Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

The students must have knowledge about:

• system design methodologies within distributed systems in general
• how choices of architecture, topology and technology influence the performance, robustness and security aspects of a distributed system
• methods and tools to achieve fault tolerant, secure and efficient operation of a distributed system
• protocol design to support distributed mode of operation in a communication network
• data access and data delivery in a scalable manner
• data management issues in complex networks

Skills

The students must be able to

• explain design choices wrt architecture, topology and technology, and be able to analyze how this influence various performance measures.
• Apply advanced tools for performance analysis of distributed systems and/or communication networks, e.g. analytical methods; simulation analysis or experimental approach
• Design protocols and algorithms that are able to support e.g. disruption tolerant networking, multi-hop communication in sensor networks, embedded systems, real-time and multimedia systems, content distribution networks, peer-to-peer systems, large scale distributed systems, storage and file systems, autonomic computing. 

Competences

The students must be able to

• undertake the construction of well-functioning distributed systems
• provide design of an infrastructure for computation, communication and storage involving heterogeneous devices and processes

Type of instruction

Types of instruction are listed at the start of §17; Structure and contents of the programme.

Exam

Exams