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COMP SCI 7076 - Distributed Systems

Career: Postgraduate Coursework
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: COMP SCI 7103, COMP SCI 7202, COMP SCI 7202B, COMP SCI 7208 or COMP SCI 7211; M Computer Science only exempted from Pre-requisite
Assumed Knowledge: COMP SCI 7081 & COMP SCI 7082 or COMP SCI 7201
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.

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Units
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3
 0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
3920 Mon 12/08/2019 Sat 31/08/2019 Fri 20/09/2019 Fri 01/11/2019


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
23142 LE01 25 14 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
23138 PR01 25 14 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