PA053 Distributed Systems and Middleware

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ing. Petr Tůma, Dr. (lecturer), doc. Ing. Jan Staudek, CSc. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Fri 13. 3. 10:00–15:50 B003, Fri 27. 3. 10:00–15:50 B003, Fri 10. 4. 10:00–15:50 B003, Fri 24. 4. 10:00–15:50 B003, Fri 22. 5. 10:00–15:50 B003
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The objective of the course is to provide the students with an overview of the abstractions provided by operating systems and middleware layers in a distributed environment. Towards that goal, the course includes: - an analysis of the communication, replication, sharing issues, - an overview and a comparison of the abstractions provided by the distributed operating system kernels, - an overview and a comparison of the abstractions provided by the middleware layers, - specific system studies. After passing the course, students will be able to correctly select and, at a basic level, use modern technologies to create distributed applications.
Syllabus
  • Analysis of the issues related to communication, replication, sharing.
  • Overview and comparison of concepts provided by kernels of distributed operating systems.
  • Specific system studies (Mach, Mosix, Spring).
  • Middleware for distributed environments.
  • Specific system studies (CORBA, RMI, DCOM, .NET, EJB, CCM).
Literature
  • Operating systems: Concurrent and distributed software design , Jean Bacon and Tim Harris, Addison Wesley, 2003, ISBN: 0-321-11789-1
Bookmarks
https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/FI:PA053!
Assessment methods
Lectures, class discussion, written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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