Postgraduate Course: Topics in Distributed Scientific Computing (PGPH11067)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Physics and Astronomy |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Postgraduate (School of Physics and Astronomy) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course provides an introduction to some currently active topics relating to the development and deployment of distributed computing technologies in scientific research
and in the commercial IT world. The course comprises two activities: a Seminar Series and a Structured Reading Group.
The Seminar Series comprises a programme of talks given by members of the academic or commercial communities who develop or deploy distributed computing techniques or technologies in their own work. Each student will choose the topic of one of the seminars, follow it up with a literature review and summarise it in a written report and an oral presentation.
The Structured Reading Group activity will see the students divided into a number of groups, each one of which will be assigned (or can choose, subject to approval by the Programme Director) one or more technical documents from the distributed scientific computing domain (e.g. a paper from an academic journal or a technical specification from a standards body) and they must prepare both a written briefing note which summarises the salient points from the document(s) and an oral presentation outlining them. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 14:00 - 15:50 | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Present a written report and an oral presentation summarising the topic of one of the talks given in the Seminar Series, and placing it within the wider context of distributed scientific computing and related developments in the commercial IT world.
2. Contribute to a written precis of a technical document and participate in an oral presentation of its salient points.
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Assessment Information
| Group report (30%) and presentation (15%) summarising a technical document and individual written report (30%) and presentation (15%) developing the topic of one of the talks in the Seminar Series. Students will also be assessed on their contribution to the seminar series and the reading group (5% each). |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Bob Mann
Tel: (0131) 668 8338
Email: rgm@roe.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Yuhua Lei
Tel: (0131 6) 517067
Email: yuhua.lei@ed.ac.uk |
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