-  private final boolean isFromSideInput;
 
   DataFetcher(final IRVertex dataSource,
-              final VertexHarness child,
-              final boolean isFromSideInput,
-              final boolean isToSideInput) {
+              final VertexHarness child) {
     this.dataSource = dataSource;
     this.child = child;
-    this.isToSideInput = isToSideInput;
-    this.isFromSideInput = isFromSideInput;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -53,12 +47,4 @@ abstract class DataFetcher {
   public IRVertex getDataSource() {
     return dataSource;
   }
-
-  boolean isFromSideInput() {
-    return isFromSideInput;
-  }
-
-  boolean isToSideInput() {
-    return isToSideInput;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/ParentTaskDataFetcher.java b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/ParentTaskDataFetcher.java
index 0193bae..298dd0f 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/ParentTaskDataFetcher.java
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/ParentTaskDataFetcher.java
@@ -46,11 +46,8 @@ class ParentTaskDataFetcher extends DataFetcher {
   private long serBytes = 0;
   private long encodedBytes = 0;
 
-  ParentTaskDataFetcher(final IRVertex dataSource,
-                        final InputReader readerForParentTask,
-                        final VertexHarness child,
-                        final boolean isToSideInput) {
-    super(dataSource, child, readerForParentTask.isSideInputReader(), isToSideInput);
+  ParentTaskDataFetcher(final IRVertex dataSource, final InputReader readerForParentTask, final VertexHarness child) {
+    super(dataSource, child);
     this.readersForParentTask = readerForParentTask;
     this.firstFetch = true;
     this.currentIteratorIndex = 0;
diff --git a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/SourceVertexDataFetcher.java b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/SourceVertexDataFetcher.java
index 425cb46..343a0c9 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/SourceVertexDataFetcher.java
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/SourceVertexDataFetcher.java
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ class SourceVertexDataFetcher extends DataFetcher {
 
   SourceVertexDataFetcher(final IRVertex dataSource,
                           final Readable readable,
-                          final VertexHarness child,
-                          final boolean isToSideInput) {
-    super(dataSource, child, false, isToSideInput);
+                          final VertexHarness child) {
+    super(dataSource, child);
     this.readable = readable;
   }
 
diff --git a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/TaskExecutor.java b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/TaskExecutor.java
index 3b8b364..4b156d9 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/TaskExecutor.java
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/TaskExecutor.java
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 package edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.task;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
-import edu.snu.nemo.common.ContextImpl;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.Pair;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.dag.DAG;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.Readable;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.executionproperty.AdditionalOutputTagProperty;
+import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.executionproperty.BroadcastVariableIdProperty;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.vertex.*;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.vertex.transform.Transform;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.RuntimeIdManager;
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.plan.RuntimeEdge;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.state.TaskState;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.MetricMessageSender;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.TaskStateManager;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.TransformContextImpl;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.data.BroadcastManagerWorker;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.datatransfer.*;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -59,9 +61,9 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
   private boolean isExecuted;
   private final String taskId;
   private final TaskStateManager taskStateManager;
-  private final List<DataFetcher> dataFetchers;
+  private final List<DataFetcher> nonBroadcastDataFetchers;
+  private final BroadcastManagerWorker broadcastManagerWorker;
   private final List<VertexHarness> sortedHarnesses;
-  private final Map sideInputMap;
 
   // Metrics information
   private long boundedSourceReadTime = 0;
@@ -77,22 +79,25 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
   /**
    * Constructor.
    *
-   * @param task                Task with information needed during execution.
-   * @param irVertexDag         A DAG of vertices.
-   * @param taskStateManager    State manager for this Task.
-   * @param dataTransferFactory For reading from/writing to data to other tasks.
-   * @param metricMessageSender For sending metric with execution stats to Master.
+   * @param task                   Task with information needed during execution.
+   * @param irVertexDag            A DAG of vertices.
+   * @param taskStateManager       State manager for this Task.
+   * @param dataTransferFactory    For reading from/writing to data to other tasks.
+   * @param broadcastManagerWorker For broadcasts.
+   * @param metricMessageSender    For sending metric with execution stats to Master.
    */
   public TaskExecutor(final Task task,
                       final DAG<IRVertex, RuntimeEdge<IRVertex>> irVertexDag,
                       final TaskStateManager taskStateManager,
                       final DataTransferFactory dataTransferFactory,
+                      final BroadcastManagerWorker broadcastManagerWorker,
                       final MetricMessageSender metricMessageSender,
                       final PersistentConnectionToMasterMap persistentConnectionToMasterMap) {
     // Essential information
     this.isExecuted = false;
     this.taskId = task.getTaskId();
     this.taskStateManager = taskStateManager;
+    this.broadcastManagerWorker = broadcastManagerWorker;
 
     // Metric sender
     this.metricMessageSender = metricMessageSender;
@@ -104,9 +109,8 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
     this.persistentConnectionToMasterMap = persistentConnectionToMasterMap;
 
     // Prepare data structures
-    this.sideInputMap = new HashMap();
     final Pair<List<DataFetcher>, List<VertexHarness>> pair = prepare(task, irVertexDag, dataTransferFactory);
-    this.dataFetchers = pair.left();
+    this.nonBroadcastDataFetchers = pair.left();
     this.sortedHarnesses = pair.right();
   }
 
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
     final List<IRVertex> reverseTopologicallySorted = Lists.reverse(irVertexDag.getTopologicalSort());
 
     // Create a harness for each vertex
-    final List<DataFetcher> dataFetcherList = new ArrayList<>();
+    final List<DataFetcher> nonBroadcastDataFetcherList = new ArrayList<>();
     final Map<String, VertexHarness> vertexIdToHarness = new HashMap<>();
     reverseTopologicallySorted.forEach(irVertex -> {
       final List<VertexHarness> children = getChildrenHarnesses(irVertex, irVertexDag, vertexIdToHarness);
@@ -149,58 +153,73 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
         throw new IllegalStateException(irVertex.toString());
       }
 
-      final List<Boolean> isToSideInputs = children.stream()
-          .map(VertexHarness::getIRVertex)
-          .map(childVertex -> irVertexDag.getEdgeBetween(irVertex.getId(), childVertex.getId()))
-          .map(RuntimeEdge::isSideInput)
-          .collect(Collectors.toList());
-
+      // Prepare data WRITE
+      // Child-task writes
       final Map<String, String> additionalOutputMap =
-          getAdditionalOutputMap(irVertex, task.getTaskOutgoingEdges(), irVertexDag);
-      final List<Boolean> isToAdditionalTagOutputs = children.stream()
-          .map(harness -> harness.getIRVertex().getId())
-          .map(additionalOutputMap::containsValue)
-          .collect(Collectors.toList());
-
-      // Handle writes
-      // Main output children task writes
+        getAdditionalOutputMap(irVertex, task.getTaskOutgoingEdges(), irVertexDag);
       final List<OutputWriter> mainChildrenTaskWriters = getMainChildrenTaskWriters(
-          irVertex, task.getTaskOutgoingEdges(), dataTransferFactory, additionalOutputMap);
-      // Additional output children task writes
+        irVertex, task.getTaskOutgoingEdges(), dataTransferFactory, additionalOutputMap);
       final Map<String, OutputWriter> additionalChildrenTaskWriters = getAdditionalChildrenTaskWriters(
-          irVertex, task.getTaskOutgoingEdges(), dataTransferFactory, additionalOutputMap);
-      // Find all main vertices and additional vertices
+        irVertex, task.getTaskOutgoingEdges(), dataTransferFactory, additionalOutputMap);
+      // Intra-task writes
       final List<String> additionalOutputVertices = new ArrayList<>(additionalOutputMap.values());
       final Set<String> mainChildren =
-          getMainOutputVertices(irVertex, irVertexDag, task.getTaskOutgoingEdges(), additionalOutputVertices);
+        getMainOutputVertices(irVertex, irVertexDag, task.getTaskOutgoingEdges(), additionalOutputVertices);
       final OutputCollectorImpl oci = new OutputCollectorImpl(mainChildren, additionalOutputVertices);
+      final List<Boolean> isToAdditionalTagOutputs = children.stream()
+        .map(harness -> harness.getIRVertex().getId())
+        .map(additionalOutputMap::containsValue)
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
 
-      // intra-vertex writes
-      final VertexHarness vertexHarness = new VertexHarness(irVertex, oci, children,
-          isToSideInputs, isToAdditionalTagOutputs, mainChildrenTaskWriters, additionalChildrenTaskWriters,
-          new ContextImpl(sideInputMap, additionalOutputMap));
+      // Create VERTEX HARNESS
+      final VertexHarness vertexHarness = new VertexHarness(
+        irVertex, oci, children, isToAdditionalTagOutputs, mainChildrenTaskWriters, additionalChildrenTaskWriters,
+        new TransformContextImpl(broadcastManagerWorker, additionalOutputMap));
       prepareTransform(vertexHarness);
       vertexIdToHarness.put(irVertex.getId(), vertexHarness);
 
-      // Handle reads
-      final boolean isToSideInput = isToSideInputs.stream().anyMatch(bool -> bool);
+      // Prepare data READ
+      // Source read
       if (irVertex instanceof SourceVertex) {
-        dataFetcherList.add(new SourceVertexDataFetcher(
-            irVertex, sourceReader.get(), vertexHarness, isToSideInput)); // Source vertex read
+        // Source vertex read
+        nonBroadcastDataFetcherList.add(new SourceVertexDataFetcher(irVertex, sourceReader.get(), vertexHarness));
+      }
+      // Parent-task read (broadcasts)
+      final List<StageEdge> inEdgesForThisVertex = task.getTaskIncomingEdges()
+        .stream()
+        .filter(inEdge -> inEdge.getDstIRVertex().getId().equals(irVertex.getId()))
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+      final List<StageEdge> broadcastInEdges = inEdgesForThisVertex
+        .stream()
+        .filter(stageEdge -> stageEdge.getPropertyValue(BroadcastVariableIdProperty.class).isPresent())
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+      final List<InputReader> broadcastReaders =
+        getParentTaskReaders(taskIndex, broadcastInEdges, dataTransferFactory);
+      if (broadcastInEdges.size() != broadcastReaders.size()) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException(broadcastInEdges.toString() + ", " + broadcastReaders.toString());
       }
-      final List<InputReader> parentTaskReaders =
-          getParentTaskReaders(taskIndex, irVertex, task.getTaskIncomingEdges(), dataTransferFactory);
-      parentTaskReaders.forEach(parentTaskReader ->
-        dataFetcherList.add(new ParentTaskDataFetcher(parentTaskReader.getSrcIrVertex(), parentTaskReader,
-            vertexHarness, isToSideInput))); // Parent-task read
+      for (int i = 0; i < broadcastInEdges.size(); i++) {
+        final StageEdge inEdge = broadcastInEdges.get(i);
+        broadcastManagerWorker.registerInputReader(
+          inEdge.getPropertyValue(BroadcastVariableIdProperty.class)
+            .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException(inEdge.toString())),
+          broadcastReaders.get(i));
+      }
+      // Parent-task read (non-broadcasts)
+      final List<StageEdge> nonBroadcastInEdges = new ArrayList<>(inEdgesForThisVertex);
+      nonBroadcastInEdges.removeAll(broadcastInEdges);
+      final List<InputReader> nonBroadcastReaders =
+        getParentTaskReaders(taskIndex, nonBroadcastInEdges, dataTransferFactory);
+      nonBroadcastReaders.forEach(parentTaskReader -> nonBroadcastDataFetcherList.add(
+        new ParentTaskDataFetcher(parentTaskReader.getSrcIrVertex(), parentTaskReader, vertexHarness)));
     });
 
     final List<VertexHarness> sortedHarnessList = irVertexDag.getTopologicalSort()
-        .stream()
-        .map(vertex -> vertexIdToHarness.get(vertex.getId()))
-        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+      .stream()
+      .map(vertex -> vertexIdToHarness.get(vertex.getId()))
+      .collect(Collectors.toList());
 
-    return Pair.of(dataFetcherList, sortedHarnessList);
+    return Pair.of(nonBroadcastDataFetcherList, sortedHarnessList);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -232,7 +251,7 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
     // Recursively process all of the additional output elements.
     vertexHarness.getContext().getTagToAdditionalChildren().values().forEach(tag -> {
       outputCollector.iterateTag(tag).forEach(
-          element -> handleAdditionalOutputElement(vertexHarness, element, tag)); // Recursion
+        element -> handleAdditionalOutputElement(vertexHarness, element, tag)); // Recursion
       outputCollector.clearTag(tag);
     });
   }
@@ -252,9 +271,8 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
 
   /**
    * The task is executed in the following two phases.
-   * - Phase 1: Consume task-external side-input data
-   * - Phase 2: Consume task-external input data
-   * - Phase 3: Finalize task-internal states and data elements
+   * - Phase 1: Consume task-external input data (non-broadcasts)
+   * - Phase 2: Finalize task-internal states and data elements
    */
   private void doExecute() {
     // Housekeeping stuff
@@ -264,39 +282,21 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
     LOG.info("{} started", taskId);
     taskStateManager.onTaskStateChanged(TaskState.State.EXECUTING, Optional.empty(), Optional.empty());
 
-    // Phase 1: Consume task-external side-input related data.
-    final Map<Boolean, List<DataFetcher>> sideInputRelated = dataFetchers.stream()
-        .collect(Collectors.partitioningBy(fetcher -> fetcher.isFromSideInput() || fetcher.isToSideInput()));
-    if (!handleDataFetchers(sideInputRelated.get(true))) {
-      return;
-    }
-    final Set<VertexHarness> finalizeLater = sideInputRelated.get(false).stream()
-        .map(DataFetcher::getChild)
-        .flatMap(vertex -> getAllReachables(vertex).stream())
-        .collect(Collectors.toSet());
-    for (final VertexHarness vertexHarness : sortedHarnesses) {
-      if (!finalizeLater.contains(vertexHarness)) {
-        finalizeVertex(vertexHarness); // finalize early to materialize intra-task side inputs.
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Phase 2: Consume task-external input data.
-    if (!handleDataFetchers(sideInputRelated.get(false))) {
+    // Phase 1: Consume task-external input data. (non-broadcasts)
+    if (!handleDataFetchers(nonBroadcastDataFetchers)) {
       return;
     }
 
     metricMessageSender.send("TaskMetric", taskId,
-        "boundedSourceReadTime", SerializationUtils.serialize(boundedSourceReadTime));
+      "boundedSourceReadTime", SerializationUtils.serialize(boundedSourceReadTime));
     metricMessageSender.send("TaskMetric", taskId,
-        "serializedReadBytes", SerializationUtils.serialize(serializedReadBytes));
+      "serializedReadBytes", SerializationUtils.serialize(serializedReadBytes));
     metricMessageSender.send("TaskMetric", taskId,
-        "encodedReadBytes", SerializationUtils.serialize(encodedReadBytes));
+      "encodedReadBytes", SerializationUtils.serialize(encodedReadBytes));
 
-    // Phase 3: Finalize task-internal states and elements
+    // Phase 2: Finalize task-internal states and elements
     for (final VertexHarness vertexHarness : sortedHarnesses) {
-      if (finalizeLater.contains(vertexHarness)) {
-        finalizeVertex(vertexHarness);
-      }
+      finalizeVertex(vertexHarness);
     }
 
     if (idOfVertexPutOnHold == null) {
@@ -304,24 +304,12 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
       LOG.info("{} completed", taskId);
     } else {
       taskStateManager.onTaskStateChanged(TaskState.State.ON_HOLD,
-          Optional.of(idOfVertexPutOnHold),
-          Optional.empty());
+        Optional.of(idOfVertexPutOnHold),
+        Optional.empty());
       LOG.info("{} on hold", taskId);
     }
   }
 
-  private List<VertexHarness> getAllReachables(final VertexHarness src) {
-    final List<VertexHarness> result = new ArrayList<>();
-    result.add(src);
-    result.addAll(src.getNonSideInputChildren().stream()
-        .flatMap(child -> getAllReachables(child).stream()).collect(Collectors.toList()));
-    result.addAll(src.getSideInputChildren().stream()
-        .flatMap(child -> getAllReachables(child).stream()).collect(Collectors.toList()));
-    result.addAll(src.getAdditionalTagOutputChildren().values().stream()
-        .flatMap(child -> getAllReachables(child).stream()).collect(Collectors.toList()));
-    return result;
-  }
-
   private void finalizeVertex(final VertexHarness vertexHarness) {
     closeTransform(vertexHarness);
     final OutputCollectorImpl outputCollector = vertexHarness.getOutputCollector();
@@ -333,7 +321,7 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
     // handle additional tagged outputs
     vertexHarness.getAdditionalTagOutputChildren().keySet().forEach(tag -> {
       outputCollector.iterateTag(tag).forEach(
-          element -> handleAdditionalOutputElement(vertexHarness, element, tag)); // Recursion
+        element -> handleAdditionalOutputElement(vertexHarness, element, tag)); // Recursion
       outputCollector.clearTag(tag);
     });
     finalizeOutputWriters(vertexHarness);
@@ -342,27 +330,19 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
   private void handleMainOutputElement(final VertexHarness harness, final Object element) {
     // writes to children tasks
     harness.getWritersToMainChildrenTasks().forEach(outputWriter -> outputWriter.write(element));
-    // writes to side input children tasks
-    if (!harness.getSideInputChildren().isEmpty()) {
-      sideInputMap.put(((OperatorVertex) harness.getIRVertex()).getTransform().getTag(), element);
-    }
     // process elements in the next vertices within a task
-    harness.getNonSideInputChildren().forEach(child -> processElementRecursively(child, element));
+    harness.getMainTagChildren().forEach(child -> processElementRecursively(child, element));
   }
 
   private void handleAdditionalOutputElement(final VertexHarness harness, final Object element, final String tag) {
     // writes to additional children tasks
     harness.getWritersToAdditionalChildrenTasks().entrySet().stream()
-        .filter(kv -> kv.getKey().equals(tag))
-        .forEach(kv -> kv.getValue().write(element));
-    // writes to side input children tasks
-    if (!harness.getSideInputChildren().isEmpty()) {
-      sideInputMap.put(((OperatorVertex) harness.getIRVertex()).getTransform().getTag(), element);
-    }
+      .filter(kv -> kv.getKey().equals(tag))
+      .forEach(kv -> kv.getValue().write(element));
     // process elements in the next vertices within a task
     harness.getAdditionalTagOutputChildren().entrySet().stream()
-        .filter(kv -> kv.getKey().equals(tag))
-        .forEach(kv -> processElementRecursively(kv.getValue(), element));
+      .filter(kv -> kv.getKey().equals(tag))
+      .forEach(kv -> processElementRecursively(kv.getValue(), element));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -393,17 +373,13 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
         } catch (IOException e) {
           // IOException means that this task should be retried.
           taskStateManager.onTaskStateChanged(TaskState.State.SHOULD_RETRY,
-              Optional.empty(), Optional.of(TaskState.RecoverableTaskFailureCause.INPUT_READ_FAILURE));
+            Optional.empty(), Optional.of(TaskState.RecoverableTaskFailureCause.INPUT_READ_FAILURE));
           LOG.error("{} Execution Failed (Recoverable: input read failure)! Exception: {}", taskId, e);
           return false;
         }
 
         // Successfully fetched an element
-        if (dataFetcher.isFromSideInput()) {
-          sideInputMap.put(((OperatorVertex) dataFetcher.getDataSource()).getTransform().getTag(), element);
-        } else {
-          processElementRecursively(dataFetcher.getChild(), element);
-        }
+        processElementRecursively(dataFetcher.getChild(), element);
       }
 
       // Remove the finished fetcher from the list
@@ -423,20 +399,20 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
 
     // Add all intra-task additional tags to additional output map.
     irVertexDag.getOutgoingEdgesOf(irVertex.getId())
-        .stream()
-        .filter(edge -> edge.getPropertyValue(AdditionalOutputTagProperty.class).isPresent())
-        .map(edge ->
-            Pair.of(edge.getPropertyValue(AdditionalOutputTagProperty.class).get(), edge.getDst().getId()))
-        .forEach(pair -> additionalOutputMap.put(pair.left(), pair.right()));
+      .stream()
+      .filter(edge -> edge.getPropertyValue(AdditionalOutputTagProperty.class).isPresent())
+      .map(edge ->
+        Pair.of(edge.getPropertyValue(AdditionalOutputTagProperty.class).get(), edge.getDst().getId()))
+      .forEach(pair -> additionalOutputMap.put(pair.left(), pair.right()));
 
     // Add all inter-task additional tags to additional output map.
     outEdgesToChildrenTasks
-        .stream()
-        .filter(edge -> edge.getSrcIRVertex().getId().equals(irVertex.getId()))
-        .filter(edge -> edge.getPropertyValue(AdditionalOutputTagProperty.class).isPresent())
-        .map(edge ->
-            Pair.of(edge.getPropertyValue(AdditionalOutputTagProperty.class).get(), edge.getDstIRVertex().getId()))
-        .forEach(pair -> additionalOutputMap.put(pair.left(), pair.right()));
+      .stream()
+      .filter(edge -> edge.getSrcIRVertex().getId().equals(irVertex.getId()))
+      .filter(edge -> edge.getPropertyValue(AdditionalOutputTagProperty.class).isPresent())
+      .map(edge ->
+        Pair.of(edge.getPropertyValue(AdditionalOutputTagProperty.class).get(), edge.getDstIRVertex().getId()))
+      .forEach(pair -> additionalOutputMap.put(pair.left(), pair.right()));
 
     return additionalOutputMap;
   }
@@ -455,38 +431,36 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
   }
 
   private List<InputReader> getParentTaskReaders(final int taskIndex,
-                                                 final IRVertex irVertex,
                                                  final List<StageEdge> inEdgesFromParentTasks,
                                                  final DataTransferFactory dataTransferFactory) {
     return inEdgesFromParentTasks
-        .stream()
-        .filter(inEdge -> inEdge.getDstIRVertex().getId().equals(irVertex.getId()))
-        .map(inEdgeForThisVertex -> dataTransferFactory
-            .createReader(taskIndex, inEdgeForThisVertex.getSrcIRVertex(), inEdgeForThisVertex))
-        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+      .stream()
+      .map(inEdgeForThisVertex -> dataTransferFactory
+        .createReader(taskIndex, inEdgeForThisVertex.getSrcIRVertex(), inEdgeForThisVertex))
+      .collect(Collectors.toList());
   }
 
   private Set<String> getMainOutputVertices(final IRVertex irVertex,
-                                             final DAG<IRVertex, RuntimeEdge<IRVertex>> irVertexDag,
-                                             final List<StageEdge> outEdgesToChildrenTasks,
-                                             final List<String> additionalOutputVertices) {
+                                            final DAG<IRVertex, RuntimeEdge<IRVertex>> irVertexDag,
+                                            final List<StageEdge> outEdgesToChildrenTasks,
+                                            final List<String> additionalOutputVertices) {
     // all intra-task children vertices id
     final List<String> outputVertices = irVertexDag.getOutgoingEdgesOf(irVertex).stream()
-        .filter(edge -> edge.getSrc().getId().equals(irVertex.getId()))
-        .map(edge -> edge.getDst().getId())
-        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+      .filter(edge -> edge.getSrc().getId().equals(irVertex.getId()))
+      .map(edge -> edge.getDst().getId())
+      .collect(Collectors.toList());
 
     // all inter-task children vertices id
     outputVertices
-        .addAll(outEdgesToChildrenTasks.stream()
-            .filter(edge -> edge.getSrcIRVertex().getId().equals(irVertex.getId()))
-            .map(edge -> edge.getDstIRVertex().getId())
-            .collect(Collectors.toList()));
+      .addAll(outEdgesToChildrenTasks.stream()
+        .filter(edge -> edge.getSrcIRVertex().getId().equals(irVertex.getId()))
+        .map(edge -> edge.getDstIRVertex().getId())
+        .collect(Collectors.toList()));
 
     // return vertices that are not marked as additional tagged outputs
     return new HashSet<>(outputVertices.stream()
-        .filter(vertexId -> !additionalOutputVertices.contains(vertexId))
-        .collect(Collectors.toList()));
+      .filter(vertexId -> !additionalOutputVertices.contains(vertexId))
+      .collect(Collectors.toList()));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -503,12 +477,12 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
                                                         final DataTransferFactory dataTransferFactory,
                                                         final Map<String, String> taggedOutputs) {
     return outEdgesToChildrenTasks
-        .stream()
-        .filter(outEdge -> outEdge.getSrcIRVertex().getId().equals(irVertex.getId()))
-        .filter(outEdge -> !taggedOutputs.containsValue(outEdge.getDstIRVertex().getId()))
-        .map(outEdgeForThisVertex -> dataTransferFactory
-            .createWriter(taskId, outEdgeForThisVertex.getDstIRVertex(), outEdgeForThisVertex))
-        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+      .stream()
+      .filter(outEdge -> outEdge.getSrcIRVertex().getId().equals(irVertex.getId()))
+      .filter(outEdge -> !taggedOutputs.containsValue(outEdge.getDstIRVertex().getId()))
+      .map(outEdgeForThisVertex -> dataTransferFactory
+        .createWriter(taskId, outEdgeForThisVertex.getDstIRVertex(), outEdgeForThisVertex))
+      .collect(Collectors.toList());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -527,12 +501,12 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
     final Map<String, OutputWriter> additionalChildrenTaskWriters = new HashMap<>();
 
     outEdgesToChildrenTasks
-        .stream()
-        .filter(outEdge -> outEdge.getSrcIRVertex().getId().equals(irVertex.getId()))
-        .filter(outEdge -> taggedOutputs.containsValue(outEdge.getDstIRVertex().getId()))
-        .forEach(outEdgeForThisVertex ->
-          additionalChildrenTaskWriters.put(outEdgeForThisVertex.getDstIRVertex().getId(),
-              dataTransferFactory.createWriter(taskId, outEdgeForThisVertex.getDstIRVertex(), outEdgeForThisVertex)));
+      .stream()
+      .filter(outEdge -> outEdge.getSrcIRVertex().getId().equals(irVertex.getId()))
+      .filter(outEdge -> taggedOutputs.containsValue(outEdge.getDstIRVertex().getId()))
+      .forEach(outEdgeForThisVertex ->
+        additionalChildrenTaskWriters.put(outEdgeForThisVertex.getDstIRVertex().getId(),
+          dataTransferFactory.createWriter(taskId, outEdgeForThisVertex.getDstIRVertex(), outEdgeForThisVertex)));
 
     return additionalChildrenTaskWriters;
   }
@@ -541,10 +515,10 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
                                                    final DAG<IRVertex, RuntimeEdge<IRVertex>> irVertexDag,
                                                    final Map<String, VertexHarness> vertexIdToHarness) {
     final List<VertexHarness> childrenHandlers = irVertexDag.getChildren(irVertex.getId())
-        .stream()
-        .map(IRVertex::getId)
-        .map(vertexIdToHarness::get)
-        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+      .stream()
+      .map(IRVertex::getId)
+      .map(vertexIdToHarness::get)
+      .collect(Collectors.toList());
     if (childrenHandlers.stream().anyMatch(harness -> harness == null)) {
       // Sanity check: there shouldn't be a null harness.
       throw new IllegalStateException(childrenHandlers.toString());
@@ -569,13 +543,13 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
       transform.close();
     }
     vertexHarness.getContext().getSerializedData().ifPresent(data ->
-        persistentConnectionToMasterMap.getMessageSender(MessageEnvironment.RUNTIME_MASTER_MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID).send(
-            ControlMessage.Message.newBuilder()
-                .setId(RuntimeIdManager.generateMessageId())
-                .setListenerId(MessageEnvironment.RUNTIME_MASTER_MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID)
-                .setType(ControlMessage.MessageType.ExecutorDataCollected)
-                .setDataCollected(ControlMessage.DataCollectMessage.newBuilder().setData(data).build())
-                .build()));
+      persistentConnectionToMasterMap.getMessageSender(MessageEnvironment.RUNTIME_MASTER_MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID).send(
+        ControlMessage.Message.newBuilder()
+          .setId(RuntimeIdManager.generateMessageId())
+          .setListenerId(MessageEnvironment.RUNTIME_MASTER_MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID)
+          .setType(ControlMessage.MessageType.ExecutorDataCollected)
+          .setDataCollected(ControlMessage.DataCollectMessage.newBuilder().setData(data).build())
+          .build()));
   }
 
   ////////////////////////////////////////////// Misc
@@ -614,6 +588,6 @@ public final class TaskExecutor {
       totalWrittenBytes += writtenBytes;
     }
     metricMessageSender.send("TaskMetric", taskId,
-        "writtenBytes", SerializationUtils.serialize(totalWrittenBytes));
+      "writtenBytes", SerializationUtils.serialize(totalWrittenBytes));
   }
 }
diff --git a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/VertexHarness.java b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/VertexHarness.java
index 502325f..2ad8868 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/VertexHarness.java
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/VertexHarness.java
@@ -26,17 +26,16 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
- * Captures the relationship between a non-source IRVertex's outputCollector, and children vertices.
+ * Captures the relationship between a non-source IRVertex's outputCollector, and mainTagChildren vertices.
  */
 final class VertexHarness {
   // IRVertex and transform-specific information
   private final IRVertex irVertex;
   private final OutputCollectorImpl outputCollector;
   private final Transform.Context context;
+  private final List<VertexHarness> mainTagChildren;
 
   // These lists can be empty
-  private final List<VertexHarness> sideInputChildren;
-  private final List<VertexHarness> nonSideInputChildren;
   private final Map<String, VertexHarness> additionalTagOutputChildren;
   private final List<OutputWriter> writersToMainChildrenTasks;
   private final Map<String, OutputWriter> writersToAdditionalChildrenTasks;
@@ -44,35 +43,29 @@ final class VertexHarness {
   VertexHarness(final IRVertex irVertex,
                 final OutputCollectorImpl outputCollector,
                 final List<VertexHarness> children,
-                final List<Boolean> isSideInputs,
                 final List<Boolean> isAdditionalTagOutputs,
                 final List<OutputWriter> writersToMainChildrenTasks,
                 final Map<String, OutputWriter> writersToAdditionalChildrenTasks,
                 final Transform.Context context) {
     this.irVertex = irVertex;
     this.outputCollector = outputCollector;
-    if (children.size() != isSideInputs.size() || children.size() != isAdditionalTagOutputs.size()) {
+    if (children.size() != isAdditionalTagOutputs.size()) {
       throw new IllegalStateException(irVertex.toString());
     }
     final Map<String, String> taggedOutputMap = context.getTagToAdditionalChildren();
-    final List<VertexHarness> sides = new ArrayList<>();
-    final List<VertexHarness> nonSides = new ArrayList<>();
     final Map<String, VertexHarness> tagged = new HashMap<>();
     for (int i = 0; i < children.size(); i++) {
       final VertexHarness child = children.get(i);
-      if (isSideInputs.get(i)) {
-        sides.add(child);
-      } else if (isAdditionalTagOutputs.get(i)) {
+      if (isAdditionalTagOutputs.get(i)) {
         taggedOutputMap.entrySet().stream()
             .filter(kv -> child.getIRVertex().getId().equals(kv.getValue()))
             .forEach(kv -> tagged.put(kv.getValue(), child));
-      } else {
-        nonSides.add(child);
       }
     }
-    this.sideInputChildren = sides;
-    this.nonSideInputChildren = nonSides;
     this.additionalTagOutputChildren = tagged;
+    final List<VertexHarness> mainTagChildrenTmp = new ArrayList<>(children);
+    mainTagChildrenTmp.removeAll(additionalTagOutputChildren.values());
+    this.mainTagChildren = mainTagChildrenTmp;
     this.writersToMainChildrenTasks = writersToMainChildrenTasks;
     this.writersToAdditionalChildrenTasks = writersToAdditionalChildrenTasks;
     this.context = context;
@@ -93,21 +86,14 @@ final class VertexHarness {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @return list of non-sideinput children. (empty if none exists)
+   * @return mainTagChildren harnesses.
    */
-  List<VertexHarness> getNonSideInputChildren() {
-    return nonSideInputChildren;
+  List<VertexHarness> getMainTagChildren() {
+    return mainTagChildren;
   }
 
   /**
-   * @return list of sideinput children. (empty if none exists)
-   */
-  List<VertexHarness> getSideInputChildren() {
-    return sideInputChildren;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @return map of tagged output children. (empty if none exists)
+   * @return map of tagged output mainTagChildren. (empty if none exists)
    */
   public Map<String, VertexHarness> getAdditionalTagOutputChildren() {
     return additionalTagOutputChildren;
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ContextImplTest.java b/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/TransformContextImplTest.java
similarity index 61%
rename from common/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ContextImplTest.java
rename to runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/TransformContextImplTest.java
index 149cdd1..b2f90e6 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/common/ContextImplTest.java
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/TransformContextImplTest.java
@@ -14,35 +14,43 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package edu.snu.nemo.common;
+package edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor;
 
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.vertex.transform.Transform;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.data.BroadcastManagerWorker;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.powermock.core.classloader.annotations.PrepareForTest;
+import org.powermock.modules.junit4.PowerMockRunner;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 /**
- * Tests {@link ContextImpl}.
+ * Tests {@link TransformContextImpl}.
  */
-public class ContextImplTest {
+@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
+@PrepareForTest({BroadcastManagerWorker.class})
+public class TransformContextImplTest {
   private Transform.Context context;
-  private final Map sideInputs = new HashMap();
-  private final Map<String, String> taggedOutputs = new HashMap();
+  private final Map<String, String> taggedOutputs = new HashMap<>();
 
   @Before
   public void setUp() {
-    sideInputs.put("a", "b");
-    this.context = new ContextImpl(sideInputs, taggedOutputs);
+    final BroadcastManagerWorker broadcastManagerWorker = mock(BroadcastManagerWorker.class);
+    when(broadcastManagerWorker.get("a")).thenReturn("b");
+    this.context = new TransformContextImpl(broadcastManagerWorker, taggedOutputs);
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testContextImpl() {
-    assertEquals(this.sideInputs, this.context.getSideInputs());
+    assertEquals("b", this.context.getBroadcastVariable("a"));
     assertEquals(this.taggedOutputs, this.context.getTagToAdditionalChildren());
 
     final String sampleText = "test_text";
diff --git a/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/datatransfer/DataTransferTest.java b/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/datatransfer/DataTransferTest.java
index 8c1ccd3..0d0a69b 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/datatransfer/DataTransferTest.java
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/datatransfer/DataTransferTest.java
@@ -322,8 +322,7 @@ public final class DataTransferTest {
     final IRVertex dstMockVertex = mock(IRVertex.class);
     final Stage srcStage = setupStages("srcStage" + testIndex);
     final Stage dstStage = setupStages("dstStage" + testIndex);
-    dummyEdge = new StageEdge(edgeId, edgeProperties, srcMockVertex, dstMockVertex,
-        srcStage, dstStage, false);
+    dummyEdge = new StageEdge(edgeId, edgeProperties, srcMockVertex, dstMockVertex, srcStage, dstStage);
 
     // Initialize states in Master
     TestUtil.generateTaskIds(srcStage).forEach(srcTaskId -> {
@@ -414,11 +413,9 @@ public final class DataTransferTest {
     final IRVertex dstMockVertex = mock(IRVertex.class);
     final Stage srcStage = setupStages("srcStage" + testIndex);
     final Stage dstStage = setupStages("dstStage" + testIndex);
-    dummyEdge = new StageEdge(edgeId, edgeProperties, srcMockVertex, dstMockVertex,
-        srcStage, dstStage, false);
+    dummyEdge = new StageEdge(edgeId, edgeProperties, srcMockVertex, dstMockVertex, srcStage, dstStage);
     final IRVertex dstMockVertex2 = mock(IRVertex.class);
-    dummyEdge2 = new StageEdge(edgeId2, edgeProperties, srcMockVertex, dstMockVertex2,
-        srcStage, dstStage, false);
+    dummyEdge2 = new StageEdge(edgeId2, edgeProperties, srcMockVertex, dstMockVertex2, srcStage, dstStage);
     // Initialize states in Master
     TestUtil.generateTaskIds(srcStage).forEach(srcTaskId -> {
       final String blockId = RuntimeIdManager.generateBlockId(edgeId, srcTaskId);
diff --git a/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/ParentTaskDataFetcherTest.java b/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/ParentTaskDataFetcherTest.java
index 47c2d19..12e5124 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/ParentTaskDataFetcherTest.java
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/ParentTaskDataFetcherTest.java
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ public final class ParentTaskDataFetcherTest {
     return new ParentTaskDataFetcher(
         mock(IRVertex.class),
         readerForParentTask, // This is the only argument that affects the behavior of ParentTaskDataFetcher
-        mock(VertexHarness.class),
-        false);
+        mock(VertexHarness.class));
   }
 
   private InputReader generateInputReader(final CompletableFuture completableFuture) {
diff --git a/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/TaskExecutorTest.java b/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/TaskExecutorTest.java
index 4889c06..b1a1450 100644
--- a/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/TaskExecutorTest.java
+++ b/runtime/executor/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/executor/task/TaskExecutorTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import edu.snu.nemo.common.dag.DAGBuilder;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.Readable;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.IREdge;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.executionproperty.AdditionalOutputTagProperty;
+import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.executionproperty.BroadcastVariableIdProperty;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.executionproperty.CommunicationPatternProperty;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.edge.executionproperty.DataStoreProperty;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.executionproperty.EdgeExecutionProperty;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.plan.StageEdge;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.plan.RuntimeEdge;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.MetricMessageSender;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.TaskStateManager;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.data.BroadcastManagerWorker;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.data.DataUtil;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.datatransfer.DataTransferFactory;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.executor.datatransfer.InputReader;
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ import org.powermock.core.classloader.annotations.PrepareForTest;
 import org.powermock.modules.junit4.PowerMockRunner;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
  * Tests {@link TaskExecutor}.
  */
 @RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
-@PrepareForTest({InputReader.class, OutputWriter.class, DataTransferFactory.class,
+@PrepareForTest({InputReader.class, OutputWriter.class, DataTransferFactory.class, BroadcastManagerWorker.class,
     TaskStateManager.class, StageEdge.class, PersistentConnectionToMasterMap.class, Stage.class, IREdge.class})
 public final class TaskExecutorTest {
   private static final AtomicInteger RUNTIME_EDGE_ID = new AtomicInteger(0);
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
   private List<Integer> elements;
   private Map<String, List> runtimeEdgeToOutputData;
   private DataTransferFactory dataTransferFactory;
+  private BroadcastManagerWorker broadcastManagerWorker;
   private TaskStateManager taskStateManager;
   private MetricMessageSender metricMessageSender;
   private PersistentConnectionToMasterMap persistentConnectionToMasterMap;
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
     doNothing().when(metricMessageSender).close();
 
     persistentConnectionToMasterMap = mock(PersistentConnectionToMasterMap.class);
+    broadcastManagerWorker = mock(BroadcastManagerWorker.class);
   }
 
   private boolean checkEqualElements(final List<Integer> left, final List<Integer> right) {
@@ -156,8 +161,7 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
             vertexIdToReadable);
 
     // Execute the task.
-    final TaskExecutor taskExecutor = new TaskExecutor(
-        task, taskDag, taskStateManager, dataTransferFactory, metricMessageSender, persistentConnectionToMasterMap);
+    final TaskExecutor taskExecutor = getTaskExecutor(task, taskDag);
     taskExecutor.execute();
 
     // Check the output.
@@ -186,8 +190,7 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
         Collections.emptyMap());
 
     // Execute the task.
-    final TaskExecutor taskExecutor = new TaskExecutor(
-        task, taskDag, taskStateManager, dataTransferFactory, metricMessageSender, persistentConnectionToMasterMap);
+    final TaskExecutor taskExecutor = getTaskExecutor(task, taskDag);
     taskExecutor.execute();
 
     // Check the output.
@@ -207,10 +210,11 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
     final IRVertex operatorIRVertex1 = new OperatorVertex(new RelayTransform());
     final IRVertex operatorIRVertex2 = new OperatorVertex(new RelayTransform());
 
+    final String edgeId = "edge";
     final DAG<IRVertex, RuntimeEdge<IRVertex>> taskDag = new DAGBuilder<IRVertex, RuntimeEdge<IRVertex>>()
         .addVertex(operatorIRVertex1)
         .addVertex(operatorIRVertex2)
-        .connectVertices(createEdge(operatorIRVertex1, operatorIRVertex2, false))
+        .connectVertices(createEdge(operatorIRVertex1, operatorIRVertex2, edgeId))
         .buildWithoutSourceSinkCheck();
 
     final StageEdge taskOutEdge = mockStageEdgeFrom(operatorIRVertex2);
@@ -224,8 +228,7 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
         Collections.emptyMap());
 
     // Execute the task.
-    final TaskExecutor taskExecutor = new TaskExecutor(
-        task, taskDag, taskStateManager, dataTransferFactory, metricMessageSender, persistentConnectionToMasterMap);
+    final TaskExecutor taskExecutor = getTaskExecutor(task, taskDag);
     taskExecutor.execute();
 
     // Check the output.
@@ -233,38 +236,43 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
   }
 
   @Test(timeout=5000)
-  public void testTwoOperatorsWithSideInput() throws Exception {
-    final Object tag = new Object();
+  public void testTwoOperatorsWithBroadcastVariable() {
     final Transform singleListTransform = new CreateSingleListTransform();
-    final IRVertex operatorIRVertex1 = new OperatorVertex(singleListTransform);
-    final IRVertex operatorIRVertex2 = new OperatorVertex(new SideInputPairTransform(singleListTransform.getTag()));
 
+    final long broadcastId = 0;
+    final IRVertex operatorIRVertex1 = new OperatorVertex(new RelayTransform());
+    final IRVertex operatorIRVertex2 = new OperatorVertex(new BroadcastVariablePairingTransform(broadcastId));
+
+    final String edgeId = "edge";
     final DAG<IRVertex, RuntimeEdge<IRVertex>> taskDag = new DAGBuilder<IRVertex, RuntimeEdge<IRVertex>>()
         .addVertex(operatorIRVertex1)
         .addVertex(operatorIRVertex2)
-        .connectVertices(createEdge(operatorIRVertex1, operatorIRVertex2, true))
+        .connectVertices(createEdge(operatorIRVertex1, operatorIRVertex2, edgeId))
         .buildWithoutSourceSinkCheck();
 
     final StageEdge taskOutEdge = mockStageEdgeFrom(operatorIRVertex2);
+
+    final StageEdge broadcastInEdge = mockBroadcastVariableStageEdgeTo(
+      new OperatorVertex(singleListTransform), operatorIRVertex2, broadcastId, elements);
+
     final Task task = new Task(
         "testSourceVertexDataFetching",
         generateTaskId(),
         TASK_EXECUTION_PROPERTY_MAP,
         new byte[0],
-        Arrays.asList(mockStageEdgeTo(operatorIRVertex1), mockStageEdgeTo(operatorIRVertex2)),
+        Arrays.asList(mockStageEdgeTo(operatorIRVertex1), broadcastInEdge),
         Collections.singletonList(taskOutEdge),
         Collections.emptyMap());
 
     // Execute the task.
-    final TaskExecutor taskExecutor = new TaskExecutor(
-        task, taskDag, taskStateManager, dataTransferFactory, metricMessageSender, persistentConnectionToMasterMap);
+    final TaskExecutor taskExecutor = getTaskExecutor(task, taskDag);
     taskExecutor.execute();
 
     // Check the output.
     final List<Pair<List<Integer>, Integer>> pairs = runtimeEdgeToOutputData.get(taskOutEdge.getId());
     final List<Integer> values = pairs.stream().map(Pair::right).collect(Collectors.toList());
     assertTrue(checkEqualElements(elements, values));
-    assertTrue(pairs.stream().map(Pair::left).allMatch(sideInput -> checkEqualElements(sideInput, values)));
+    assertTrue(pairs.stream().map(Pair::left).allMatch(broadcastVar -> checkEqualElements(broadcastVar, values)));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -283,9 +291,9 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
     final IRVertex bonusVertex1 = new OperatorVertex(new RelayTransform());
     final IRVertex bonusVertex2 = new OperatorVertex(new RelayTransform());
 
-    final RuntimeEdge<IRVertex> edge1 = createEdge(routerVertex, mainVertex, false, "edge-1");
-    final RuntimeEdge<IRVertex> edge2 = createEdge(routerVertex, bonusVertex1, false, "edge-2");
-    final RuntimeEdge<IRVertex> edge3 = createEdge(routerVertex, bonusVertex2, false, "edge-3");
+    final RuntimeEdge<IRVertex> edge1 = createEdge(routerVertex, mainVertex, "edge-1");
+    final RuntimeEdge<IRVertex> edge2 = createEdge(routerVertex, bonusVertex1, "edge-2");
+    final RuntimeEdge<IRVertex> edge3 = createEdge(routerVertex, bonusVertex2, "edge-3");
 
     edge2.getExecutionProperties().put(AdditionalOutputTagProperty.of("bonus1"));
     edge3.getExecutionProperties().put(AdditionalOutputTagProperty.of("bonus2"));
@@ -314,14 +322,14 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
         Collections.emptyMap());
 
     // Execute the task.
-    final TaskExecutor taskExecutor = new TaskExecutor(
-        task, taskDag, taskStateManager, dataTransferFactory, metricMessageSender, persistentConnectionToMasterMap);
+    final TaskExecutor taskExecutor = getTaskExecutor(task, taskDag);
     taskExecutor.execute();
 
     // Check the output.
     final List<Integer> mainOutputs = runtimeEdgeToOutputData.get(outEdge1.getId());
     final List<Integer> bonusOutputs1 = runtimeEdgeToOutputData.get(outEdge2.getId());
     final List<Integer> bonusOutputs2 = runtimeEdgeToOutputData.get(outEdge3.getId());
+
     List<Integer> even = elements.stream().filter(i -> i % 2 == 0).collect(Collectors.toList());
     List<Integer> odd = elements.stream().filter(i -> i % 2 != 0).collect(Collectors.toList());
     assertTrue(checkEqualElements(even, mainOutputs));
@@ -331,21 +339,10 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
 
   private RuntimeEdge<IRVertex> createEdge(final IRVertex src,
                                            final IRVertex dst,
-                                           final boolean isSideInput) {
-    final String runtimeIREdgeId = "Runtime edge between operator tasks";
-    ExecutionPropertyMap<EdgeExecutionProperty> edgeProperties = new ExecutionPropertyMap<>(runtimeIREdgeId);
-    edgeProperties.put(DataStoreProperty.of(DataStoreProperty.Value.MemoryStore));
-    return new RuntimeEdge<>(runtimeIREdgeId, edgeProperties, src, dst, isSideInput);
-
-  }
-
-  private RuntimeEdge<IRVertex> createEdge(final IRVertex src,
-                                           final IRVertex dst,
-                                           final boolean isSideInput,
                                            final String runtimeIREdgeId) {
     ExecutionPropertyMap<EdgeExecutionProperty> edgeProperties = new ExecutionPropertyMap<>(runtimeIREdgeId);
     edgeProperties.put(DataStoreProperty.of(DataStoreProperty.Value.MemoryStore));
-    return new RuntimeEdge<>(runtimeIREdgeId, edgeProperties, src, dst, isSideInput);
+    return new RuntimeEdge<>(runtimeIREdgeId, edgeProperties, src, dst);
 
   }
 
@@ -355,18 +352,35 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
         irVertex,
         new OperatorVertex(new RelayTransform()),
         mock(Stage.class),
-        mock(Stage.class),
-        false);
+        mock(Stage.class));
   }
 
   private StageEdge mockStageEdgeTo(final IRVertex irVertex) {
+    final ExecutionPropertyMap executionPropertyMap =
+      ExecutionPropertyMap.of(mock(IREdge.class), CommunicationPatternProperty.Value.OneToOne);
     return new StageEdge("runtime outgoing edge id",
-        ExecutionPropertyMap.of(mock(IREdge.class), CommunicationPatternProperty.Value.OneToOne),
-        new OperatorVertex(new RelayTransform()),
-        irVertex,
-        mock(Stage.class),
-        mock(Stage.class),
-        false);
+      executionPropertyMap,
+      new OperatorVertex(new RelayTransform()),
+      irVertex,
+      mock(Stage.class),
+      mock(Stage.class));
+  }
+
+  private StageEdge mockBroadcastVariableStageEdgeTo(final IRVertex srcVertex,
+                                                     final IRVertex dstVertex,
+                                                     final Serializable broadcastVariableId,
+                                                     final Object broadcastVariable) {
+    when(broadcastManagerWorker.get(broadcastVariableId)).thenReturn(broadcastVariable);
+
+    final ExecutionPropertyMap executionPropertyMap =
+      ExecutionPropertyMap.of(mock(IREdge.class), CommunicationPatternProperty.Value.OneToOne);
+    executionPropertyMap.put(BroadcastVariableIdProperty.of(broadcastVariableId));
+    return new StageEdge("runtime outgoing edge id",
+      executionPropertyMap,
+      srcVertex,
+      dstVertex,
+      mock(Stage.class),
+      mock(Stage.class));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -384,8 +398,9 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
                 .iterator())));
       }
       final InputReader inputReader = mock(InputReader.class);
+      final IRVertex srcVertex = (IRVertex) invocationOnMock.getArgument(1);
+      when(inputReader.getSrcIrVertex()).thenReturn(srcVertex);
       when(inputReader.read()).thenReturn(inputFutures);
-      when(inputReader.isSideInputReader()).thenReturn(false);
       when(inputReader.getSourceParallelism()).thenReturn(SOURCE_PARALLELISM);
       return inputReader;
     }
@@ -445,7 +460,6 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
   private class CreateSingleListTransform<T> implements Transform<T, List<T>> {
     private List<T> list;
     private OutputCollector<List<T>> outputCollector;
-    private final Object tag = new Object();
 
     @Override
     public void prepare(final Context context, final OutputCollector<List<T>> outputCollector) {
@@ -462,24 +476,19 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
     public void close() {
       outputCollector.emit(list);
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public Object getTag() {
-      return tag;
-    }
   }
 
   /**
-   * Pairs data element with a side input.
+   * Pairs data element with a broadcast variable.
    * @param <T> input/output type.
    */
-  private class SideInputPairTransform<T> implements Transform<T, T> {
-    private final Object sideInputTag;
+  private class BroadcastVariablePairingTransform<T> implements Transform<T, T> {
+    private final Serializable broadcastVariableId;
     private Context context;
     private OutputCollector<T> outputCollector;
 
-    public SideInputPairTransform(final Object sideInputTag) {
-      this.sideInputTag = sideInputTag;
+    public BroadcastVariablePairingTransform(final Serializable broadcastVariableId) {
+      this.broadcastVariableId = broadcastVariableId;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -490,8 +499,8 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
 
     @Override
     public void onData(final Object element) {
-      final Object sideInput = context.getSideInputs().get(sideInputTag);
-      outputCollector.emit((T) Pair.of(sideInput, element));
+      final Object broadcastVariable = context.getBroadcastVariable(broadcastVariableId);
+      outputCollector.emit((T) Pair.of(broadcastVariable, element));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -542,4 +551,9 @@ public final class TaskExecutorTest {
     IntStream.range(start, end).forEach(number -> numList.add(number));
     return numList;
   }
+
+  private TaskExecutor getTaskExecutor(final Task task, final DAG<IRVertex, RuntimeEdge<IRVertex>> taskDag) {
+    return new TaskExecutor(task, taskDag, taskStateManager, dataTransferFactory, broadcastManagerWorker,
+      metricMessageSender, persistentConnectionToMasterMap);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/BlockManagerMaster.java b/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/BlockManagerMaster.java
index 05b7467..052a644 100644
--- a/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/BlockManagerMaster.java
+++ b/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/BlockManagerMaster.java
@@ -72,13 +72,12 @@ public final class BlockManagerMaster {
 
   /**
    * Constructor.
-   *
    * @param masterMessageEnvironment the message environment.
    */
   @Inject
   private BlockManagerMaster(final MessageEnvironment masterMessageEnvironment) {
     masterMessageEnvironment.setupListener(MessageEnvironment.BLOCK_MANAGER_MASTER_MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID,
-      new PartitionManagerMasterControlMessageReceiver());
+      new BlockManagerMasterControlMessageReceiver());
     this.blockIdWildcardToMetadataSet = new HashMap<>();
     this.producerTaskIdToBlockIds = new HashMap<>();
     this.lock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
@@ -337,7 +336,7 @@ public final class BlockManagerMaster {
   /**
    * Handler for control messages received.
    */
-  public final class PartitionManagerMasterControlMessageReceiver implements MessageListener<ControlMessage.Message> {
+  public final class BlockManagerMasterControlMessageReceiver implements MessageListener<ControlMessage.Message> {
 
     @Override
     public void onMessage(final ControlMessage.Message message) {
diff --git a/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/BroadcastManagerMaster.java b/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/BroadcastManagerMaster.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77c6bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/BroadcastManagerMaster.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Seoul National University
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.snu.nemo.runtime.master;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Broadcast variables saved in the master.
+ */
+public final class BroadcastManagerMaster {
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BroadcastManagerMaster.class.getName());
+  private static final Map<Serializable, Object> ID_TO_VARIABLE = new HashMap<>();
+
+  private BroadcastManagerMaster() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param variables from the client.
+   */
+  public static void registerBroadcastVariablesFromClient(final Map<Serializable, Object> variables) {
+    LOG.info("Registered broadcast variable ids {} sent from the client", variables.keySet());
+    ID_TO_VARIABLE.putAll(variables);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param id of the broadcast variable.
+   * @return the requested broadcast variable.
+   */
+  public static Object getBroadcastVariable(final Serializable id) {
+    return ID_TO_VARIABLE.get(id);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/PlanAppender.java b/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/PlanAppender.java
index da6ddf1..20b065b 100644
--- a/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/PlanAppender.java
+++ b/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/PlanAppender.java
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ public final class PlanAppender {
           cachedEdge.getSrcIRVertex(),
           vertexStagePair.left(),
           cachedEdge.getSrc(),
-          vertexStagePair.right(),
-          cachedEdge.isSideInput());
+          vertexStagePair.right());
         physicalDAGBuilder.connectVertices(newEdge);
         final DuplicateEdgeGroupPropertyValue duplicateEdgeGroupPropertyValue =
           cachedEdge.getPropertyValue(DuplicateEdgeGroupProperty.class)
diff --git a/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/PlanStateManager.java b/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/PlanStateManager.java
index 5017311..9450b58 100644
--- a/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/PlanStateManager.java
+++ b/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/PlanStateManager.java
@@ -393,7 +393,9 @@ public final class PlanStateManager {
     // Change plan state if needed
     final boolean allStagesCompleted = stageIdToState.values().stream().allMatch(state ->
       state.getStateMachine().getCurrentState().equals(StageState.State.COMPLETE));
-    if (allStagesCompleted) {
+
+    // avoid duplicate plan COMPLETE caused by cloning
+    if (allStagesCompleted && !PlanState.State.COMPLETE.equals(getPlanState())) {
       onPlanStateChanged(PlanState.State.COMPLETE);
     }
   }
diff --git a/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/RuntimeMaster.java b/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/RuntimeMaster.java
index 00eac87..3129732 100644
--- a/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/RuntimeMaster.java
+++ b/runtime/master/src/main/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/RuntimeMaster.java
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
  */
 package edu.snu.nemo.runtime.master;
 
+import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.Pair;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.exception.*;
 import edu.snu.nemo.common.ir.vertex.IRVertex;
+import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.RuntimeIdManager;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.comm.ControlMessage;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.message.MessageContext;
 import edu.snu.nemo.runtime.common.message.MessageEnvironment;
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.TreeNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -328,6 +331,25 @@ public final class RuntimeMaster {
     @Override
     public void onMessageWithContext(final ControlMessage.Message message, final MessageContext messageContext) {
       switch (message.getType()) {
+        case RequestBroadcastVariable:
+          final Serializable broadcastId =
+            SerializationUtils.deserialize(message.getRequestbroadcastVariableMsg().getBroadcastId().toByteArray());
+          final Object broadcastVariable = BroadcastManagerMaster.getBroadcastVariable(broadcastId);
+          if (broadcastVariable == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(broadcastId.toString());
+          }
+          messageContext.reply(
+            ControlMessage.Message.newBuilder()
+              .setId(RuntimeIdManager.generateMessageId())
+              .setListenerId(MessageEnvironment.RUNTIME_MASTER_MESSAGE_LISTENER_ID)
+              .setType(ControlMessage.MessageType.InMasterBroadcastVariable)
+              .setBroadcastVariableMsg(ControlMessage.InMasterBroadcastVariableMessage.newBuilder()
+                .setRequestId(message.getId())
+                // TODO #206: Efficient Broadcast Variable Serialization
+                .setVariable(ByteString.copyFrom(SerializationUtils.serialize((Serializable) broadcastVariable)))
+                .build())
+              .build());
+          break;
         default:
           throw new IllegalMessageException(
               new Exception("This message should not be requested to Master :" + message.getType()));
diff --git a/runtime/master/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/scheduler/SkewnessAwareSchedulingConstraintTest.java b/runtime/master/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/scheduler/SkewnessAwareSchedulingConstraintTest.java
index 6af6a61..85a1601 100644
--- a/runtime/master/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/scheduler/SkewnessAwareSchedulingConstraintTest.java
+++ b/runtime/master/src/test/java/edu/snu/nemo/runtime/master/scheduler/SkewnessAwareSchedulingConstraintTest.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public final class SkewnessAwareSchedulingConstraintTest {
     dummyIREdge.setProperty(DataFlowProperty.of(DataFlowProperty.Value.Pull));
     dummyIREdge.setProperty(DataSkewMetricProperty.of(new DataSkewMetricFactory(taskIdxToKeyRange)));
     final StageEdge dummyEdge = new StageEdge("Edge0", dummyIREdge.getExecutionProperties(),
-        srcMockVertex, dstMockVertex, srcMockStage, dstMockStage, false);
+        srcMockVertex, dstMockVertex, srcMockStage, dstMockStage);
 
     return dummyEdge;
   }