Computer Systems and Networks – (M.Sc.)

Contents

The Advanced Introductory Courses - provide the necessary background

Computer Networks (7.5 credit units)
How does the Internet work? How are new computer networks designed? What are the methods for making sure that our networks function correctly and are efficient? How do we program applications that communicate? This course teaches fundamental issues in network technologies, builds the knowledge on the TCP/IP suite and emerging network technologies.

Dependable Computer Systems (7.5 credit units)
What is dependability? How can we guarantee reliability? When can we say that our system design is safe? This advanced level introductory course considers four major system properties: security, reliability, timeliness and functionality.

Advanced Topics in Computer Systems and Networks (7.5 credit units)
How do you find an interesting Master thesis project? What are the exciting topics in the field of Computer Systems and Networks? How can we learn from the professional literature about these topics? This course covers a broad range of topics and is intended for students planning to carry out a thesis project in the area of Computer Systems and Networks.

Operating Systems (7.5 credit units)
Operating systems exist everywhere where computer systems exist, not just in workstations but also in vehicles, phones and embedded industrial systems. The course provides an introduction to the design and implementation of operating systems. Students who have taken this course in the Bachelor studies can take an elective course instead.

The Topic-Related Course Sequences - serve as the backbone of the Master's programme. At least two sequences out of three are required

Distributed Systems (7.5+7.5 credit units)
How can we build reliable, communicating distributed systems? The overall aim of the course is to provide an understanding of the challenges you are confronted with when developing such systems as well as the benefits gained from such systems.

Security (7.5+7.5 credit units)
What is security? Can you really make computer systems and networks secure? Is it really necessary that there are so many attacks and intrusions over the Internet? And so much spam? These are a few relevant questions that are addressed in the Computer Security course. We scrutinize the reasons for such security problems and suggest methods and mechanisms for protection. We also provide some modeling, metrication and evaluation approaches that facilitate understanding of the fundamental issues in the area.

Real-Time Systems (7.5+7.5 credit units)
These course addresses the software design process for embedded systems with special non-functional requirements on reliability and timeliness. The course first describes preferable design options for software architecture, programming language, and run-time system mechanisms. The second course addresses performance aspects in the design of single- and multiprocessor systems with special requirements on reliability and timeliness.

Elective courses (30 credit units)
Broader perspective elective courses can be chosen freely. These courses could be selected from the above list of course sequences and/or theme-related elective courses, such as Fault-tolerant Computer Systems, Cryptography and Programming Language Based Security.

Thesis (30 credit units)
The thesis can be performed in an industrial context as well as in the context of a research group at Chalmers.
Some students aiming for a research oriented thesis may be given the possibility to apply for a 15 credit research project or extended their research thesis work to 60 credit units.