Monash University Handbook 2012 Postgraduate - Units

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit4039/

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prohibitions

CSE3211, FIT3027

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FIT4041 - Web development

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Not offered in 2012

Synopsis

Content covered in this unit, includes: Static and dynamic web pages; ASP.Net environment; HTML forms reviewed; Standard server controls; C# language; Page life cycles; Event driven programming and postback; C# basics; Objects in C#; Namespaces and core objects; State handling; Objects and structured data; Validation controls; Master pages; Themes and skins; Navigation controls; Using data sources; Reading and updating data stores; XML files as data store; Using Grids; Data binding; Configuration and optimisation; Authentication; Email and accessing file systems; Components and user controls; Code behind; .NET Assemblies; Custom Server Controls; Using Ajax; Mobile Web page development; Styling page output; and New device support.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have:

an understanding of web environments and their components;
an understanding of the principles of object oriented Internet applications development;
the knowledge and skills to design and implement web based applications, using a server side applications development environment;
the knowledge and skills to design and implement mobile applications;
the knowledge and skills to implement data stores in web based applications;
a professional attitude towards the development of web based information systems.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%
Students must gain a satisfactory result in both the practical and exercises work and the exam to gain a pass in the unit. The examination must be sat at a Monash campus.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Des Casey

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk. Help desk sessions are optional to attend.

Prerequisites

FIT9017 or similar unit in object oriented programming.

Prohibitions

FIT3043

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit4041/

FIT4063 - Human-computer interaction

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Clayton First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides a detailed understanding of the underpinning theories, principles and practices of interface design for computer-based systems. It examines issues in the design of system interfaces from a number of perspectives: user, programmer, designer. It explores the application of the relevant theories in practice. The unit will cover topics such as methods and tools for developing effective user interfaces, evaluation methods such as the conduct of usability and heuristic evaluations, design of appropriate interface elements including the design of menus and other interaction styles. The unit will also focus on designing for a diverse range of users and environments.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have -

A knowledge and understanding of:

the underpinning theories relevant to HCI;
the principles and practices of HCI in designing user interfaces;
the importance and role of usability and evaluation in systems design;
the issues relating to user diversity, different types of systems, interaction styles, devices and environments.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

appreciate the development of systems from a user perspective;
differentiate between good HCI practice in systems development from other development practices;
formulate attitudes which enable them to interact effectively with users;
empathise with all users particularly those with specific needs.

Gained practical skills to:

recognise the principles of HCI design required in systems development;
gather user requirements effectively;
design an effective user interface;
conduct appropriate evaluation of systems from a HCI perspective and interpret the outcome.

Demonstrated the communication skills necessary to:

work in teams to complete assessment tasks;
empathise with users particularly those with some form of disability.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Judy Sheard

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorial/wk

FIT4146 - Emergent technologies and interfaces

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit will focus on research into the latest developments in the field of information technology, including innovative technology developments involving human computer interaction, information visualisation of complex data and emerging interface techniques. Students will learn valuable research and communication skills as they investigate and share with their peers the impact of emergent technologies and interfaces on society. The content presented in the lectures will focus on grand challenges in the field of information technology and on emerging trends. Students will apply their theoretical understanding to a practical project negotiated with the lecturer using a learning contract.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have -

A theoretical and conceptual understanding of:

the diversity of theoretical and conceptual frameworks which contribute to the current developments in the field of information technology, including human computer interaction, information visualisation and interface design;
the grand challenges in the field of information technology and the emerging trends, including the range of applications to which emerging information technologies, information visualisation techniques and innovative interfaces can be applied, for example ubiquitous computing, geospatial information visualisation and mobile devices interfaces.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

critically evaluate the impact of rapid changes in information technology on society and to appreciate the pervasive and expanding range of applications and fields on which information technology is impacting.

Developed the skills to:

locate and critically evaluate information on current research in the field, for example using electronic library databases, and to synthesise the information they have gathered into a logical and coherent argument;
communicate results of their investigation to their peers effectively through written and/or oral presentations while correctly acknowledging and referencing source material;
apply their theoretical understanding to a practical project negotiated with the lecturer using a learning contract.

Demonstrated the teamwork skills necessary to:

work as a member of a team to present the finding of their research to their peers.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit4146.html

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorials/wk

Prerequisites

24 points of level 4 or 9 FIT units

Prohibitions

FIT3146

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

FIT5000 - Minor thesis extension

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Clayton First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

FIT5000 is an extension unit for all FIT coursework masters minor thesis degrees, where appropriate. Entry only available on approval by the Associate Dean (Education) where exceptional circumstances have been determined.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have -
A knowledge and understanding of:

their research topic and the wider research domain.
research approaches and methods, and how to resolve research problems and issues.
well honed skills in critical thinking, analysis, evaluation and synthesis.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

have confidence in their ability to undertake independent research, and to plan and execute an individual research project.
appreciate the significance and contributions of a research culture in both academic and workplace contexts.

Developed the skills to:

plan and undertake rigorous independent research;
locate relevant research literature, and critically analyse and evaluate published research findings;
identify open problems in current research and promising new research directions, and from this to define a viable research topic;
develop a sound research design and feasible research project plan and schedule;
communicate effectively research results in a variety of forms, including informal oral presentations, written reports, seminar presentations and poster presentations.

Although research projects are carried out individually, students will be part of a wider research group, with whom they will interact regularly, and participate in research seminars and discussions. At the completion of the unit students will have demonstrated the communication and teamwork skills necessary to:

communicate research ideas effectively in formal or informal contexts;
collaborate effectively with others involved in a research project (supervisors, research colleagues, industry collaborators).

Assessment

Presentation and final thesis (normally 15,000 - 20,000 words): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Balasubramaniam Srinivasan

Contact hours

Varies according to remaining requirements. To be determined by Supervisor/Co-ordinator.

Prerequisites

Associate Dean (Education) approval required.

Prerequisite Knowledge: Research methods and a sound understanding of the research topic area.

Prohibitions

Students are not permitted to enrol in this unit more than once.

FIT5010 - Advanced internet protocols and applications

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

In-depth coverage of the protocols used to operate the Internet and intranets, and a selection of major applications, including specific implementations of the protocols and systems. The topics include: Advanced Internet Addressing: IPv6, subnetting, supernetting. TCP Performance and Enhancements: Reno, New-Reno, Fast Retransmit and Recovery, etc. Unicast and multicast routing protocols: BGP4, OSPF, MOSPF, DVMRP, etc. Messaging systems: SMTP, MIME, POP3, IMAP, World Wide Web systems: client-server implementations, HTTP, Real Time Protocols: RTP, RTCP,RSVP. Security and Firewall. Quality of Service issues: DiffServ and IntServ. Network management and Remote File activities.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

have a well-developed conceptual framework, enabling them to keep pace with developments in the rapidly changing field of network computing;
have a thorough understanding of one or more specialised areas of study within network computing;
be familiar with using current technology, systems and software relevant to network computing;
be able to practise professionally as a network computing specialist.

Assessment

Examination: 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorials/wk

Prohibitions

CSE5803

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5010

FIT5011 - Advanced network design and performance

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Not offered in 2012

Synopsis

This unit will cover network design, performance modelling and analysis. Queuing models (M/M/1, M/M/k, M/M/k/k, M/G/1), networks of queues. Multi-access systems (splitting, reservation, carrier sensing), routing techniques (shortest path, Bellman-Ford, Dijkstra, adaptive routing, flooding). Quality of service (QoS) aspects, flow control, connection admission control and other traffic management functions - ATM, IntServ and DiffServ models. Network topology design and performance modelling.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have an understanding of:

the general concepts of queuing theory and its application in network design;
traffic dimensioning for circuit and packet switched networks;
network performance modelling and analysis;
traffic characterisation and modelling;
network topology and routing techniques;
key Quality of Service (QoS) measures and functions;
analysis and evaluation of the operation of a local or wide area telecommunications network;
major design aspects of a local or wide area network, including cable and wireless networks.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorials/wk

Prerequisites

MAT4003

Prohibitions

ECE4045, ECE5045, CSE5805, CSE5808.

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5011

FIT5016 - Minor thesis

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Gippsland First semester 2012 (Off-campus) Gippsland Second semester 2012 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

FIT5016 is an optional research/ thesis unit for FIT coursework masters degrees, taken in the final stage of the Masters Professional or Masters course. While FIT5014 is a 24-point unit taken in a single semester, FIT5016 is a component of the 24-point Minor Thesis taken over more than one semester, along with FIT5018 or FIT5017.
Before enrolling in the unit, students need:

to have prior approval from their course coordinator; and
to have reached agreement with a potential supervisor about a research area/feasible research topic for their Minor Thesis project.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have -
A knowledge and understanding of:

their research topic and the wider research domain.
research approaches and methods, and how to resolve research problems and issues.
well honed skills in critical thinking, analysis, evaluation and synthesis.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

have confidence in their ability to undertake independent research, and to plan and execute an individual research project.
appreciate the significance and contributions of a research culture in both academic and workplace contexts.

Developed the skills to:

plan and undertake rigorous independent research;
locate relevant research literature, and critically analyse and evaluate published research findings;
identify open problems in current research and promising new research directions, and from this to define a viable research topic;
develop a sound research design and feasible research project plan and schedule;
communicate effectively research results in a variety of forms, including informal oral presentations, written reports, seminar presentations and poster presentations.

communicate research ideas effectively in formal or informal contexts;
collaborate effectively with others involved in a research project (supervisors, research colleagues, industry collaborators).

Assessment

Presentation and final thesis: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5027/

Contact hours

Regular meetings with supervisor(s) over the course of the unit enrolment

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in a Faculty of IT Masters (Honours), Masters Professional or Masters (Minor Thesis) course or the Master of Information Technology degree; FIT5016 is to be taken in the final stage of the course.

In undertaking the Minor Thesis students must have: (1) their course leaders approval to enrol in the unit; and (2) completed/enrolled concurrently in FIT4005 IT research methods. In addition, the following rules apply:

+ in the Masters Professional and Master of Information Technology courses, students must have completed at least 24 points of level 5 units in their degree and attained a Distinction average on their Masters coursework; and
+ in the Master of Information Technology (Honours) degree students must have completed at least 24 points of level 5 units in their degree.

Co-requisites

FIT4005, taken in the first semester of enrolment (only in cases where enrolment in the Minor Thesis extends over more than one semester).

FIT5027 - Virtual private network

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

Layered structure of networks, security threats in an open network environment, and basic security. Detailed exposition of major tools and protocols used in VPNs, including firewalls, IPSec, Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP), Internet Key Exchange (IKE), Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) and Point-to-Point Tunnelling Protocol (PPTP), Layer 2 Tunnelling Protocol (L2TP), Terminal Access Control Access Control System (TACACS), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and SOCKS. Exposition of principles and methodologies for the design and implementation of Intranets and Extranets using VPNs.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

develop a detailed knowledge and understanding of all major protocols used for VPN;
detailed knowledge and understanding of VPN architectures including interaction with firewalls
develop an understanding of major issues in implementing the protocols;
have the knowledge and skills to objectively compare and contrast various VPN protocols (eg. L2TP with IPSec and the platform specific variations);
have the knowledge and skills to enable them to design and implement standard and non-standard VPNs.

Assessment

Assignments: 60%; Labwork and Test: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jefferson Tan

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prohibitions

CPE5006

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FIT5030 - Web services and service oriented computing

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit focuses on the Service Oriented Computing paradigm and web services technology. Students will be exposed to the motivations that led to the emergence of web services from middleware and Enterprise Architecture Integration (EAI). The unit will introduce the fundamental concepts of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), web services and the key standards that underpin web services: SOAP, WSDL and UDDI. The unit will evaluate and compare various service discovery protocols. The unit will provide students with skills to program and deploy web services as well as to access and consume/use web services.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

have knowledge of the Service Oriented Computing paradigm, its evolution and the emergence of web services;
understand the Service Oriented Architectures and the various key standards that enable the realisation of web services such as SOAP, WSDL and UDDI;
compare and evaluate various Service Discovery Protocols;
have the skills to build and deploy web services using a range of current technologies;
be able to access, invoke and use publicly available web services in application development (e.g. Google Web Service);
have an understanding on emerging issues, trends and topics in web services research.

Assessment

Unit Test (2 hours): 40%; Practical Assignments: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Pari Delir Haghighi

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

Recommended knowledge: Students undertaking this unit are expected to have a sound understanding of the concepts of an object oriented concepts and programming languages. A sound knowledge of Java is preferred.

Prohibitions

CPE5009

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5030/

FIT5031 - Mobile software agents

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit focuses theoretical concepts, applications and research issues of mobile software agents. Students will learn techniques to design and develop mobile agent applications. A number of different toolkits/development environments will be discussed and used for the practical component of the unit. The unit analyses mobile software agents technology with respect to their use in different application domains - focusing on pervasive applications, electronic commerce/web services and distributed data/network management. Advanced research issues/topics such as communication, coordination, security and trust for mobile agent systems will also be presented.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

be conversant with the principles and theoretical concepts of mobile software agents;
appreciate models and approaches to building mobile agent systems;
demonstrate knowledge of different mobile agent toolkits and development environments;
utilise techniques for achieving mobile agent communication and coordination;
understand security issues in mobile agent systems;
select and apply appropriate tools for a particular application;
foster critical and independent analysis of how mobile agents can be applied to distributed computing applications.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 50%; Examination (3 hours): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Grace Rumantir

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

Recommended Knowledge: It is assumed that all students have a working knowledge of fundamental Java programming.

Prohibitions

CPE5010

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5031/

FIT5032 - Internet applications development

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit has been designed to provide students with skills to develop Internet Applications with a focus on enabling web page functionality through scripting. The unit presents an overview of multi-tier web applications and the technologies that operate in different layers of typical web architectures. The unit teaches a range of web application development technologies focusing on state-of-the-art object oriented scripting languages for mobile and conventional web applications. Techniques for scripting on the client side (e.g. JavaScript) and scripting on the server side.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have -

an understanding of web environments and their components;
an understanding of the principles of object oriented scripting and the knowledge of the various uses to which scripting may be put;
the knowledge and skills to implement web applications, in an applications development environment;
an understanding of the principles of large scale, and small scale, web site development including an understanding of advanced design principles;
an understanding of the uses of mark-up languages and meta-languages in structuring data, particularly in a web context;
the knowledge and skills to implement web sites varying size and complexity, using XHTML, and XML;
a professional attitude towards the development of web based information systems.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 40%; In-semester assessment: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5032/

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

Recommended knowledge: It is assumed that all students have a strong knowledge of Java programming.

Prohibitions

CPE5011, CPE4003

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FIT5034 - Network administration and management

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit will provide students with fundamentals and theoretical foundations of network administration, management and documentation. Specific areas include local, wide area, and real-time networks. Related protocols such as TCP/IP, ICMP, IPSEC, CSMA/CD, token-passing, frame relay, ATM, SAN and VoIP. The network administrators function and responsibilities relating to network issues such as planning, implementation, fault diagnosis fine tuning and recovery. Standards for network management - SNMP, RMONs, Protocol analysers, CMIP, ITU / TMN standards, MIBs, DMI, remote management in-band and out-of-band.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have -

exposure to a wide range of contemporary networking protocols and technologies at a level required from network management perspective;
an in-depth understanding of key network management concepts, protocols, technologies, protocol analysis and practices;
an understanding of the role of a network administrator through theory and hands-on work involving the use of software tools, simulations, and configuring core networking hardware;
ability to adopt a problem solving approach;
developed communications skills and accept the code of professional conduct and practice through short presentations and group work.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jefferson Tan

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prohibitions

CPE5013

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5034/

FIT5037 - Advanced network security

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit aims to provide students with an advanced knowledge of network security. Topics to be covered include the design and implementation of some important public key systems: RSA and Elliptic Curve algorithms; concepts of quantum cryptography; quantum computing and cryptography; wireless computing and cryptography; design, implementation and configuration of firewalls in depth; design, implementation and configuration of intrusion detection systems; prevention systems; advanced network security architectures; advanced wireless security: principle and practice; security in trusted-based computing environments; and quantum cryptography.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the design and implementation of advanced cryptographic algorithms for wired and wireless computing environments including the design and implementation of RSA and ECC;
achieve sound knowledge of network security components including the design, implementation, and configuration of Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (static and dynamic checking of programs, anomaly detection, large-scale (Internet-wide) distributed intrusion detection, early sensing, complex attack scenario analysis, and automated response), Prevention Systems, Firewalls, IDSs, VPNs and prevention systems together;
develop knowledge of advanced network security architectures to allow better network protection, load balancing and recovery from attacks;
achieve sound knowledge of wireless network security;
understand security in trusted-based computing environments;
understand Quantum cryptography.

Assessment

Assignments: 40%; Lab exercises and group assignments: 30%; Theoretical test: 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Phu Le

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

FIT5044

Prohibitions

CPE5021

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5037/

FIT5041 - Component technology for internet applications

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

Cloud computing has recently emerged as an efficient and cost-effective means of using distributed systems to deliver content and applications as a service via the Internet. This unit will provide students with the necessary knowledge to design and develop enterprise-scale applications that leverage cloud computing on different platforms and incorporate web services for interacting with other systems. Students will explore the fundamental concepts of cloud computing, the advantages and limitations of the platform architecture, and review literature regarding current research on the topic to gain a greater insight into future developments of the platform.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the role of distributed systems architecture in the design and implementation of cloud computing applications;
understand the advantages and limitations of cloud computing over other enterprise web architectures;
understand how to design effective web applications that incorporate cloud and web service components;
have developed the knowledge and skills to develop enterprise-scale web systems relevant to current industry standards;
understand advanced topics in cloud computing and related technologies;
have developed a professional attitude towards the development of cloud computing applications.

Assessment

Practical assessments: 60%; Written assessments: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5041/

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

(FIT9004 or FIT9017) and (FIT9003 or FIT9019)
Recommended knowledge: Students undertaking this subject are expected to have knowledge in object-oriented programming and have basic skills in SQL.

Prohibitions

CSE5000

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

FIT5042 - Enterprise application development for the web

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit provides students with an understanding of the design and development of systems that support the large enterprise in a web-based environment. Students will learn of the theoretical issues that need to be considered by the enterprise and how they can affect the development of the enterprise application. A number of techniques will be introduced as the technological means to build such an application with specific emphasis on the Java EE technology.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand various issues pertaining to enterprise software architecture on the web;
acquire techniques to develop enterprise applications using the Java programming language;
discover various advanced Java technologies used to build web applications for the enterprise;
learn to competently use the advanced Java libraries to build a medium-size web application for the enterprise.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%, In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Chris Ling

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

Recommended knowledge: Students undertaking this subject are expected to have a sound understanding of the concepts of the object oriented programming language, Java.

Prohibitions

CSE5060

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5042/

FIT5043 - Distributed database

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit focuses on designing, developing and deploying distributed database systems. The unit introduces various contemporary issues including data model partitioning, fragmentation, replication issues, query optimisation, concurrency control, restart and recovery, distributed database design, client-server and distributed database applications. Particular attention will be paid to detailed consideration of distributed database management issues.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

be familiar with the currently available models, technologies for and approaches to building distributed database systems;
have developed practical skills in the use of these models and approaches, so that they will be able to select and apply the appropriate tools for a particular case;
be aware of the current research directions in the field and their possible outcomes;
be able to carry out research on a relevant topic, identify primary references, analyse them and come up with meaningful conclusions;
be able to apply learned skills to solving practical database related tasks.

Assessment

Assignments/Tutorial exercises and attendance: 90%; Presentation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor David Taniar

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prohibitions

CSE5200

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5043/

FIT5044 - Network security

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge of network and information security. Topics to be covered include network components and services, network computer systems and security policy, security at different system layers, basic cryptography and information security, information security and communications, intrusion detection system, malicious code and detection and prevention systems, authentication systems, and wireless security.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have -
A knowledge and understanding of:

the fundamentals of Network Security issues including possible vulnerabilities in a computer system, software and hardware applications;
basic symmetric and asymmetric cryptography including symmetric and asymmetric crypto systems such as DES, RSA, RC4;
authentication systems;
computer malicious codes such as viruses, logic bombs, etc;
security design at different levels of OSI model, IPSec, SSL, and security at application layer;
firewalls and detection and prevention systems.

Assessment

Assignments: 80%; Theoretical test: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Phu Dung Le

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prohibitions

CPE5002, CSE5210

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5044/

FIT5045 - Knowledge discovery and data mining

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Gippsland Second semester 2012 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

Modern methods of discovering patterns in large-scale databases are introduced, including classification, clustering and association rules analysis. These are contrasted with more traditional methods of finding information from data, such as data queries. Data pre-processing methods for dealing with noisy and missing data and with dimensionality reduction are reviewed. Hands-on case studies in building data mining models are performed using a popular software package.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

be able to differentiate between supervised and unsupervised learning;
know how to apply the main techniques for supervised and unsupervised learning;
know how to use statistical methods for evaluating data mining models;
be able to perform data pre-processing for data with outliers, incomplete and noisy data;
be able to extract and analyse patterns from data using a data mining tool;
have an understanding of the difference between discovery of hidden patterns and simple query extractions in a dataset;
have an understanding of the different methods available to facilitate discovery of hidden patterns in a dataset;
have developed the ability to preprocess data in preparation for data mining experiments;
have developed the ability to evaluate the quality of data mining models;
be able to appreciate the need to have representative sample input data to enable learning of patterns embedded in population data;
be able to appreciate the need to provide quality input data to produce useful data mining models;
have acquired the skill to use the common features in data mining tools;
have acquired the skill to use the visualisation features in a data mining tools to facilitate knowledge discovery from a data set;
have acquired the skill to compare data mining models based on the results on a set of performance criteria;
be able to work in a team to extract knowledge from a common data set using different data mining methods and techniques.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Grace Rumantir

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

Sound fundamental knowledge in maths and statistics. Basic database and computer programming knowledge.

Prohibitions

CSE5230, FIT5024

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5045/

FIT5046 - Mobile and distributed computing systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) South Africa First semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

Theoretical foundations of mobile computing systems, wireless networks, advanced mobile applications. Architectures of mobile distributed computing systems; wireless network classification and management; mobile distributed file systems; failure recovery, fault tolerance and reliability of mobile computing systems; replication in mobile distributed systems; case studies for distributed mobile database systems; mobile information systems; advanced mobile computing applications and the Internet; research trends; synchronisation and global time concepts; transaction management mechanisms for mobile computing.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

develop knowledge of the approaches and methods for building distributed and mobile computing systems;
be familiar with the currently available models and approaches to building mobile and distributed computing systems;
have developed practical skills in the use of these models and approaches, so that they will be able to select and apply the appropriate tools for a particular case;
be aware of the current research directions in the field and their possible outcomes.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Maria Indrawan

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

Recommended background in Data Communications, Networking, Databases, Java Programming.

Prohibitions

CSE5501

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5046/

FIT5047 - Intelligent systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This is the foundation unit for the Intelligent Systems specialisation. It introduces the main problems and approaches to designing intelligent software systems including automated search methods, reasoning under uncertainty, planning, software agents, recommender systems, machine learning paradigms, natural language processing, user modelling and evolutionary algorithms.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have -
A knowledge and understanding of:

the applications of intelligent software systems;
the principles and theoretical underpinning of intelligent software systems;
models and approaches to building intelligent software systems;
different software toolkits and development environments;
current research trends in the field.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

foster critical and independent analysis of how intelligent techniques can be used to enhance software applications and the development of smart environments.

Developed the skills to:

design and develop of intelligent applications;
select and apply appropriate tools for a particular application.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 70%; In-semester assessment: 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Kevin Korb

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prohibitions

CSE5610

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5047/

FIT5057 - Project management

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Gippsland First semester 2012 (Off-campus) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Evening) Sunway Second semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit focuses on a holistic approach to project management. It provides students with a high level of understanding of the processes of project management, as well as sound skills in use of project tools. Proficiency in using key tools and concepts could give students a significant competitive advantage in the market place. The content deals with: concepts and definitions; organising and staffing the project office and team; planning, scheduling techniques; cost control; risk management; contracts and procurement; etc. Case studies, articles of interest that may appear in current media, and students own work experiences with project management, will be discussed in the class to optimise the learning opportunity in the unit. After completing this unit students are eligible to sit the exam for PMP and CAPM organised by PMI (Melbourne Charter) at no additional cost to them (apart from the administrative fee for sitting the exam).

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

examine and describe the concepts, techniques, and decision tools available to project managers;
demonstrate the importance of strategy and prioritising for effective resource allocation and balancing a portfolio of projects;
assess and synthesise diverse information for an integrative project management;
create and critically evaluate innovative ideas and strategies within ambiguous and uncertain business environments.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Joze Kuzic

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 1 hr tutorial/wk

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in a post graduate course to undertake this unit.

Prohibitions

BUS5150, FIT5022, MBA9052, GCO5807

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5057/

FIT5059 - Advanced programming for database applications

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Summer semester A 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit is designed for students who wish to extend their programming abilities in developing relatively large database applications. An integrated system of significant size will be developed using the current industry standard software. Topics covered include the principal aspects of database development and applications, advanced queries, customising forms and professional reporting, business graphics, importing and exporting data, internet applications, debugging and error-handling security and system documentation

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

create a database system for practical application utilising forms, reports and graphics;
understand the principal aspects of setting up a complete database application system;
write complex queries using database query language;
experience group work in building a complex database application system;
produce a database system of professional quality.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor David Taniar

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratory/wk

Prerequisites

(FIT9004 or FIT9017) and (FIT9003 or FIT9019)
Knowledge of relational database principles, including SQL.

Prohibitions

BUS5410, BUS4410

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5059

FIT5077 - e-Business application and development

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit extends students knowledge and skills to make use of current technologies in developing business applications on the internet platform. The unit provides an opportunity for students to explore net centric computing focusing on business applications development. The unit has been designed to equip future web application developers and managers of business solutions. Thus practical exercises will be illustrative with industrial strength and technology issues will be given equal coverage with technology details. The primary aim of the unit is to familiarise students with the currently popular web technologies so that their design and implementation decisions in the future will be informed and therefore produce successful systems with a high degree of probability. Topics coverage include data and messages using XML, architecture, scripting and programming in .NET platform

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the concept of revenue modelling in eBusiness context;
understand OOP as principles of component based software systems;
appreciate technology architecture that underpin the deployment of e-business systems, including data formats and various programming solutions;
appreciate the use of the internet for commercial purposes;
realise the challenges in the planning stage of an e-business venture;
realise the challenges in the implementation stage of an e-business venture;
appreciate the dynamics of the e-business modelling;
appreciate the rapid advancement of enabling technologies and its impact on e-business implementation;
be able to identify and communicate issues in the planning, implementation and management of the e-business system;
be able to adopt object-oriented paradigm and implement e-business solutions using the three tier architecture;
be able to implement simple e-business applications for displaying catalogs and processing transactions;
be able to experiment with various technologies in the design and implementation of e-business applications;
understand the various roles of e-business professionals (analysts, designers, systems developers, programmers) and how they work together in the current e-business context.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5077

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 1 hr laboratory/wk

Prerequisites

(FIT9004 or FIT9017) and (FIT9003 or FIT9019)

Prohibitions

BUS5960

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FIT5083 - Wireless networks

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) South Africa Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit will review the basic concepts of networking technologies and analyse technological aspects of the wireless network. Main topics will include: antenna and propagation for wireless systems, fundamentals of physical layers used in wireless networks, wireless local area networks (WLAN/WiFi), WiMax systems, mobile network technologies (3G and LTE), mesh networks. The unit will also cover advanced topics in wireless networking.

IEEE standards: 802.11, 802.16, 802.15
ITU-T LTE standards

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

describe the basic characteristics of layered protocol networking model and wireless mobile systems;
understand architecture and signal characteristics of cellular communication systems;
understand physical and media access control layers used in wireless technologies for signal encoding, spread spectrum and error control;
understand architectures of: WiFi, WiMax, and advanced mobile networking systems like LTE as described in relevant standards;
understand concepts behind mesh networks;
analyse advanced topics in wireless networking.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jefferson Tan

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prohibitions

CPE4002, CSE4882, GCO4824, CSE5807

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5083

FIT5086 - Information and knowledge management principles

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Off-campus) Caulfield First semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit aims to present a coherent view on the role of knowledge and knowledge management in organisations from a multidisciplinary perspective. Students gain an appreciation of the sources of unstructured and semi-structured knowledge and learn current techniques which permit this knowledge to be applied to perform organisational activities. The unit presents a comprehensive model of the knowledge management process from organisational and technological perspectives. Students will have an opportunity to explore current approaches to knowledge management in the context of a variety of case studies.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have a knowledge and understanding of:

the terms knowledge and knowledge management as used in an organisational context;
a range of socio-technical approaches that support knowledge management;
the structure and functions of knowledge management practice;
the range of theoretical and disciplinary influences on knowledge management practices;
the extent to which modern technology can support knowledge management practices.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Henry Linger

Contact hours

2 hrs seminar/wk, 1 hr tutorial/wk

Prerequisites

FIT9006 or IMS9001 or completion of 24 points of graduate level study

Prohibitions

IMS5027

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5086/

FIT5087 - Archival systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield First semester 2012 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit relates to the fundamental role of recordkeeping professionals in society - to provide access to recorded information in the form of essential evidence of social and organisational activity for business, commercial, governmental, social, and cultural purposes. It covers the role of recordkeeping in society and organisations, functional requirements for evidence, the formulation of recordkeeping policy, strategies and tactics, the establishment of recordkeeping regimes, business functional analysis, appraisal and disposal, the development of metadata schemas and their implementation in recordkeeping systems.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the role of records and archives in organisations and society;
understand and apply theories and models relating to recordkeeping and archiving;
be able to specify recordkeeping requirements relating to the creation, management, and accessibility of records as evidence of social and organisational activity in a range of business and social contexts;
have the skills to develop appraisal and metadata management programs in relation to contemporary and historical recordkeeping systems, including electronic recordkeeping systems; and
be able to formulate appraisal and metadata management policies, strategies, tactics and tools with reference to international and national standards and best practice.

Assessment

Class activities and discussion (or electronic equivalent): 25%; Practical exercises: 25%; Formal supervised assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Sue McKemmish

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prohibitions

IMS5010

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5087/

FIT5088 - Information and knowledge management systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield First semester 2012 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit provides students with the skills and knowledge relating to the use of latest technologies for managing knowledge, electronic documents and records to meet the needs of individuals, work groups and organisations. The unit aims to build a general understanding of technologies for managing personal and organisational structured and unstructured information and knowledge and the methods of developing systems to handle it. Students study the business context, requirements analysis techniques and implementation issues for electronic document management, recordkeeping, content and other information and knowledge management systems.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have knowledge and skills to:

understand organisational contexts of technological infrastructures and emerging technological frameworks for electronic information and knowledge management systems, including intranet and Internet environments;
appreciate the capabilities and limitations of many products on the information and knowledge management systems market and how to use implementation strategies to maximise their strengths and minimise their weaknesses;
identify and select from appropriate strategic options for designing and implementing an information and knowledge management system;
participate in electronic document lifespan management, involving document creation within systems and the use of documents for workgroup, organisational and social purposes, appreciating how these aspects interrelate and influence each other;
conduct requirements identification, design and deployment of information and knowledge management systems.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Frada Burstein

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 1.5 hr tutorial/wk

Prerequisites

One of FIT9003, FIT9006, IMS9001, BUS5021 or completion of 24 points of graduate level study

Prohibitions

IMS5033, IMS5330

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5088/

FIT5090 - Social informatics

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield First semester 2012 (Off-campus) South Africa First semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides students with a critical understanding of the impact of information technology (IT) within contemporary social relations. Using case studies drawn from different social spheres, the unit explores the ways in which the diffusion of IT has reshaped thinking and practice concerning social collaboration, the production of knowledge and community building. Particular attention is paid to the emerging field of community informatics, and the implications that this field holds for the work of information and knowledge management professionals

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

understand the nature and operation of information communities within contemporary society;
have an understanding of community informatics as an emerging discipline and professional practice;
be familiar with contemporary debates concerning the social impact of information technology use;
gain understanding of the collaborative behaviours and interdependencies which contribute to notions of community;
demonstrate the ability to analyse and critique cases from the information industry.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%;

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Steven Wright

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorial/wk

Prohibitions

IMS5023

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5090/

FIT5092 - Electronic business

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Sunway Second semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit provides an introduction to e-business and how e-business relates to broader enterprise issues. The unit explores e-business from a management as well as technology perspective covering, the major issues facing business and managers in effectively managing e-business in contemporary organisations. It examines the evolving nature of e-business, its impacts on organisations, and how managers can effectively harness the potential of e-business investments to achieve organisational goals. The unit also involves study of the main theoretical and practical issues of e-business, e-business solutions in various environments, emerging patterns and their potential impacts on e-business.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

understand the key issues in the area;
understand the issues relating to the selection of the most appropriate model for an organisation;
understand the different technologies and e-business solutions from both a B2B and B2C perspective;
understand the key issues in the design, development and implementation of e-business from the perspective of both large and small organisations.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Caddie Gao

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 1 hr tutorial/wk

Prohibitions

IMS5007, BUS5960

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5092

FIT5093 - Business intelligence applications

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit is intended to provide students with a framework for understanding business intelligence reporting systems with particular focus on the evolutionary process of developing an OLAP-based business intelligence system.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the scope and application of OLAP technology and business intelligence systems;
have knowledge of the major approaches to the development of business intelligence and reporting systems;
be able to design simple multi-dimensional databases;
be able to develop a simple business intelligence system using an OLAP tool;
be able to develop a simple reporting system;
be able to communicate and foster realistic expectations of the role of OLAP technology and business intelligence systems in management and decision support.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Peter O'Donnell

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hr laboratory/wk

Prerequisites

One of FIT9003, BUS5071, IMS9003 or equivalent

Prohibitions

IMS5004

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5093/

FIT5094 - IT for management decision making

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides students with an understanding of the development and use of information systems that support managers, especially their decision-making tasks. Students will learn of the nature of management work and decision theory and how this affects the development of decision support systems. A number of commonly used decision support methods and techniques will be explored. Students will be introduced to personal decision support systems, group support systems, negotiation support systems, data warehousing, executive information systems and business intelligence.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the scope and application of IT for decision support;
have an understanding of the nature of managerial decision-making;
be familiar with the major approaches of IT-based decision support;
be able to choose the appropriate decision support approach for a particular project;
be able to undertake systems analysis for management support projects.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5094/

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

One of FIT9003, IMS9001, IMS9003

Prohibitions

IMS5005

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FIT5095 - Data warehousing

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

Managerial decision-makers often require information held in various organisational information systems to make improved strategic decisions. A data warehouse is designed to provide high quality data from a number of sources both inside and outside the organisation and is an example of a large-scale decision system. This unit presents students with coverage of several important aspects of data warehousing. These include the purpose of a data warehouse, data warehouse design, data warehouse architecture, data sourcing, implementing the data warehouse, organisational issues involved with designing and implementing a data warehouse, data warehouse governance and case studies.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

have knowledge of the theories and principles of data warehousing;
understand the potential benefits of data warehousing;
understand the techniques and tools used to design a data warehouse;
understand the theories and principles of data warehousing with regard to the practice of decision support;
be able to design multi-dimensional data structures;
appreciate how to interact effectively with managers, consultants and vendors in the development of a data warehouse.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5095/

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hr laboratory/wk

Prerequisites

FIT9003

Prohibitions

IMS5026

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FIT5097 - Business intelligence modelling

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the principles, techniques and applications of computer-based decision support models for business and industry. Topics include: decision trees; linear programming and optimisation; other mathematical programming methods; waiting lines and queues; time series analysis and forecasting; inventory modelling and discrete-event simulation. Models will be built and solved using spreadsheets or other computer applications as appropriate.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

have knowledge of a variety of techniques for modelling business decision problems;
be able to choose the appropriate decision model for a particular problem;
have skills in setting up simple models and solving with hand calculations;
have skills in setting up mathematical models for solution in a spreadsheet or other application software;
have skills in the validation of models and conducting a sensitivity analysis.
have skills in analysing a real problem and reporting the results;
understand the difficulty of applying models to real situations, which often requires that approximations, simplifications and generalisations be made;
understand that the approximate nature of some types of business modelling means that a sensitivity analysis be conducted.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr John Betts

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

At least one quantitative unit (such as Mathematics or Statistics) in an undergraduate degree.

Prohibitions

BUS5570

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5097

FIT5101 - Enterprise systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Sunway First semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit provides students with an overview of Enterprise Systems and is designed to describe the role of enterprise systems as part of the larger IT infrastructure of large scale organisations. Emphasis will be placed on benefit realisation through the use of specific measurement tools to help manage and deploy these packages. Additionally SAP R/3 will be used to introduce students to the complexity of enterprise wide systems through tutorial workshops where appropriate. This will include the addition of process modelling software tasks in practical sessions using ARIS toolset (SAP R/3 reference model).

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

identify the role of business wide systems to support the business strategy;
identify the main suppliers, products and application domains of enterprise wide packages;
understand the scale and complexity of enterprise system packages;
understand the integrative role of enterprise systems for information within the organisational context;
describe the role of enterprise systems as part of the larger IT infrastructure of large scale organisations;
identify the implementation variables, individual variables and contextual variables that interact to influence a successful enterprise system implementation;
use a process modelling tool to model processes.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 30%; In-semester assessment: 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Sue Foster

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 1.5 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

FIT9006

Prohibitions

IMS5052, BUS5700

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5101/

FIT5102 - IT strategy and governance

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit develops understanding of information technology and information and knowledge management governance frameworks and strategy perspectives, with particular emphasis on the regulatory environment, legislative and organisational controls, audits, standards, professional certifications, and issues associated with measuring performance, demonstrating value and minimising risk. The unit builds on intellectual capital theory, augmented by insights from social capital and emotional capital. It draws on case studies to differentiate strategies focused primarily on people, business processes, and content, and considers the supporting technologies that can facilitate each approach.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will understand:

the characteristics and limitations of different IT and IKM governance frameworks and strategy perspectives, and how competing perspectives can be reconciled in practice;
the concepts underpinning the dominant intellectual capital perspective on IT and IKM strategy, the strengths and limitations of this approach, and how social capital and emotional capital insights can augment this view of strategy;
the distinct features, the functional/disciplinary origins, and the key drivers of IT and IKM strategies focused primarily on
1. people,
2. business processes, and
3. content and technology, and the supporting technologies that can facilitate each approach;
links between strategy, performance and measurement, and the issues associated with demonstrating the value and benefits of IT and IKM;
the nature of the IT and IKM regulatory environment and approaches to controlling risk;
the importance of marketing, leading and championing IT and IKM within the organisation, and of reflective practice.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Frada Burstein

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorial/wk

Prerequisites

FIT9006 or completion of 24 points of graduate units from FIT

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5102/

FIT5104 - Professional practice

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

Students are introduced to the practical environment where theory of information management and systems is applied and helps prepare students for entry into the professional workplace. Through a fieldwork placement, students gain in-depth understanding of information agencies and the organisational environment in which they operate. It encourages analysis of links between theoretical concepts of information management, knowledge management and systems, to professional practice in the workplace. The unit evaluates issues in information management and information systems currently identified by practitioners, managers, researchers, organisations, and academics as being of professional concern.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

evaluate professional literature and knowledge in relation to practice;
analyse current issues relating to the information industry;
apply theories and practice of their selected specialisation to the workplace;
demonstrate practical skills at a professional level in an information agency or information-related functional area, as well as an ability to interact effectively with work colleagues and clients;
assess career opportunities within the information industry and develop a personal career plan;
evaluate the role in professional practice of ethical codes, professional literature, professional networks and professional associations.

Assessment

Presentation on Professional Placement: 25%; Participation in Seminar and Discussion Forum: 25%; Professional Practice Research Project: 50%; Supervised professional placement and host supervisor's report (PGO grade)

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Sue McKemmish

Contact hours

3 hrs lecture/wk

Prerequisites

Only available to students in the Graduate Diploma of Information and Knowledge Management or students in the Library, Archival and Recordkeeping Systems specialisation or the Corporate Information and Knowledge Management specialisation in the MBIS or MBIS Professional. Entry to this unit is subject to approval. The unit should be undertaken after other core units of the specialisation have been completed.

Prohibitions

IMS5015

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5104/

FIT5105 - Information access

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield First semester 2012 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the major categories of information resources in all media and how they are accessed through a variety of common user interfaces from anywhere in the world. The process of satisfying these needs through the reference interview and the application of skilled search strategies is explored. The ways that information resources are procured by libraries and e-repositories through purchase or licensing, and supplied to users on a cost-effective, efficient basis are examined. Access and authentication, intellectual property law and professional duty of care are described.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

implement decisions about applying organisational policies for reference and collection services, justify the principles of collection management strategies, and evaluate them;
manage networked access for users in the case of electronic resources;
develop information literacy programs; and
select the best source of knowledge for a practical information need.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Sue McKemmish

Contact hours

2 hrs lecture/wk, 1 hr seminar/wk

Prohibitions

IMS5016

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5105/

FIT5106 - Information organisation

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit develops understanding of the fundamental principles, concepts and standards that guide the development of information organisation and retrieval systems and web-based information architectures. It deals with standards governing description, distribution and access to information locally and globally cataloguing, indexing, thesaurus construction, classification and metadata for knowledge discovery. It examines the effects of economic, social and technological factors on the development of bibliographic networks and cataloguing operations. Practical sessions deal with the use of major bibliographic tools, schemes and systems for information organisation.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the key principles, concepts and standards that guide the development of information organisation and retrieval systems and web-based information architectures;
have skills in applying standard cataloguing, classification, indexing, thesaurus construction, and knowledge discovery metadata schemes and tools;
have developed experience in interacting with selected bibliographic utilities/ networks, and in using bibliographic software; and
be able to develop systems for organising information and facilitating access to information resources in physical collections or digital/web-based repositories.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Tom Denison

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prohibitions

IMS5017

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5106/

FIT5107 - Managing business records

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit relates to managing the creation, storage, recall and dissemination of business records within organisation-wide frameworks. Topics cover: socio-legal and business requirements for evidence; knowledge bases for representing functions and activities; managing access; designing and implementing recordkeeping policies, strategies and systems in accordance with industry and professional standards, including the International Standard for Records Management, and using recordkeeping business analysis tools (workflow, risk management, identification of vital records, functional analysis).

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the business processes that recordkeeping activities support, and the evidential requirements for evidence of business activities that exist in the work place;
understand how systems are designed and implemented to meet business needs and evidential requirements;
have the skills to undertake various forms of business analysis in support of records management activities;
be able to collaborate effectively with other professionals in the design and implementation of electronic recordkeeping systems in a large organisation, or to undertake these activities alone in a small organisation; and
be able to advise team members and function managers on records management systems for business purposes.

Assessment

Class activities and discussion (or electronic equivalent): 25%;
Practical exercises - individual assignment: 25%;
Formal supervised assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Joanne Evans

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorials/wk

Prohibitions

IMS5047

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5107/

FIT5108 - Reading unit

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit enables students to read widely in a relevant topic within the fields of information technology, information systems or information management, under supervision. It may cover an area not offered in any other fifth-year level unit, or involve building greater in-depth knowledge in an area with which they already have some familiarity. Details for the reading unit will be defined and approved individually for each student and will include objectives, assessment details, due dates and an initial reading list. Assessment comprises a research paper or review (6000-10,000 words), project report, or equivalent. Enrolment into Reading Units and allocation of a supervising academic will be approved by the Associate Dean (Education).

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

gain detailed knowledge and in-depth understanding of a topic of interest to the student; which is not formally taught, but would be regarded as relevant to and enhancing the students studies;
develop an ability to analyse and synthesise and construct arguments from a range of published sources;
develop skills at critiquing and evaluating others ideas, opinions and arguments;
demonstrate a willingness to present ideas for scrutiny to a supervisor;
demonstrate a willingness and an ability to accept criticism of ideas.;
appreciate the nature and demands of independent research.
learn self-reliance and time management skills in order to gain greater independence as a learner;
learn to work effectively in a close, cooperative relationship with a supervisor.

Assessment

Research assignment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Steven Wright

Contact hours

Students meet weekly with their supervisors for approximately 30 minutes to set goals and report on achievements and difficulties.

Prerequisites

Completion of 24 points of graduate units from FIT.
Entry to this unit is subject to approval of the Associate Dean Education (ADE), on the advice of the relevant Masters Program Leader. An application form is required.

Prohibitions

IMS5021, BUS5010

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5108/

FIT5109 - Research topic

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield First semester 2012 (Off-campus) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

This unit enables students to pursue a particular topic of research in the fields of information technology, information systems or information management. The research is done under supervision, and provides a chance for a student to pursue a topic of interest that has not been covered in other coursework units, or to build more in-depth knowledge in an area with which they already have some familiarity but desire more knowledge and expertise. Students enrolling in this unit should have the approval of the Head of School or their nominee. Assessment comprises a research paper, project report, or equivalent.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

gain detailed knowledge and in-depth understanding of a topic of interest to the student; which is not formally taught, but would be regarded as relevant to and enhancing the students studies;
develop an ability to analyse and synthesise and construct arguments from a range of published sources;
develop skills at critiquing and evaluating others ideas, opinions and arguments;
demonstrate a willingness to present ideas for scrutiny to a supervisor;
demonstrate a willingness and an ability to accept criticism of ideas.;
appreciate the nature and demands of independent research.
learn self-reliance and time management skills in order to gain greater independence as a learner;
learn to work effectively in a close, cooperative relationship with a supervisor.

Assessment

Research paper, review, project report or equivalent: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Steven Wright

Contact hours

Students meet weekly with their supervisors for approximately 30 minutes to set goals and report on achievements and difficulties.

Prerequisites

Prohibitions

IMS5037

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5109/

FIT5111 - Information systems development practices

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit is designed to provide students with an understanding of a range of tools and techniques for systems development and knowledge of a number of specific systems development methodologies. The main topics include the tools and techniques for systems development, the evaluation of the tools and techniques, evolution of development methodologies, the organisational context in which systems development takes place and a number of systems development approaches. These include participative development, soft systems approaches, object-oriented development, structured systems development approaches, data and information-oriented approaches and rapid application development.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the evolution of systems development methodologies;
understand the tools and techniques that are used in the development of information systems;
be able to select appropriate tools and/or techniques for the development of information systems;
understand the strategies that are used to improve productivity and quality during systems development;
understand the organisational context within which systems development takes place;
be able to evaluate and critique different system development methodologies.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 40%; In-semester assessment: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Henry Linger

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorial/wk

Prerequisites

FIT9003 and FIT9006, or one of IMS9001, BUS5021

Prohibitions

IMS5006, IMS5024

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5111/

FIT5150 - Project management as knowledge-based practice

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Off-campus) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit explores core disciplines that inform the project management function and their contribution to the concepts and principles that are the basis of project management practices. Building on this foundation, a knowledge based view of project management is presented with particular emphasis on reflective practice. Project management maturity models, competencies and organisational capabilities, in particular the approach to organising the project management function into projects, programs and portfolios, are examined from this perspective. Case studies will illustrate the theoretical foundations and demonstrate how theory can be incorporated into organisational practices.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand project management as knowledge based and reflective practice;
have knowledge of the core disciplines that underpin project management;
understand how the core disciplines inform the fundamental principles, concepts and standards that guide project management practices;
be able to formulate the organising principles of the project management function;
be able to specify the organisational capabilities to support project management;
have the skills to design and develop an appropriate management structure for the project management function.

Assessment

Formal supervised assessment: 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Frada Burstein

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 1 hr tutorial/wk

Prerequisites

FIT9006 or IMS9001 or BUS5021 or completion of 24 credit points of PG level study

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5150/

FIT5151 - Object-oriented business application development

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Gippsland First semester 2012 (Off-campus) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

FIT5151 will aim at capitalising on what students have learned in FIT9017 Foundations of programming (or equivalent. The unit covers more in-depth material to enable students to build business applications that follow good Software Engineering principles of maintainability, reusability and expandability. The emphasis will be on helping students acquire solid object-oriented programming knowledge and skills for building business applications. Popular object-oriented design patterns will be introduced whenever appropriate to illustrate effective design process in building larger systems.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students will have -

A knowledge and understanding of:

how to produce well-run, well-tested and well-documented object-oriented software by following solid software engineering principles of maintainability, reusability and expandability;
effective use of popular object-oriented design patterns in the design process of larger systems;
how to effectively and efficiently develop object-oriented application solutions to business-related problem specifications.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

appreciate the responsibility of coming up with well-tested and documented programs;
appreciate the need to maintain ethical conducts when programming by making sure the code used my program is their own or taken from a legitimate source with full acknowledgement.

Gained practical skills to:

navigate around in an Integrated Development Environment in order to efficiently produce quality applications;
develop good software testing strategies.

Demonstrated the communication skills necessary to:

work in a team to come up with an integrated business software solution

explain their design and testing strategies in writing and in person through interviews.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Chris Ling

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

FIT9017 or equivalent

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5151/

FIT5152 - User interface design and usability

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Gippsland Second semester 2012 (Off-campus) South Africa Second semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Summer semester B 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides detailed understanding of user interface design principles and practices and usability for computer-based systems. The principles, guidelines and standards for incorporating human factors in computer interface design are explored. The unit examines issues in interface design and usability from various perspectives and how to manage this during systems development. It explores contemporary issues including: background and underpinning theories, guidelines and standards, design processes and implementation in practice, user interface evaluation methods, interface styles and componential design. The application of HCI design in other environments such as virtual reality and mobile devices will be covered.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students should be able to:

understand from a management as well as technology perspective how the theories, guidelines and standards can be incorporated into the design of user interfaces;
understand and apply the principles of interface design relating to HCI, this includes recognising good and bad examples;
apply the standards, principles and theories in practice.
develop and conduct usability evaluations and be able to interpret the results, identify changes that are needed to a user interface
understand the different design considerations for designing for the Web and other devices
understand the different user centred development methodologies that look at design from a user perspective. In particular have knowledge of the basic principles of good interface design and HCI principles;
appreciate the difficulties users face when working with systems and be able to comprehend the concepts and principles underlying effective interface design and recognise good design from poor design and what the difference is from a user perspective;
develop attitudes which enable them to interact effectively with users in order to apply this knowledge to the design of interfaces for a range of technologies;
analyse the component parts of an interface so to be able to identify what is good design;
synthesise the knowledge, guidelines and theory to understand how each contributes to practice;
effectively conduct an evaluation of an information system especially in terms of usability of information systems;
understand the development of systems from a user perspective;
appreciate the difficulties users face when working with systems;
apply the principles, standards and theories relating to interface design and HCI to information systems development;
gather user requirements effectively;
design an effective user interface;
conduct a usability test and interpret the outcome;
recognise poor design and solutions.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Julie Fisher

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 1.5 hr laboratory/wk

Prohibitions

FIT4063, IMS5302, CSE5930

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5152/

FIT5157 - Services science

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

Services science draws from the social sciences, business, and engineering technology and applies scientific methods to the design and management of services. The use of IT is a crucial and essential part of services science and an understanding this area is of major importance to IT students. In the current business environment IT techniques and skills have become essential to successfully manage operations, services and projects. The focus of this unit is to provide students with sufficient knowledge of modern services science and business operations, concepts, and modern software, to work effectively in service operations roles in industry and government.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand how service businesses operate and evolve;
understand the management principles, concepts and standards that guide service operations and project management practices;
be able to specify the organisational capabilities to support service operations management;
have the skills to design and develop an appropriate management structure for service operations and the management of service projects.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Rodney Martin

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have a background in IT, Engineering or Science.

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5157/

FIT5158 - Customer relationship management and data mining

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Sunway First semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides an understanding of the business value of customer relationship management and how data mining technology can be used to improve organizational interaction with customers. Building a business around the customer relationship is the aspiration of many modern organizations. Customer relationship management and data mining has been combined together to provide the required concepts, techniques, technology and tools to achieve this goal. The unit discuss how IT and IT based techniques can be used for customer segmentation, clustering and classification, market basket analysis and association rule mining in addition to traditional CRM.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

use software tools and techniques for identifying business opportunities;
plan direct marketing campaigns and product introductions;
analyse and understand customer churn with data mining tools;
create stable and accurate predictive models and interpret results;
provide advise to management on CRM;
advise management on data mining techniques and tools.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor David Dowe

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 1 hr laboratory/wk

Prerequisites

FIT9004 or FIT9017

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5158/

FIT5159 - IT for financial decisions

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit provides students with an understanding of the development and use of IT tools and techniques for modelling and decision support in the field of finance. The unit is designed to give students a broad understanding of the financial subsystems confronting business enterprises. The main focus, besides the traditional modelling of finance decision making process using spreadsheet tools, will be IT tools and related techniques that can aid in the analysis and interpretation of real financial problems confronting an enterprise. This unit will look at business related financial issues in the context of specific case studies.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the core foundations of finance, as appropriate to key financial analysis and decision making;
understand the core technologies that support financial analysis and decision making;
understand quantitative techniques supporting financial analysis and decision making;
be able to apply the technologies and techniques studied to solving financial issues;
be able to analyse financial solution requirements and select appropriate technical and quantitative decision aids;
be able to interpret outputs from quantitative and technology based finance tools to aid in decision making.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Rodney Martin

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratory/wk

Prerequisites

FIT9004 or FIT9017 or CSE9000 or BUS9520
Basic descriptive and inferential statistics, some financial accounting and basic business finance knowledge.

Prohibitions

BUS5030

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5159/

FIT5160 - Business process modelling, design and simulation

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

Business processes must be designed to ensure that they are effective and meet customer requirements. A well-designed process will improve efficiency and deliver greater productivity. This unit will introduce students to analytical tools that can be used to model, analyse, understand and design business processes. Students will also gain hands-on experience in using simulation software as a tool for analysing business processes.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

have a thorough understanding of business organisations, their functional structure and the advantage of considering the process oriented view of organisations;
demonstrate a thorough knowledge of business processes, their structure and how processes fit in to the overall organisation objectives;
be able to use analytical tools for modeling, analysing, understanding and designing business processes;
have acquired skills to use simulation software as a tool for analysing business processes;
be able to report to and advise management on business process design and re-engineering issues.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Yen Cheung

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

FIT9004 or FIT9017 or BUS9520

Prohibitions

BUS5502

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5160/

FIT5163 - Information and computer security

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit provides students with in depth coverage of a range of security problems in information systems, namely physical security, network security and software security. Within these areas, topics covered include risk analysis, authentication, access control, and a range of cryptographic techniques. It looks at various management issues, including use and abuse of encryption, distributed systems authentication, contingency planning, auditing, logging and integrity management. A range of security applications are used as examples.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

have knowledge of risks, threats and the goals of information security;
understand various controls and their effectiveness for information security in an organisation;
be able to evaluate the effectiveness (both in terms of performance and limitations) of individual control techniques;
match the risk against controls and evaluate their applicability.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Nandita Bhattacharjee

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs tutorials/wk

Prerequisites

Introductory knowledge of computing at the undergraduate level is assumed.

Prohibitions

FIT4016, CSE4892

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5163/

FIT5164 - GRID computing

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

E-Research provides means to harnessing contemporary ICT capabilities for solving challenging problems in science, medicine, and engineering. Computer grids play an pivotal role in E-Research; providing a seamless (web-like) access to a variety of networked resources, e.g. large data stores and information repositories, expensive instruments, high-speed links, sensors networks, and multimedia services for a wide range of applications. Topics covered include: Computational and Service-Oriented Grids, Grid-enabled Applications,. Gridservices, OGSA, Webservices, WSDL, Clustered Computing, GridMPI, Instruments and Sensors, Parametric Computing, P2P, and Data Grids.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

be able to evaluate enabling technologies such as high-speed links and storage area networks for building computer grids;
be able to utilise grid computing and clustering middleware, such as Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM), Message Passing Interface (MPI), HPC Portals, and Peer-to-Peer networks for implementing virtual super computing resources;
be able to design a grid computing application in one of the key application areas e.g. Computer Animation, E-Research;
be able to install a grid computing environment;
develop communications skills and accept the code of professional conduct and practice through short presentations and group work.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Asad Khan

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

One of FIT9017, FIT9008, FIT9004 or FIT9018

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5164/

FIT5166 - Information retrieval systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit presents students with the theory and practice underlying computerised information retrieval. Topics covered include: history and context of information retrieval systems, retrieval models, Boolean, vector space and probabilistic, evaluation strategies, test collections, web search engines, indexing, content-based multimedia retrieval and relevance feedback.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

appreciate the context and application of information retrieval systems;
understand the different models of information retrieval and their comparative advantages and disadvantages;
understand how objective and subjective evaluation strategies are used with information retrieval systems;
be conversant with the issues and challenges of managing very large collections of heterogeneous data for information retrieval;
understand how web search engines and search algorithms are constructed, utilised and deployed;
appreciate how to index different media;
understand how information retrieval systems can be used for the retrieval of audio-visual information;
appreciate the theoretical and practical underpinnings of relevance feedback in information retrieval systems.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Campbell Wilson

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5166/

FIT5167 - Natural computation for intelligent systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit looks at the development and application of biologically inspired models of computation. We study: basic components of a natural neural systems: synapses, dendrites and neurons and their computational models; fundamental concepts of data and signal encoding and processing; neural network architectures: pattern association networks, auto associative networks, feedforward networks, competitive networks, self organizing networks and recurrent networks; plasticity and learning. Hebb rule, supervised learning, reinforced learning, error-correcting learning, unsupervised learning, competitive learning, self-organization.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand basic computational principles underlying the operations of biological neural systems;
have knowledge of computational methods of simulating biological and artificial neural systems;
have knowledge of supervised, unsupervised and self-organising neuronal learning systems;
be able to use computer software to simulate behaviour of neurons and neural networks.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Grace Rumantir

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prohibitions

CSE5301

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5167

FIT5168 - Object and semi-structured database

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

Management of semi-structured data. The unit looks at the limitation of current relational based DBMS in handling XML. Explore the concept of modelling XML using XML Schema and retrieving it using XSLT. Design issues in creating native XML database. Exploring the approaches taken by current relational DBMS in storing and retrieving XML-based data.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

have the knowledge of managing data that may not be appropriately modelled and implemented as relational model;
be able to design data repository for XML documents;
be able to apply appropriate technology to manage XML data;
be able to use current DBMS to store and retrieve non-relational data such as XML and multimedia;
appreciate the strength and weaknesses of several approaches such as object relational, native XML and object oriented DBMS in handling the XML and multimedia database.

Assessment

Examination: 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Mark Carman

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

Recommended knowledge: Knowledge of relational database.

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5168/

FIT5169 - Probabilistic expert systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Not offered in 2012

Synopsis

This unit provides an understanding of current methods of automated probabilistic reasoning in graphical models and their application in building expert systems. Techniques for data mining graphical models will also be surveyed. A theoretical background in deterministic and stochastic probability propagation in Bayesian networks is joined with a case study of application development in a domain such as ecological risk assessment or meteorological modeling.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

be able to design and build probabilistic expert systems;
understand the application of probability theory to reasoning under uncertainty;
be able to apply automated decision analysis tools;
be familiar with the main Bayesian network tools and their capabilities;
understand how to data mine graphical models;
be able to knowledge engineer Bayesian networks.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5169

FIT5170 - Programming for distributed, parallel and mobile systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Not offered in 2012

Synopsis

This unit focuses on the design and programming techniques essential for developing distributed software systems and applications - with Java as the teaching language. The unit presents concurrent programming primitives and concepts for distributed systems. The unit also focuses on application of concurrent techniques in distributed system designs. Programming and implementation issues and techniques of distributed applications are studied. Enabling techniques for building distributed systems are analyzed and evaluated. Distributed Software Patterns are presented. The unit also includes case studies of distributed programming paradigms and their applications (e.g. JINI, JavaSpaces).

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the concepts and characteristics of distributed and concurrent software;
identify and evaluate common distributed and concurrent software designs;
design distributed software applications using typical distributed software architectures;
write distributed and concurrent software programs.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%, In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Chris Ling

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

Recommended knowledge: Some exposure to multithreading. Knowledge of all Java language constructs such as loops, conditionals, methods, classes, inheritance and core Java packages. Use of O/O models such as UML diagrams.

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5170/

FIT5171 - System validation and verification, quality and standards

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Clayton First semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit covers the core software engineering disciplines concerned with managing and delivering quality software. Topics include processes, tools and techniques for system validation and verification, including major commercial tools used in industry. It shows how to predict, analyse and control defects in complex software systems. Inspection and testing methodologies, analysis of artefacts, robustness, performance analysis configuration management, quality assurance plan and standards including ISO9000/AS39000, compliance, assessment, certification issues are covered.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

have knowledge and understanding of the role of validation & verification methods in the system life cycle;
have gained practical experience in using commercial validation tools to help detect software system defects;
appreciate how assertion mechanisms impact reasoning;
be able to analyse and control defects in complex systems;
have an understanding of inspection & testing methods, configuration management, performance, and quality standards issues.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 50%; Examination (2 hours): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Yuan-Fang Li

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 1 hr tutorial/wk

Prerequisites

Recommended knowledge: programming in C, C++ and Java; OOSE, Analysis, Design and Programming; OO Method - UML notation, method and SE process; Project Management.

Prohibitions

CSE4431, FIT4004

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5171/

FIT5174 - Parallel and distributed systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

Modern computer systems contain parallelism in both hardware and software. This unit covers parallelism in both general purpose and application specific computer architectures and the programming paradigms that allow parallelism to be exploited in software. This unit examines both shared memory and message passing paradigms in both hardware and software; concurrency, multithreading and synchronicity; parallel, clustered and distributed supercomputing models and languages. Students will program in these paradigms.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have:

knowledge of a variety of parallel architectures, such as bus-based, massively parallel, cluster, vector;
knowledge of a variety of parallel programming paradigms, synchronisation and parallelisation primitives, message passing, data parallel, tuple space;
understanding of concurrency, synchronicity and parallelism;
understanding of the design issues of parallel systems;
skills in designing, developing and debugging parallel programs using a variety of paradigms.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Asad Khan

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk

Prerequisites

Recommended knowledge: operating systems, including synchronisation and interprocess communication mechanisms; advanced computer architecture, including pipelining techniques.

Prohibitions

CSE4333

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5174/

FIT5178 - Applied project management

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit, together with FIT5057 Project management, and FIT5180 Business and legal issues in project management, gives a full coverage of the main areas of Project Management. These units will give students the knowledge and skills needed to work in project planning, project control, or as an entry level project manager in industry. The emphasis in this unit is on the technical aspects of planning and executing projects. It will also cover the important areas of financial calculations, budgets, and decision making.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

Prepare project network diagrams and do finite capacity scheduling of projects;
do project and activity time compression to prepare quotations and meet due dates;
prepare plans, budgets, and control systems for new projects;
complete quotation, pricing, financial and profit calculations for projects;
understand methods of project selection, net present value analysis, decision making, and risk analysis;
understand the issues involved with project contract administration;
advise on the issues of Quality Management and the ISO 9000 Standards;
have a detailed understanding of modern Project Management software.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 50%, In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Rodney Martin

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hr laboratory/wk

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5178.html

FIT5180 - Business and legal issues in project management

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit, together with FIT5057 Project management, and FIT5178 Applied project management, gives a full coverage of the main areas of Project Management. These units will give students the knowledge and skills needed to work in project planning, project control, or as an entry level project manager in industry. The emphasis in FIT5180 is on the business and legal aspects of planning and executing projects. Project management is a common pathway to higher management in industry. These topics are especially important to students who intend to work as project managers and take part in the sales, contract administration, and strategic planning of an organisation.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

Do financial and accounting calculations for projects. These topics will include in depth costing, balance sheet, NPV, IRR, capital budgeting, cash flow, variance analysis.
Understand the legal issues which occur in project management. These will include business law, contract law, international law, understanding legal project management principles, applying project management principles to the practice of law, litigation matters, managing disputes, administrative and judicial way of solving disputes, contract risk analysis, liability in project management.
Understand the modern theory of entrepreneurship in relation to project management. These topics will include types of entrepreneurs, problem faced by entrepreneurs, skills and knowledge necessary for entrepreneurs, innovative start-up, sources of finance, opportunity recognition, valuation and negotiations, financial and accounting issues.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Joze Kuzic

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 1 hr laboratory/wk

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5180.html

FIT5181 - Advanced topics in information systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit will develop students capabilities to undertake research in the information systems field. Students will learn various research methods and study published research papers in which these research methods have been used. Students will learn to evaluate how well the research methods have been used in published research papers. Students will also develop an understanding of some of the exciting, leading-edge research in the information systems field. This understanding may enable students to identify research topics that they would like to pursue, perhaps in an honours, masters, or PhD thesis.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have:

developed capabilities to undertake research in the information systems field;
learned various research methods and study published research papers in which these research methods have been used;
learned to evaluate how well the research methods have been used in published research papers.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Ron Weber

Contact hours

3 hrs seminar/wk

Co-requisites

FIT4005

Prohibitions

FIT4007

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu/units/fit5181/

FIT5182 - Decision support systems research internship

12 points, SCA Band 2, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit adds to previous study in the key business intelligence/decision support systems graduate units and provides an avenue for high-performing students to experience research as an intern working with DSS researchers on a major project. Each intern will have a negotiated work and assessment schedule. Admission to the internship requires excellence in the prerequisite units and a satisfactory interview with the relevant project researchers.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

have developed capabilities to undertake research in the decision support systems field;
have learned a particular research method and gained mastery of the application of some aspect of the method;
be able to communicate their role and contribution to a DSS research project.

Assessment

In-semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5182.html

Contact hours

Interns are expected to spend 24 hours per week on FIT5182. They are required to attend seminars, workshops, and meetings related to DSS research during their internship.

Prerequisites

FIT5093, FIT5094 and FIT5095
Students must achieve a high distinction grade in each of these units. Selection for students who meet this requirement is based on a final interview.

Prohibitions

FIT5098

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

FIT5183 - Programming for distributed, parallel and mobile systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Os-chi-seu Term 3 2012 (Day)

Notes

This unit is only available to students enrolled in the double award Master International/Master of Information Technology Systems with South East University, China

Synopsis

This unit focuses on the design and programming techniques essential for developing distributed software systems and applications - with Java as the teaching language. The unit presents concurrent programming primitives and concepts for distributed systems. The unit also focuses on application of concurrent techniques in distributed system designs. Programming and implementation issues and techniques of distributed applications are studied. Enabling techniques for building distributed systems are analysed and evaluated. Distributed Software Patterns are presented. The unit also includes case studies of distributed programming paradigms and their applications.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

understand the concepts and characteristics of distributed and concurrent software;
identify and evaluate common distributed and concurrent software designs;
design distributed software applications using typical distributed software architectures;
write distributed and concurrent software programs.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%, In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jue Xie

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

Some exposure to multithreading. Knowledge of all Java language constructs such as loops, conditionals, methods, classes, inheritance and core Java packages. Use of O/O models such as UML diagrams.

FIT5185 - Introduction to IT research methods

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Clayton First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to IT research. Specifically, it introduces major research methods that are used by IT researchers including experiments, surveys, case studies, and design science. It also addresses the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. Students will learn how to effectively communicate research. Skills developed and knowledge acquired from this unit will prepare students to conduct their own research, as well as to be knowledgeable consumers of others' research.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students will be able to understand:

the major philosophies and principles of research;
the major research methods used in IT research;
when a particular method is appropriate for a particular project;
how to collect and analyse quantitative and qualitative research data;
how to communicate research findings to a variety of audiences;
how to critically review research designs and literature.

Assessment

In-semester assessment (assignments and class tests): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Geoff Webb

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs studios/tutorials/wk

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in an FIT Masters Honours degree. Students enrolled in a postgraduate coursework degree must have permission from the chief examiner and course director.

Prohibitions

FIT4005

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit5185.html

FIT5186 - Intelligent systems

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Os-chi-seu Term 3 2012 (Day)

Notes

This unit is only available to students enrolled in the double award Master International/Master of Information Technology Systems with South East University, China

Synopsis

This unit introduces main techniques widely used in intelligent software systems to students in the Master of Information Technology Systems course with the Network Computing major. Specifically, it focuses on the techniques in relation to network structures. Main topics covered include neural network models, supervised learning and classification, unsupervised learning and clustering, fuzzy logic, intelligent decision analysis, optimum network flow modelling, and recommender systems.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will have a knowledge and understanding of:

the applications of intelligent software systems;
the principles and theoretical underpinning of intelligent software systems;
the models and approaches to building intelligent software systems;
the advantages and limitations of intelligent models and approaches for solving a wide range of practical problems;
different software toolkits and development environments;
current research trends in the field.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 70%; In-semester assessment: 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Chung-Hsing Yeh

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

Prerequisites

Fundamental mathematics

FIT5187 - Wireless networks

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Os-chi-seu Term 3 2012 (Day)

Notes

This unit is only available to students enrolled in the double award Master International/Master of Information Technology Systems with South East University, China

Synopsis

This unit will review the basic concepts of networking technologies and analyse technological aspects of the wireless network. Main topics will include: antenna and propagation for wireless systems, fundamentals of physical layers used in wireless networks, wireless local area networks (WLAN/WiFi), WiMax systems, mobile network technologies (3G and LTE), mesh networks. Unit will also cover advanced topics in wireless networking.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

describe the basic characteristics of layered protocol networking model and wireless mobile systems;
understand architecture and signal characteristics of cellular communication systems;
understand physical and media access control layers used in wireless technologies for signal encoding, spread spectrum and error control;
understand architectures of: WiFi, WiMax, and advanced mobile networking systems like LTE as described in relevant standards;
understand concepts behind mesh networks analyse advance topics in wireless networking.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Andrew Paplinski

Contact hours

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories and tutorials/wk

Prerequisites

Fundamental knowledge of computer and communication systems

FIT5190 - Introduction to IT research methods

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Os-chi-seu Term 3 2012 (Day)

Notes

This unit is only available to students enrolled in the double award Master International/Master of Information Technology Systems with South East University, China

Synopsis

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to understand:

the major philosophies and principles of research;
the major research methods used in IT research,;
when a particular method is appropriate for a particular project;
how to collect and analyse quantitative and qualitative research data;
how to communicate research findings to a variety of audiences;
how to critically review research designs and literature.

Assessment

In-semester assessment (assignments and class tests): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Chung-Hsing Yeh

Contact hours

Two hours of lecture and two hours of studio/tutorial per week.

FIT5191 - Network protocols and network security

12 points, SCA Band 2, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Os-chi-seu Term 4 2012 (Day)

Notes

This unit is only available to students enrolled in the double award Master International/Master of Information Technology Systems with South East University, China

Synopsis

Module 1: In-depth coverage of the protocols used to operate the Internet and intranets, and a selection of major applications, including specific implementations of the protocols and systems. The topics include: Advanced Internet Addressing: IPv6, subnetting, supernetting. TCP Performance and Enhancements: Reno, New-Reno, Fast Retransmit and Recovery, etc. Unicast and multicast routing protocols: BGP4, OSPF, MOSPF, DVMRP, etc. Messaging systems: SMTP, MIME, POP3, IMAP, World Wide Web systems: client-server implementations, HTTP, Real Time Protocols: RTP, RTCP,RSVP. Security and Firewall. Quality of Service issues: DiffServ and IntServ. Network management and Remote File activities.

Module 2: This unit aims to provide students with fundamental knowledge of network and information security. Topics to be covered include network components and services, network computer systems and security policy, security at different system layers, basic cryptography and information security, information security and communications, intrusion detection system, malicious code and detection and prevention systems, authentication systems, and wireless security.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

have a well-developed conceptual framework, enabling them to keep pace with developments in the rapidly changing field of network computing;
have a thorough understanding of one or more specialised areas of study within network computing;
be familiar with using current technology, systems and software relevant to network computing;
be able to practise professionally as a network computing specialist;
understand the fundamentals of Network Security issues including possible vulnerabilities in a computer system, software and hardware applications;
be familiar with basic symmetric and asymmetric cryptography including symmetric and asymmetric crypto systems such as DES, RSA, RC4;
understand authentication systems;
understand security regime to prevent computer malicious codes such as viruses, logic bombs, etc;
be familiar with security design at different levels of OSI model, IPSec, SSL, and security at application layer;
understand the need of firewalls, detection and prevention systems.

Assessment

Examination: 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Iqbal Gondal

Contact hours

10 hrs lectures/wk, 10 hrs tutorials/wk for 5 weeks

FIT5192 - Internet applications and web services

12 points, SCA Band 2, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Os-chi-seu Term 4 2012 (Day)

Notes

This unit is only available to students enrolled in the double award Master International/Master of Information Technology Systems with South East University, China

Synopsis

This unit focuses on the design and development of Internet applications with a focus on web services technology. The unit presents an overview of multi-tier web applications and technologies that operate in different layers of typical web architectures. In particular, the unit will introduce the emergence of web services from middleware and Enterprise Architecture Integration (EAI), the fundamental concepts of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), web services and the key standards that underpin web services: SOAP, WSDL and UDDI. Various service discovery protocols will be evaluated and compared. This unit also teaches a range of web application development technologies focusing on state-of-the-art object oriented scripting languages for mobile and conventional web applications. The unit will provide students with skills to enable web page functionality through scripting, to program and deploy web services as well as to access and consume/use web services. It is assumed that all students have a strong knowledge of object-oriented programming.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have -

an understanding of web environments and their components;
an understanding of the principles of object oriented scripting and the knowledge of the various uses to which scripting may be put;
the knowledge and skills to implement web applications, in an applications development environment;
an understanding of the principles of large scale, and small scale, web site development including an understanding of advanced design principles;
an understanding of the uses of mark-up languages and meta-languages in structuring data, particularly in a web context;
the knowledge and skills to implement web sites varying size and complexity, using XHTML and XML;
a professional attitude towards the development of web based information systems.

Assessment

Examination (2 hours): 40%; In-semester assessment: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jue Xie

Contact hours

10 hrs lectures/wk, 10 hrs laboratories/wk for 5 weeks

Prerequisites

It is assumed that all students have a strong knowledge of object-oriented programming, e.g. Java, C# or C++.

FIT5551 - Minor thesis part 1

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Clayton First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit is a research/thesis unit for FIT Masters (Honours) degrees, taken in the final stage of the Masters (Honours) course.

Before enrolling in the unit, students need to have reached agreement with a potential supervisor about a research area/feasible research topic for their Minor Thesis project.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have made substantial and measurable progress towards -
A knowledge and understanding of:

their research topic and the wider research domain;
research approaches and methods, and how to resolve research problems and issues;
well honed skills in critical thinking, analysis, evaluation and synthesis.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

have confidence in their ability to undertake independent research, and to plan and execute an individual research project;
appreciate the significance and contributions of a research culture in both academic and workplace contexts.

Developed the skills to:

plan and undertake rigorous independent research;
locate relevant research literature, and critically analyse and evaluate published research findings;
identify open problems in current research and promising new research directions, and from this to define a viable research topic;
develop a sound research design and feasible research project plan and schedule;
communicate effectively research results in a variety of forms, including informal oral presentations, written reports, seminar presentations and poster presentations.

communicate research ideas effectively in formal or informal contexts;
collaborate effectively with others involved in a research project (supervisors, research colleagues, industry collaborators).

Assessment

At the completion of the requirements for the thesis the following components of assessment will be completed:

Research Proposal: 5%; Literature Review: 10%; Interim Presentation: hurdle; Final Presentation: 5%; Thesis (normally 10,000 - 20,000 words): 80%

These assessment tasks will be completed over the course of several units in the Minor Thesis program but the overall grade for the thesis will only be finalised on completion of FIT5554 (24pts).

Chief examiner(s)

http://www.infotech.monash.edu/units/fit5551/

Contact hours

Regular meetings with supervisor(s) over the course of the unit enrolment.

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in a Faculty of IT Masters (Honours) degree.

Co-requisites

FIT4005 or FIT5185

Prohibitions

FIT5014, FIT5016, FIT5017, FIT5018

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

FIT5552 - Minor thesis part 2

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Clayton First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have made substantial and measurable progress towards-
A knowledge and understanding of:

their research topic and the wider research domain;
research approaches and methods, and how to resolve research problems and issues;
well honed skills in critical thinking, analysis, evaluation and synthesis.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

have confidence in their ability to undertake independent research, and to plan and execute an individual research project;
appreciate the significance and contributions of a research culture in both academic and workplace contexts.

Developed the skills to:

plan and undertake rigorous independent research;
locate relevant research literature, and critically analyse and evaluate published research findings;
identify open problems in current research and promising new research directions, and from this to define a viable research topic;
develop a sound research design and feasible research project plan and schedule;
communicate effectively research results in a variety of forms, including informal oral presentations, written reports, seminar presentations and poster presentations.

communicate research ideas effectively in formal or informal contexts;
collaborate effectively with others involved in a research project (supervisors, research colleagues, industry collaborators).

Assessment

Chief examiner(s)

http://www.infotech.monash.edu/units/fit5552/

Contact hours

Regular meetings with supervisor(s) over the course of the unit enrolment.

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in a Faculty of IT Masters (Honours) degree.

Co-requisites

FIT5551

Prohibitions

FIT5014, FIT5016, FIT5017, FIT5018

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

FIT5553 - Minor thesis part 3

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Clayton First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have made substantial and measurable progress towards -
A knowledge and understanding of:

their research topic and the wider research domain;
research approaches and methods, and how to resolve research problems and issues;
well honed skills in critical thinking, analysis, evaluation and synthesis.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

have confidence in their ability to undertake independent research, and to plan and execute an individual research project;
appreciate the significance and contributions of a research culture in both academic and workplace contexts.

Developed the skills to:

plan and undertake rigorous independent research;
locate relevant research literature, and critically analyse and evaluate published research findings;
identify open problems in current research and promising new research directions, and from this to define a viable research topic;
develop a sound research design and feasible research project plan and schedule;
communicate effectively research results in a variety of forms, including informal oral presentations, written reports, seminar presentations and poster presentations.

communicate research ideas effectively in formal or informal contexts;
collaborate effectively with others involved in a research project (supervisors, research colleagues, industry collaborators).

Assessment

Chief examiner(s)

http://www.infotech.monash.edu/units/fit5553/

Contact hours

Regular meetings with supervisor(s) over the course of the unit enrolment.

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in a Faculty of IT Masters (Honours) degree.

Co-requisites

FIT5552

Prohibitions

FIT5014, FIT5016, FIT5017, FIT5018

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

FIT5554 - Minor thesis final

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered, or view unit timetables.

Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Clayton First semester 2012 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will have -

A knowledge and understanding of:

their research topic and the wider research domain;
research approaches and methods, and how to resolve research problems and issues;
well honed skills in critical thinking, analysis, evaluation and synthesis.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

have confidence in their ability to undertake independent research, and to plan and execute an individual research project;
appreciate the significance and contributions of a research culture in both academic and workplace contexts.

Developed the skills to:

plan and undertake rigorous independent research;
locate relevant research literature, and critically analyse and evaluate published research findings;
identify open problems in current research and promising new research directions, and from this to define a viable research topic;
develop a sound research design and feasible research project plan and schedule;
communicate effectively research results in a variety of forms, including informal oral presentations, written reports, seminar presentations and poster presentations.

communicate research ideas effectively in formal or informal contexts;
collaborate effectively with others involved in a research project (supervisors, research colleagues, industry collaborators).

Assessment

Chief examiner(s)

http://www.infotech.monash.edu/units/fit5554/

Contact hours

Regular meetings with supervisor(s) over the course of the unit enrolment.

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in a Faculty of IT Masters (Honours) degree.

Co-requisites

FIT5553

Prohibitions

FIT5014, FIT5016, FIT5017, FIT5018

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

FIT9003 - Database systems design

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered, or view unit timetables.

Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Off-campus) Caulfield First semester 2012 (Evening) Caulfield Second semester 2012 (Day) Gippsland Second semester 2012 (Off-campus) Sunway Second semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

This unit is designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts necessary for the analysis, design, use and implementation of business information systems using relational database management systems. The main topics covered include requirements elicitation, systems analysis and design informed by a lifecycle based methodology, motivation for the database approach to managing information, conceptual modelling, coverage of logical process and data models (hierarchical, network and relational data models), and the use of SQL and other facilities provided by database management systems.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students will have -

A knowledge and understanding of:

the purpose of requirements specification, of functional modelling of processes and data, and of the database concept;
the relational database model;
how to allow them to apply integrity constraints and business rules to a system design and implementation based around an enterprise level database management system.

Developed attitudes that enable them to:

understand business information systems as the implementation of company policies and objectives;
respect the points of view of both technical and business actors in the system development process.

Developed the skills to:

undertake the functional modelling of processes and data for a business problem;

design and implement a database;

implement integrity constraints and business rules in a database;
write queries in SQL to maintain and use a relational database.

Demonstrated the communication skills necessary to:

communicate requirements for business functionality in terms of data required, management of that data and its processing;
work co-operatively in a professional systems development team.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%

Chief examiner(s)