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 615-335 Distributed Systems

Note

Students enrolled in the BSc, BASc or a combined BSc course (except for the BSc/BIS) will receive science credit for the completion of this subject. This subject counts towards the Information Systems component for students enrolled in the BSc/BIS.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Prof I Morrison

Prerequisites

615-237 Telecommunications Concepts and 615-240 Concepts in Software Development II

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

24 lectures (two per week) plus practical/tutorial sessions of up to 2 hours per week

Subject Description

Aspects of the following topics will be considered: distributed systems (typical examples, database and application design, reliability and security); client server architectures (design, planning, reliability, security, and performance); distributed systems development environments and implementation using Java and CORBA; and distributed object-based systems.

At the completion of this subject, students should:

  • have a firm understanding of the significant issues involved in the design, implementation, and management of distributed systems in organisations; and

  • be able to build small client-server applications using an application development framework based on Java and CORBA technologies and frameworks.

Assessment

A 3-hour end-of-semester written examination and assigned project work expected to average 8 hours per week. The weighting of the assessment components will be announced at the commencement of the subject.

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