This unit provides an introduction to distributed systems and applications by defining the basic issues of design and implementation of such systems. Basic concepts including virtualization and abstraction, integration, services and SOA, operating systems of distributed systems, distributed applications development, network operating systems and middleware are covered. Students will investigate the influence of distribution on operations performed on data, resource/object management and building applications, the role of interprocess communication and remote invocation to deal with distribution and will study basic aspects of resource protection, and name services. Students will develop a... -- Course Website
Instructor: L Pan
Prerequisites: SIT202 plus one of SIT102 or SIT203
