COMP1680 Clouds, Grids Contribution:
(2024/25) and Virtualisation 100% of course
Course Leader: Coursework Deadline Date:
Dr Catherine Friday 29th
Tonry November 2024
This coursework should take an average student who is up-to-date with tutorial
work approximately 40 hours.
Feedback and grades are normally made available within 15 working days of the
coursework deadline.
Learning Outcomes:
• Characterise and critically evaluate high performance computing based
architectures and their suitability for given applications.
• Implement and execute applications using shared and distributed memory
programming paradigms.
• Describe and critically discuss the roles and applications of cloud and grid
computing.
Plagiarism is presenting somebody else's work as your own. It includes: copying
information directly from the Web or books without referencing the material; submitting
joint coursework as an individual effort; copying another student's coursework; stealing
coursework from another student and submitting it as your own work. Suspected
plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be dealt with according to
the procedures set down by the University. Please see your student handbook for further
details of what is / isn't plagiarism.
All material copied or amended from any source (e.g. internet, books) must be referenced
correctly according to the reference style you are using.
Your work will be submitted for plagiarism checking. Any attempt to bypass our plagiarism
detection systems will be treated as a severe Assessment Offence.
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, Coursework Submission Requirements
• An electronic copy of your work for this coursework must be fully uploaded by 23:30 on the
Deadline Date of Friday 29/11/2024 using the link on the coursework Moodle page for
COMP1680.
• For this coursework you must submit a single PDF document. In general, any text in the
document must not be an image (i.e. must not be scanned) and would normally be generated from
other documents (e.g. MS Office using "Save As .. PDF"). An exception to this is hand written
mathematical notation, but when scanning do ensure the file size is not excessive.
• There are limits on the file size (see the relevant course Moodle page).
• Make sure that any files you upload are virus-free and not protected by a password or corrupted
otherwise they will be treated as null submissions.
• Your work will not be printed in colour. Please ensure that any pages with colour are acceptable
when printed in Black and White.
• You must NOT submit a paper copy of this coursework.
• All coursework must be submitted as above. Under no circumstances can they be accepted by
academic staff
The University website has details of the current Coursework Regulations, including details of
penalties for late submission, procedures for Extenuating Circumstances, and penalties for
Assessment Offences. See http://www2.gre.ac.uk/current-students/regs
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(2024/25) and Virtualisation 100% of course
Course Leader: Coursework Deadline Date:
Dr Catherine Friday 29th
Tonry November 2024
This coursework should take an average student who is up-to-date with tutorial
work approximately 40 hours.
Feedback and grades are normally made available within 15 working days of the
coursework deadline.
Learning Outcomes:
• Characterise and critically evaluate high performance computing based
architectures and their suitability for given applications.
• Implement and execute applications using shared and distributed memory
programming paradigms.
• Describe and critically discuss the roles and applications of cloud and grid
computing.
Plagiarism is presenting somebody else's work as your own. It includes: copying
information directly from the Web or books without referencing the material; submitting
joint coursework as an individual effort; copying another student's coursework; stealing
coursework from another student and submitting it as your own work. Suspected
plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be dealt with according to
the procedures set down by the University. Please see your student handbook for further
details of what is / isn't plagiarism.
All material copied or amended from any source (e.g. internet, books) must be referenced
correctly according to the reference style you are using.
Your work will be submitted for plagiarism checking. Any attempt to bypass our plagiarism
detection systems will be treated as a severe Assessment Offence.
Page 1 of 5
, Coursework Submission Requirements
• An electronic copy of your work for this coursework must be fully uploaded by 23:30 on the
Deadline Date of Friday 29/11/2024 using the link on the coursework Moodle page for
COMP1680.
• For this coursework you must submit a single PDF document. In general, any text in the
document must not be an image (i.e. must not be scanned) and would normally be generated from
other documents (e.g. MS Office using "Save As .. PDF"). An exception to this is hand written
mathematical notation, but when scanning do ensure the file size is not excessive.
• There are limits on the file size (see the relevant course Moodle page).
• Make sure that any files you upload are virus-free and not protected by a password or corrupted
otherwise they will be treated as null submissions.
• Your work will not be printed in colour. Please ensure that any pages with colour are acceptable
when printed in Black and White.
• You must NOT submit a paper copy of this coursework.
• All coursework must be submitted as above. Under no circumstances can they be accepted by
academic staff
The University website has details of the current Coursework Regulations, including details of
penalties for late submission, procedures for Extenuating Circumstances, and penalties for
Assessment Offences. See http://www2.gre.ac.uk/current-students/regs
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