Distributed Computing for e-Science 2 (P01346)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : PHY-P-DCE2

The focus of this course is the installation, configuration and administration of a range of technologies used to support e-Science. It develops the material covered in Distributed Computing for e-Science 1, by complementing that course's user-centred view of these technologies with a more detailed technical look at how to install, administer and develop applications for use with a selection of them. The course delivery will comprise a small number of whole-day sessions which combine hands-on exercises on a range of software packages currently used for distributed computing in e-Science, together with lecture material covering the architecture of those packages and their relationship to underlying principles. The exercises will often be continued in private study time. Additionally there is a group project which is intended to provide experience of collaborative working on the use of distributed computing systems for an application which is a simplified illustration of common e-Science computing methods.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Only postgraduates or final year MPhys students with suitable computational background, subject to space restrictions and agreement with relevant Programme Coordinator.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Physics), (School of Physics, Schedule Q)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 6 hour(s) per week for 4 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Wednesday	10:00	13:00	KB
Lecture	Wednesday	14:00	17:00	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students should be able to
? Demonstrate an understanding of the technical details of selected middleware products commonly used in e-Science.
? Install and configure a set of the principal e-Science middleware products.
? Develop and deploy web services and grid services and their clients.
• Develop and deploy web services and grid services and their clients.