This unit focuses on designing, developing and deploying distributed data management systems. The unit introduces various contemporary issues in managing large data in distributed environment such as data model, fragmentation, replication and concurrency control. The issues will be discussed using several contemporary approaches of distributed data management.
Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:
(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:
(b.) Additional requirements (all students):
CSE5200
((FIT5131 or FIT9017) and (FIT5132 or FIT9003 or FIT9019)) or equivalent
Pari Delir Haghighi
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| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Students need to allocate themselves to tutorials and visit the unit website | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 |
| 1 | Introduction to distributed database systems and computing | |
| 2 | Distributed database design | |
| 3 | Distributed query processing and optimization | |
| 4 | Transaction Management in Distributed DB | |
| 5 | Distributed Concurrency Control | |
| 6 | Reliability and Replication | |
| 7 | Big Data | Practical Assignment Due |
| 8 | Parallel databases | |
| 9 | GFS, Map Reduce and Hadoop | |
| 10 | Hadoop Ecosystem | |
| 11 | Big Data Technologies | Big Data Assignment and Analysis Report Due |
| 12 | Review and Exam Questions | |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken in SWOT VAC | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
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Examination (3 hours): 50%, In-semester assessment: 50%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Assignment | 30% | Week 7 |
| Big Data Assignment and Analysis Report | 20% | Week 11 |
| Examination 1 | 50% | To be advised |
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How well the database is designed and implemented.
How well the PL/SQL and Java are written.
How well the constraints, triggers, procedures and functions are designed and implemented.
Group Assignment (groups of 2-4)
Students will be assessed based on:
The assignment has a group mark (50%), and an individual component (50%) which is determined based on the Task Allocation and peer review responses.
Oszu, T. and Valduriez, P. Principles of Distributed Database Systems (2nd Edition), Prentice-Hall, 1999
Coronel, Morris & Rob (2011) Database Systems Design, Implementation, and Management (9th Edition), Cengage Learning: Boston, MA
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Oracle 11g R2 and JDeveloper
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