Distributed Systems

Code:

EEC0049

Acronym:

SDIS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Informatics

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEEC	16	Syllabus (Transition) since 2010/2011	4	-	6	63	162
			5
		Syllabus	4	-	6	63	162
			5

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

By the end of this unit the students should have acquired the competences needed to program small to medium size distributed applications, being able to select and use adequate software tools, from languages for distributed environments to middelware layers with specific cooperation models. They should also be capable of implementing simple fault-tolerance mechanisms based on spatial redundancy.

Program

Distributed architectures and their context. Communication models (message passing, remote procedure calls), cooperation models (client-server, publisher-subscriber, peer-to-peer) and models of synchronism (rendez-vous, clock synchronization, distributed mutual exclusion). Distribution middlewares. Notions of fault-tolerance (replication and consistency).

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures with theory component.
Practice in Labs based on two steps:
1st step, carry out specific guided lab assignmets to gain acquaintance with technologies and certain relevant aspects typical of distributed systems
2nd step, carry out a mini-project with an oral presentation/discussion at the end

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	46,00
Lab preparation	Teste	15,00		2011-11-22
Programming test	Exame	3,00		2011-11-23
Project	Trabalho escrito	32,00		2011-12-16
Final exam	Exame	2,00		2012-02-10
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	48	2011-12-01
Study for fnal exam	Estudo autónomo	16	2012-02-10
	Total:	64,00

Eligibility for exams

- General FEUP regulations
- Attendance to the labs class

Calculation formula of final grade

NP - Labs grade
NT - Exam grade
NF - Final grade

NF = 0,5*NP + 0,5 NT
NP = 0,5*NMT + 0,5*NTP


NMT - Mini-test grade
NTP - Project grade

Examinations or Special Assignments

- Students that do not attend the labs component will need to do a special labs exam

Classification improvement

- Only the exam (concerning the theory component) can be repeated (and improved)