Advanced Computing – (M.Sc.)

The programme consists of a number of course modules covering advanced topics in software development. The streams provide the opportunity to specialise in a specific area.

Distributed Systems Application Development The Distributed Computing stream provides opportunities to investigate and critically appraise the techniques used to develop Heterogeneous software software systems which utilise a range of distributed technologies. Students taking this stream are likely to gain employment developing applications which run on computer networks that are run on computer networks that are country and continent wide. This stream is underpinned by the research work carried out by the Distributed and Persuasive Systems Group.

Web Systems Application Development This stream seeks to provide opportunities to investigate the technologies used to build server-side web applications and to critically appraise existing and emerging technologies used in online purchasing applications, business to business applications and online entertainment. Students taking this stream are likely to gain employment developing server-side web applications which are highly scaleable and require the skills covering a number of web technologies. This stream is underpinned by the research and consultancy work carrier out by the Distributed and Pervasive Systems Group, as well as the Multimodal Interaction groups.

Mobile Application Development
The mobile computing stream provides opportunities to investigate and critically appraise techniques for developing applications for mobile devices such as mobile phones, global positioning systems (GPS) and Personal Digital Assisstants (PDA). Students taking this stream are likely to gain employment developing applications for tomorrow's mobile devices. This stream is underpinned by the research and consultancy work carried out by the MUCOM and Multimodal Interaction groups.