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COMP SCI 3012 - Distributed Systems
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COMP SCI 3012 - Distributed Systems

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 4020
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.

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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
4020 Mon 10/08/2020 Wed 19/08/2020 Fri 30/10/2020 Not Available


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
23354 LE01 100 29 28 Jul - 15 Sep Tuesday 2pm - 4pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
6 Oct - 27 Oct Tuesday 2pm - 4pm MyUni, OL, Online Class
Related Class: Practical
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
23350 PR01 50 21 12 Aug - 12 Aug Wednesday 2pm - 4pm Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite
26 Aug - 26 Aug Wednesday 2pm - 4pm Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite
9 Sep - 9 Sep Wednesday 2pm - 4pm Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite
7 Oct - 7 Oct Wednesday 2pm - 4pm Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite
21 Oct - 21 Oct Wednesday 2pm - 4pm Ingkarni Wardli, 234, CAT Suite
24369 PR02 50 31 13 Aug - 13 Aug Thursday 9am - 11am Ingkarni Wardli, B23, CAT Suite
27 Aug - 27 Aug Thursday 9am - 11am Ingkarni Wardli, B23, CAT Suite
10 Sep - 10 Sep Thursday 9am - 11am Ingkarni Wardli, B23, CAT Suite
8 Oct - 8 Oct Thursday 9am - 11am Ingkarni Wardli, B23, CAT Suite
22 Oct - 22 Oct Thursday 9am - 11am Ingkarni Wardli, B23, CAT Suite
29267 PR03 30 7 13 Aug - 13 Aug Thursday 9am - 11am MyUni, OL, Online Class
27 Aug - 27 Aug Thursday 9am - 11am MyUni, OL, Online Class
10 Sep - 10 Sep Thursday 9am - 11am MyUni, OL, Online Class
8 Oct - 8 Oct Thursday 9am - 11am MyUni, OL, Online Class
22 Oct - 22 Oct Thursday 9am - 11am MyUni, OL, Online Class