Syllabus for Distributed Information Systems

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  • 5 credits
  • Course code: 1DT066
  • Education cycle: First cycle
  • Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Technology G2F, Computer Science G2F, Sociotechnical Systems G2F

    Explanation of codes

    The code indicates the education cycle and in-depth level of the course in relation to other courses within the same main field of study according to the requirements for general degrees:

    First cycle

    • G1N: has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
    • G1F: has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G1E: contains specially designed degree project for Higher Education Diploma
    • G2F: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G2E: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
    • GXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

    Second cycle

    • A1N: has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1F: has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)
    • A2E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (120 credits)
    • AXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

  • Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
  • Established: 2011-03-07
  • Established by:
  • Revised: 2018-08-30
  • Revised by: The Faculty Board of Science and Technology
  • Applies from: Autumn 2019
  • Entry requirements:
  • Responsible department: Department of Information Technology

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

  • Explain in a concise manner how the Internet is constructed and functions.
  • Use basic tools to explore a networked environment and work in a distributed fashion.
  • Demonstrate awareness of data and networking security.
  • Analyse and present a distributed system in a seminar form.
  • Design and Analyse a simple distributed information system.

Content

  • An introduction to computer systems.
  • Introduction to Internetworking, protocol stacks and data transport.
  • Design and operation of distributed systems and applications.
  • Central concepts in distributed systems, including transparency, scalability, middleware, synchronisation, failure handling, consistency, and parallelism.
  • Operating systems, scheduling, processes, memory systems and cloud abstractions.
  • Security considerations, basic cryptography and network security.
  • Basic designs and constraints of Internet-of-Things, including energy, scalability, privacy, and semantical interoperability.
  • Analyzis and presentation of a network based distributed system.
  • Examining running networks with observing tools.

Instruction

Lectures, seminars, assignments, and labs.

Assessment

Written and oral examination of seminars, assignments, and labs.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.

Other directives

The course cannot be counted towards a degree together with 1DT057, 1DT052, 1DT102, eller 1DT094.

Syllabus Revisions

Reading list

The reading list is missing. For further information, please contact the responsible department.

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