Distributed and Concurrent Systems (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

- you understand the challenges of system concurrency in system design and implementation.
- you understand the differences between a local and a decentralized system in operation, design and implementation.
- you understand the layered model of distributed system communication and the roles of different layers.
- you know the main models underlying the decentralized system (structural, interaction, fault and security models)
- you can design and implement a simple concurrent and decentralized system
- you are able to coordinate the communication of concurrent threads and access to shared resources using commonly used programming platform

Content

Prerequisites: Programming III, or similar skills. Web-programming, or similar skills.