Stream Computing and Applications

This subject is not offered in 2013.

120 hours

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Java programming language, design of algorithms, distributed systems

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With exponential growth in data generated from sensor data streams, search engines, spam filters, medical services, online analysis of financial data streams, and so forth, there is demand for fast monitoring and storage of huge amounts of data in real-time. Traditional technologies were not aimed to such fast streams of data. Usually they required data to be stored and indexed before it could be processed.

Stream computing was created to tackle those problems that require processing and classification of continuous, high volume of data streams. It is highly used on applications such as Twitter, Facebook, High Frequency Trading and so forth.

The Stream computing course will interest students who want to learn more about real-time processing and its applications. It will be taught both from theoretical and practical points of view. The course will cover underlying fundamentals of stream processing systems, particularly architectural issues and algorithms for stream processing, mining and analysis. It will also include tutorials on how to develop and deploy applications into platforms such as IBM InfoSphere Streams®.

Having completed this unit the student is expected to:

1. Differentiate between stream computing models and conventional computing models.
2. Understand stream computing algorithms and how to apply them in real world problems.
3. Customise and create stream algorithms based on application requirements.
4. Design, develop and deploy stream computing based applications.

• 2 Programming assignments, expected to take approximately 12 hours each, (20%) due in week 3 and 6
• 4 Class quizzes,Part of the tutorial/lab classes(10%), due in week 7,9,10 and 11
• 2 Hour Midterm Exam, (30%) , held in week 8
• Final Project with 20 min presentation, expected to take approximately 50 hours, (40%), due in week 12

ILO1 and 2 are addressed in all components of assessment. ILO3 and 4 are assessed in the Midterm Exam and the Final Project .

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of this subject students should have the:

• Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution
• Capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning
• Profound respect for truth and intellectual integrity, and for the ethics of scholarship