Course Title: Advanced Topics in Distributed Systems and Networks
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Advanced Topics in Distributed Systems and Networks
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
COSC2456 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
140H Computer Science & Information Technology |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2009, Sem 2 2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 2 2010, Sem 2 2011, Sem 2 2014 |
COSC2457 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
140H Computer Science & Information Technology |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2009, Sem 2 2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 2 2010, Sem 2 2014 |
Course Coordinator: Prof. Zahir Tari
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 3782
Course Coordinator Email: zahir.tari@rmit.edu.au
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
You may not enrol in this course unless it is explicitly listed in your enrolment program summary.
You are required to have successfully completed courses COSC 1170/1171 Foundations of Distributed Computing OR COSC1197 Distributed Systems AND COSC2061/1111 Data Communication and Net-Centric Computing or equivalent.
Disclaimer: This seminar-mode course will run only if there are sufficient enrolments by the beginning of the relevant semester. If it is cancelled, you will be advised to choose a suitable alternative course.
Course Description
This course is about advanced topics in Distributed Systems and Networking. It provides you with in-depth technical / scientific understanding of some of the key topics, such as “Big Data”, “Cloud”, “Performance”, “Reliability” etc. This course complements existing courses of the Distributed Systems by providing a much deeper technical understanding of the fundamental concepts, algorithms and architectures used to solve such issues/topics.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
The aim of the course is preparation for independent learning. The course will equip students with the ability of critically evaluating new material.
Students will gain a deep understanding of an advanced networked & distributed systems topic.
Overview of Learning Activities
After the introduction of a topic by a lecturer, students will explore specific issues independently.
Overview of Learning Resources
Students are expected to utilise the electronic and other resources of the library.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment for this course consists of three presentations each related to one of the topics covered in the course, and three written reports.
For standard assessment details, including deadlines, weightings, and hurdle requirements relating to Computer Science and IT courses see: http://www.rmit.edu.au/compsci/cgi