CPE4001

Distributed programming in Java (6 points)

(IT)

Leader: J Newmarch

Offered:
Caulfield Second semester 2003 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2004 (Day)

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

Contact Hours: 4 contact hours per week

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: Completion of similar content in previous tertiary studies