DISTRIBUTED AND INTERNET COMPUTING
| Title | ΚΑΤΑΝΕΜΗΜΕΝΑ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΔΙΚΤΥΑΚΑ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΑ / DISTRIBUTED AND INTERNET COMPUTING |
| Code | NIS-06-03 |
| Faculty | Sciences |
| School | Informatics |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Theodoros Toliopoulos |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 40002954 |
Programme of Study: PPS-Tmīma Plīroforikīs (2019-sīmera)
Registered students: 43
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GENIKĪ KATEUTHYNSĪ | YPOCΗREŌTIKO KATA EPILOGĪ | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Instructors from Other Categories | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600280015
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600280015
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=8115
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- NCO-01-05 BASIC PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES
- NCO-05-04 OPERATING SYSTEMS
General Prerequisites
Very good level of the English language, Good level of English, knowledge of operating systems principles, background on using Web frameworks and current Web topologies, advanced level in C/C++/Java programming.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge: Understand distributed systems' architectures and communication models. Understand topics on processes of distributed systems. Learn the Blockchain technology and different cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin and Ethereum)
Skills: Use of different protocols for the programming of multi-threaded applications (OpenMP), distributed applications (MPI and ZeroMQ) and GPGPU applications (CUDA)
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction to distributed operating systems and their architecture. Processes, vitrualization, the client-server model. Middleware. Multi-tier architectures. The publish-subscribe architecture. Introduction to threads. Context switching. The Amdahl law. Pthreads and OpenMP. The OSI model. TCP/UDP/IP protocols. Types of communication. The RPC protocol. Sockets. ZeroMQ, MPI and the message passing model. Blockchain and bitcoin. GPGPU and processing using graphics processors
Keywords
distributed operating systems, Internet based systems
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Book
- published papers, Web links
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Use of electronic courses platform. Email communication and course announcements forwarding to students. Upload all course material (slides, projects, extra material).
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | |||
| Laboratory Work | 39 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Project | 51 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 18 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 3 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Description
1 optional project (bibliographic and/or programming): 15% of the total course grade
Written exams (100 % of the total course grade)
The above course evaluation criteria are announced at the class lectures and they are also announced at the course website.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Oral Exams (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
-- A. Tanenbaum & M. v. Steen, Κατανεμημένα Συστήματα, Εκδόσεις Κλειδάριθμος.
-- Ι. Κάβουρας, “Κατανεμημένα Συστήματα με Java” Εκδόσεις Κλειδάριθμος.
Additional bibliography for study
G. Coulouris, J. Dollimore, T. Kindberg, "Distributed Systems, Concepts and Design", 2nd Ed., Addison-Wesley.
P. Sinha, "Distributed Operating Systems, Concepts and Design", IEEE Press.
Nutt, Gary J. Centralized and distributed operating systems, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall.
Ben-Ari, M., Principles of concurrent and distributed programming, New York: Prentice Hall
Last Update
20-12-2024
