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CITS3213  CONCURRENT SYSTEMS (2008 Semester 1)

 

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  • Lecture Notes: First Half

 Lecture 1 

 Lecture 2

      Lecture 3

      Lecture 4

      Lecture 5

      Lecture 6

      Lecture 7

      Lecture 8        (Railway Level Crossing Example)

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Please note Wednesday 16 April 08 LECTURE is CANCELLED…

 

  • Lecture Notes: Second Half
  1. Preliminaries & Monitors
  2. Java Concurrency I
  3. Java Concurrency II
  4. RMI 1
  5. RMI 2
  6. Introduction to CORBA
  7. Comparison of RMI and CORBA

Please note that this week's (starting May 27) lectures have been replaced by a mini lab on RMI. The lab sheet is below.

 

Unit coordination

Unit Coordinator Part 1: Professor George Milne

Room 1.21

Unit Coordinator Part 2: A/Prof Amitava Datta

Room 1.07

Laboratory and Tutorial Sessions:

  • The new booking website will open for lab and tutorial bookings on Tuesday 27th February
  • Tutorial sessions will commence in week 14.
  • Laboratory sessions will commence in week 14.

 

Tutorial questions will be handed out one week in advance. All students attending the tutorials must bring written work demonstrating at least a good faith attempt at the tutorial questions.

  • 2 lectures each week.
  • 1 lab session in lab 2.03 in weeks 14-16 and 18-23.

 

Type

Time

Day

Location

Lecture

2:00 – 2:45pm

Tuesday

*GGGL:LT1

Lecture

1:00 – 1:45pm

Wednesday

*GGGL:LT1

Laboratory 1

12:00 – 2:45pm

Monday

CSSE Lab 2.03  (Wks 14-16 : 18-23)

Tutorial

10:00-10:45am

Monday

CSSE Room 1.24 (Wks 14-16 : 18-23)

Tutorial Rpt

11:00 -11:45am

Monday

CSSE Room 1.24  (Wks 14-16 : 18-23)

 

* GGGL:LT1 = G.21 Geography Lecture Theatre 1 (Ground Floor) in the Geography & Geology Building.

* TUTORIALS = Please note tutorials will now begin Week 14 i.e. Monday 31 March 08

 

A number of tutorial sheets will be handed out over the semester. Approximately 6 tutorial classes will be held in Room 1.24 during the semester to discuss the tutorial sheets.

Assessment

The assessment scheme for CITS3213 this year consists of 2 marked exercises throughout the semester (20%), to be advised by A/Prof A Datta (20%) and a final 2 hour examination to be held in June (60%).

 

PART 1

 

 

  • Assignment 1               (Given 31 March 08)           DUE DATE:  WEDNESDAY 9TH APRIL 08

 

  • Assignment 2               (Given 7 April 08)                DUE DATE:  WEDNESDAY 16TH APRIL 08

 

All assignments must have a green cover sheet and must be handed to CSSE Reception (1st Floor)

 

PART 2       

A/Prof A Datta…
Students have to submit a portfolio of completed laboratory tasks that will carry 20% of the total marks for this unit. The laboratory tasks will be set in the second half of the semester, after the non-teaching break

Labs for Part II

Reading materials and online resources

The unit's textbook:
Principles of Concurrent and Distributed Programming,
by M. Ben-Ari, Prentice-Hall, 1990 or Addison-Wesley 2006 (Second edition).

This pdf document provides instructions on how to get started in CSSE.

CRICOS Provider Code : 00126G

 

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