615-335 Distributed Systems | |
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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 | 615-240 Concepts in Software Development II or 433-254 Software Design |
Corequisites | 615-237 Telecommunications Concepts or 433-353 Networks and Communications. |
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:
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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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