General Information
Lecturer: Associate Professor Zahir Tari (zahirt@cs.rmit.edu.au)
Tutor: James Broberg
See timetable for other details (e.g. Zahir's consultation time, lecture time).
This course covers theoretical and technical aspects of advanced distributed systems, such as CORBA and Web Services. Specifically, this course covers the core elements of such advanced systems, including the underlying communication protocols (e.g. IIOP and SOAP). Several core technical issues, such as performance (through caching and load balancing), and security, are also covered in depth for CORBA and SOAP systems. Finally, this course also covers issues and solutions related to the design and the implementation of large-scale distributed heterogeneous applications. JacORB and SOAP implementations are used to illustrate the implementation of different concepts related to CORBA and SOAP.
Specific Information