CPE4001

Distributed programming in Java

(IT)

TBA

6 points + 4 contact hours per week + Second semester + Peninsula + Prerequisites: Admission to the Master of Network Computing, or equivalent Masters level programs of the Faculty of Information Technology. Previous knowledge of Java programming is desired. Students without appropriate programming skills are expected to engage in extra private studies. + Prohibitions: Students who have completed studies of similar content in previous tertiary studies are not permitted to take this subject.

Synopsis: Concurrent programming primitives and concepts. Application of concurrent techniques in distributed application designs. Design and implementation issues and techniques of distributed applications. Enabling techniques. Distributed patterns. Service discovery and lookup, leases and transactions of resources. Distributed events. Case studies of distributed programming paradigms and their applications (eg, JINI, JavaSpaces).

Assessment: Assessment: Assignments 50% + Examination (2 hours): 50%