Erasmus ECTS Information Package

Erasmus ECTS Information Package
Faculty of EEEA
0261 Mobile Technologies
ECTS credits: 5
Weekly classes: 2lec+0Sem+0labs+2ws
Assessment: continuous assessment
Type of exam: written and oral
Department involved:
Department of Computing
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation
Lecturers:
Assoc. Prof. Tsvetozar Stefanov Georgiev, MEng, PhD, Dept. of Computing, tel.: 888 827,
E-mail: TGeorgiev@ecs.uni-ruse.bg
Abstract:
The course aims to familiarise students with the modern tendencies in mobile technologies. The course gives
necessary information about types of mobile devices, mobile communications, mobile operating systems, mobile
multimedia, mobile positioning, and existing architectures for mobile applications and resources for their
development. Special attention is paid to the practical realization of various types of mobile applications using the
Adobe Flash development environment and their testing with mobile devices like PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).
Course content:
Mobile systems. Developing mobile applications using Adobe Flash. Technologies for navigation and positioning
services for locating mobile objects. Types of mobile applications. Architectures of mobile applications. User
interface for mobile applications. Mobile multimedia.
Teaching and assessment:
At the lectures students are familiarised with the theoretic aspects of the main topics connected to mobile
technologies. The practical sessions are conducted in a computer laboratory equipped with the necessary
hardware and software environments for development and testing of mobile applications. During the semester the
students have two tests, which contain two theoretical questions. The final mark is based on the marks of the two
tests and the student’s participation in the workshops.
0571 Distributed Databases
ECTS credits: 5
Weekly classes: 2lec+0sem+0labs+2ws
Assessment: exam
Type of exam: written
Department involved:
Department of Computing
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation
Lecturers:
Assoc. Prof. Milko Todorov Marinov, MEng, PhD, Dept. of Computing, tel.: 888 356,
E-mail: MMarinov@ecs.uni-ruse.bg
Principal Assistant Irena Marinova Valova, MEng, PhD, Dept. of Computing, tel.: 888 685,
E-mail: IValova@ecs.uni-ruse.bg
Abstract:
Distributed database system technology is one of the major recent developments in the field of database systems
area. The Distributed Databases course aims at studying the principles and practical aspects of current distributed
database systems. Upon completion of this course the students should be able to: understand the role and
importance of distributed DB in a software project; describe issues, principles, methods and architectures
associated with distributed DB; undertake the development of a distributed database at a conceptual level, through
logical design, performance analysis, and implementation, providing appropriate query.
Course content:
Introduction into distributed data processing. Distributed DBMS architecture. Distributed database design.
Semantic data control. Query decomposition and data localization. Optimization of distributed queries. Introduction
to transaction management. Distributed DBMS reliability.
Teaching and assessment:
The lecture topics give the main theoretic aspects of the considered problems. The practice sessions are
conducted in a computer lab. The students should independently solve, code and debug entirely or partially
defined elements with the aid of a corresponding programming environment. Students’ work is evaluated at each
session. The exam includes a number of problems with a different degree of difficulty and a point system for
evaluation. The final course mark is formed as an average of the workshop marks and the exam mark.
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