Distributed Systems and Domain-Specific Modeling

Lecture content

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Introduction to distributed systems. Theoretical background, designing and implementing distributed information systems. 

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Paradigms of ooObject-, and software components, standardized architectures (DCOM, CORBA), code reuse, component-based programming.

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 Component technologies. Possible realizations of distributed software, the design aspects of component-based systems, communication between the applications.

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Middleware services, transactions, asynchronous operation (MTS, MSMQ)

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Security, reliability and asynchronicity in distributed environment, distributes state management, multi threaded programming, multitier architectures.

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 Distributed data handling and visualization, scalability - questions and solutions

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Tipical distributed architectures (e.g. P2P), case studies

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Introduction to domain-specific modeling. Model-driven software development. Case studies and motivation.

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Software modeling, textual languages. 

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Visual languages, constraints (OCL). 

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Concrete syntax (textual and visual languages), semantics (informal, operational, denotational, axiomatic)

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Generative programming, model processing

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Graph rewriting and graph transformations

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Simulation techniques (DESS, DTSS, DEVS)

Seminar content

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Distributed architectures, designing principles based on a case study

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Using standardized architectures - based on case studies. Creating a distributed system in practice.

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Performance metrics of distributed techniques, fine tuning, scaling and monitoring the systems. Illustrating the security aspects.

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Using domain-specific languages in practice. Design decisions, practical experiences. 

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Metamodeling and visual languages case studies

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Modell processing and code generation case studies

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Simulation in practice