CSE3002

Distributed computing systems

(IT)

P Granville and A Zaslavsky

6 points + 2 hours per week + Second semester + Caulfield + Prerequisites: COT2001 or CSE2318 or CSE3318, or COT2004 or CSE2004 + Prohibition: COT3002

Synopsis: Architecture of distributed systems; networking and internetworking; interprocess communications and RPC; distributed operating systems; mobile computing systems; distributed database systems; distributed file systems; proprietary approaches to distributed computing; object technology in distributed systems; failure recovery and fault tolerance issues; concurrency control in distributed systems; synchronisation and replication in distributed systems; security in distributed systems.

Assessment: Examination (2 hours): 50% + Two practical assignments: 50%