Distributed Systems

COMP28112 Distributed Systems 10 Semester 2 Undergraduate Level 2 Sandra Sampaio Unit coordinator Department of Computer Science 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.   To provide students with the awareness of the impact and benefits of distributed systems 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. ILO 1: Describe and compare the main principles, techniques and methods supporting the basic functionality of distributed systems.ILO 2: Identify applications where distributed computing is used and its impact on society.ILO 3: Design and implement prototypical distributed computing applications using available technologies.ILO 4: Describe the main issues to be considered when designing a distributed system.ILO 5: Describe how the main principles, techniques and methods supporting distributed computing are applied in practice in existing systems. Analytical skills Innovation/creativity Problem solving Topic 1: Distributed Systems, Distributed Computing Challenges and Techniques1.1 What is a Distributed System? Why Distributed Systems?1.2 Concepts, Fallacies, Examples and Characteristics of Distributed SystemsTopic 2: Challenges in Distributed Computing1.3.1 Synchronisation1.3.2 Naming1.3.3 Protocols1.3.4 Processing1.3.5 Inter-Process CommunicationTopic 3: Distributed Systems ArchitecturesTopic 4: Performance Related Considerations4.1 Caching and Replication4.2 Services4.3 Fault Tolerance4.4 SecurityTopic 5: Cloud, Edge Computing and Distributed System Applications 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. COMP15212 Operating Systems Pre-Requisite Compulsory COMP16412 Introduction to Programming 2 Pre-Requisite Compulsory COMP16412 and COMP15212 are pre-requisites. Y Distributed systems : concepts and design     Coulouris, George F., author.    Pearson Education Limited    2012    ISBN: <a href="https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/discovery/search?query=isbn,contains,9781447930174&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&sortby=rank&vid=44MAN_INST:MU_NUI&lang=en&mode=advanced&offset=0" target="_blank">9781447930174</a> Distributed systems     Steen, Maarten van, author.    Maarten van Steen    2017    ISBN: <a href="https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/discovery/search?query=isbn,contains,9781543057386&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&sortby=rank&vid=44MAN_INST:MU_NUI&lang=en&mode=advanced&offset=0" target="_blank">9781543057386</a> Assessment written exam 2 Lectures 11 Practical classes & workshops 50 0 37