COMP SCI 3012 - Distributed Systems
| Career: | Undergraduate |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Term: | 3920 |
| Campus: | North Terrace |
| Contact: | Up to 2.5 hours per week |
| Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: | Yes |
| Available for Non-Award Study: | No |
| Pre-Requisite: | One of COMP SCI 1103, COMP SCI 1203, COMP SCI 2103, COMP SCI 2202, COMP SCI 2009 or COMP SCI 2202B |
| Assumed Knowledge: | COMP SCI 2000 and COMP SCI 3001 |
| Assessment: | Assignments and/or group projects |
| Syllabus: |
A selection of topics from the following: the challenges faced in constructing client/server software: partial system failures, multiple address spaces, absence of a single clock, latency of communication, heterogeneity, absence of a trusted operating system, system management, binding and naming. Techniques for meeting these challenges: RPC and middleware, naming and directory services, distributed transaction processing, 'thin' clients, data replication, cryptographic security, mobile code. Introduction to Java RMI. |
Course Fees
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Course Outline
A Course Outline which includes Learning Outcomes, Learning Resources, Learning & Teaching for this course may be accessed here
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Critical Dates
| Term | Last Day to Add Online | Census Date | Last Day to WNF | Last Day to WF |
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| 3920 | Mon 12/08/2019 | Sat 31/08/2019 | Fri 20/09/2019 | Fri 01/11/2019 |
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Class Details
| Enrolment Class: Lecture | |||||||
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| Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
| 23143 | LE01 | 75 | 27 | 1 Aug - 19 Sep | Thursday | 1pm - 3pm | Lower Napier, LG28, Lecture Theatre |
| 10 Oct - 31 Oct | Thursday | 1pm - 3pm | Lower Napier, LG28, Lecture Theatre | ||||
| Related Class: Practical | |||||||
| Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
| 23139 | PR01 | 35 | 10 | 12 Aug - 12 Aug | Monday | 12pm - 2pm | Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite |
| 26 Aug - 26 Aug | Monday | 12pm - 2pm | Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite | ||||
| 9 Sep - 9 Sep | Monday | 12pm - 2pm | Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite | ||||
| 7 Oct - 7 Oct | Monday | 12pm - 2pm | Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite | ||||
| 21 Oct - 21 Oct | Monday | 12pm - 2pm | Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite | ||||
| 24215 | PR02 | 40 | 17 | 14 Aug - 14 Aug | Wednesday | 10am - 12pm | Ingkarni Wardli, B15, CAT Suite |
| 28 Aug - 28 Aug | Wednesday | 10am - 12pm | Ingkarni Wardli, B15, CAT Suite | ||||
| 11 Sep - 11 Sep | Wednesday | 10am - 12pm | Ingkarni Wardli, B15, CAT Suite | ||||
| 9 Oct - 9 Oct | Wednesday | 10am - 12pm | Ingkarni Wardli, B15, CAT Suite | ||||
| 23 Oct - 23 Oct | Wednesday | 10am - 12pm | Ingkarni Wardli, B15, CAT Suite | ||||
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