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FIT4001 Parallel and distributed systems - disestablished

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Unit Code, Name, Abbreviation

FIT4001 Parallel and distributed systems - disestablished (07 Dec 2017, 12:00pm) [ PARALLEL DIST SYS (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)]

Reasons for Introduction

Obsolete Reasons for Introduction

Parallel Systems is an existing unit within the BCS Honours programme. This unit is to be a core subject in the 4th year level of the BSE. It replaces as core CSE3416 Concurrent Programming which is not currently being offered. FIT4001 is a more general subject and is better suited to the BSE.

Reasons for Introduction (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)

FIT4001 is core in BSE and is mapped from the existing unit CSE4333. IEAust requires this unit for BSE accreditation.

Reasons for Change (07 Dec 2017, 12:00pm)

This unit has been updated as part of a 2009 review and comparison of data with current Handbook, Syllabus + and Callista data.

07/12/2017 - Unit disestablished at FEC 5/17 Item 7.3.

Role, Relationship and Relevance of Unit (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)

This unit is core for Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSE) and introduces parallel and distributed architecture and programming. It is available for Bachelor of Computer Science (BCompSci) (Honours) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Honours). The unit draws on material from the previous unit CSE4333.

Distributed systems are in common use today and the adoption of parallel and grid-based systems is increasing. This unit gives a firm grounding in the types of hardware, the paradigms for programming, the tools and the algorithms used to support such systems. Thus an understanding of the power and limitations of these systems is gained with experience in how to program them.

Objectives

Objectives (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)

At the completion of this unit students will have -

A knowledge and understanding of:

Developed the skills in:

Unit Content

ASCED Discipline Group Classification (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)

020103

Synopsis (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)

Modern computer systems contain parallelism in both hardware and software. This unit covers parallelism in both general purpose and application specific computer architectures and the programming paradigms that allow parallelism to be exploited in software. The unit examines both shared memory and message passing paradigms in both hardware and software; concurrency, multithreading and synchronicity; parallel, clustered and distributed supercomputing models and languages. Students will program in these paradigms.

Teaching Methods

Assessment

Assessment Summary (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)

Assignments: 100%

Workloads

Workload Requirements (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)

2 hrs lectures/wk

Resource Requirements

Software Requirements (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)

Teaching Responsibility (Callista Entry) (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)

FIT

Interfaculty Involvement (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)

Prerequisites

Prerequisite Units (11 Nov 2009, 4:10pm)

Either FIT2022 or two of CSE2302, CSE2324 and CSE3324 AND Completion of 24 points at level 3

Corequisites (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)

Prohibitions (29 Oct 2009, 6:16pm)

CSE4333

Translation: CSE4333

Proposed year of Introduction (for new units) (31 Oct 2005, 1:16pm)

2008

Faculty Information

Proposer

Trevor Dix and Ronald Pose

Approvals

School: 13 Nov 2009 (Julianna Dawidowicz)
Faculty Education Committee: 13 Nov 2009 (Julianna Dawidowicz)
Faculty Board: 13 Nov 2009 (Julianna Dawidowicz)
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Version History

17 Oct 2005 David Sole Added Software requrirements template
21 Oct 2005 David Sole Updated requirements template to new format
31 Oct 2005 Jeanette Niehus Initial Draft; modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RIntro; modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RRole; modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RRelation; modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RRelevance; modified UnitObjectives/ObjCognitive; modified UnitObjectives/ObjAffective; modified UnitObjectives/ObjAffective; modified UnitObjectives/ObjText; modified UnitObjectives/ObjCognitive; modified UnitObjectives/ObjText; modified UnitObjectives/ObjPsychomotor; modified UnitObjectives/ObjAffective; modified Classification; modified UnitContent/Summary; modified UnitContent/RecommendedReading; modified Assessment/Strategies; modified Assessment/Strategies; modified ResourceReqs/LectureReqs; modified ResourceReqs/TutorialReqs; modified ResourceReqs/LabReqs; modified ResourceReqs/StaffReqs; modified ResourceReqs/SchoolReqs; modified Prerequisites/PreReqUnits; modified Prerequisites/PreReqKnowledge; modified Prohibitions; modified DateOfIntroduction; modified Frequency; modified Enrolment; modified FacultyInformation/FIContact
01 Nov 2005 Jeanette Niehus modified UnitName; modified Abbreviation; modified ResourceReqs/LibraryReqs
04 Nov 2005 Helana Scheepers
04 Nov 2005 Ralph Gillon FIT School Approval, 4 November 2005
08 Nov 2005 Ann Nicholson modified Prerequisites/PreReqUnits
08 Nov 2005 Ann Nicholson modified Enrolment
10 Nov 2005 Helana Scheepers
10 Nov 2005 Ralph Gillon FIT School Approval, Hons Subcommittee Approval 9/11/05
10 Nov 2005 Ralph Gillon FEC Approval
16 Nov 2005 Annabelle McDougall FacultyBoard Approval
29 Oct 2009 David Sole This unit has been updated as part of a 2009 review and comparison of data with current Handbook, Syllabus + and Callista data.
29 Oct 2009 David Sole 2009 Review - Submit
29 Oct 2009 David Sole 2009 Review - Chief Examiner approval
29 Oct 2009 David Sole 2009 Review - FEC approval
29 Oct 2009 David Sole 2009 Review - Faculty Board approval
11 Nov 2009 Julianna Dawidowicz Modified prereqs to make the text clearer to interpret
11 Nov 2009 Julianna Dawidowicz
13 Nov 2009 Julianna Dawidowicz FIT4001 Chief Examiner Approval, ( proxy school approval )
13 Nov 2009 Julianna Dawidowicz FEC Approval
13 Nov 2009 Julianna Dawidowicz FacultyBoard Approval - Admin change to amend the presentation of the prereqs following request from the Data Integrity Officer
07 Dec 2017 Christy Pearson modified UnitName; modified ReasonsForIntroduction/RChange

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