Distributed Data Processing for Ubiquitous Computing

The course provides insights into data distribution, distributed information organization, modelling of distributed entities, relationships and indexing methods.

The course provides an overview of the building blocks used to build distributed systems (e.g. programming, security and service models) and discusses how the trade-offs between these look like when distributed systems are scaled to a large scale.

The course is taught in English.


Teaching Format

The teaching consists of lectures, labs, project work and seminars.


Assessment

The course is examined as follows:

  • written assignment
  • project work

 

Examiner


The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.
Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.


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Study counsellors

Margrét Håkansson and Mitra Wijkman

Visiting hoursPlease contact us via email if you want to book a meeting. We are available on Campus in Kista and via Zoom.

Phone hoursThursday 12.30–2 pm

Irregular office hoursFirst phone hours for spring 2026: Thursday 15 January