Distributed Systems

COMP28112 Distributed Systems 10 Semester 2 Undergraduate Level 2 Sandra Sampaio Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Middle part of Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0 The course unit assumes that students already have a solid understanding of the main principles of computing within a single machine, have a basic understanding of the issues related to machine communication and networking, and have a notion of what distributed computing is. The syllabus will contain topics covering the fundamentals of distributed computing, its application in modern systems and issues to be considered when designing distributed systems.   The course unit assumes that students already have a solid understanding of the main principles of computing within a single machine, have a basic understanding of the issues related to machine communication and networking, and have a notion of what distributed computing is. The syllabus will contain topics covering the fundamentals of distributed computing, its application in modern systems and issues to be considered when designing distributed systems.  This course unit detail provides the framework for delivery in 20/21 and may be subject to change due to any additional Covid-19 impact.  Please see Blackboard / course unit related emails for any further updates. To provide students with the awareness of the impact and benefits of distributed computing in their everyday interaction with modern computer technology, as well as knowledge of the fundamentals of distributed computing, and understanding of essential techniques and methods, to equip students with basic skills to further explore more advanced course units that require knowledge of distributed computing. <ul> <li> Have acquired knowledge and understanding of the main principles, techniques and methods supporting the basic functionality of distributed systems.</li> <li> Have developed the ability to identify applications where distributed computing is used and its impact on society.</li> <li> Have acquired knowledge and understanding of main issues to be considered when designing a distributed system.</li> <li> Have developed the ability to understand how the main principles, techniques and methods supporting distributed computing are applied in practice in existing systems.</li> <li> Have developed the ability to design and implement prototypical distributed computing applications using available technologies.</li></ul><div>  </div> Analytical skills Innovation/creativity Problem solving IntroductionRevision of the characteristics of distributed systems. Challenges. Architectural models.Remote Invocation and Distributed Objects Java RMI, CORBA, Web Services.Message-Oriented middleware Synchronous vs asynchronous messaging. Point-to-point messaging. Publish-subscribe.Concurrency, co-ordination and distributed transactionsOrdering of events. Two-phase commit protocol. Consensus.Caching and Replication Security Service-Oriented Architectures, REST and Web Services Lectures/workshops delivered in the classroom (lecture notes to be made available to students via Blackboard). Laboratory sessions (setting, submission and marking (and feedback) of practical material to be made via Blackboard). Individual self-study hours. On-line exam with duration of two hours 1 Written exam 50% 8 Practical skills assessment 50% Three weeks following submission of each piece of work. COMP16412 Introduction to Programming 2 Pre-Requisite Compulsory COMP15212 Operating Systems Pre-Requisite Compulsory Students who are not from the Department of Computer Science must have permission from both Computer Science and their home School to enrol. Y <a href="http://studentnet.cs.manchester.ac.uk/syllabus/index.php?code=COMP28112&year=2020" target="_blank">COMP28112 reading list</a> can be found on the Department of Computer Science website for current students. Assessment written exam 2 Lectures 24 Practical classes & workshops 10 0 64 Course unit materials<a target="_blank" href="http://studentnet.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ugt/syllabus.php">Links to course unit teaching materials</a> can be found on the School of Computer Science website for current students.