1997 QUT Handbook

though a computing science perspective is employed in the
approach to the topics treated in this unit, influences from
other disciplines are discussed.
Courses: IT20 Prerequisites: ITB424, ITB422
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ITB457 FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING
Introduction to an alternative programming language and
method of programming. An emphasis is placed on two important
new techniques for building programs: higher order
functions and lazy evaluation. Application areas include: AI,
symbolic processing, rapid protyping and reusable software
design.
Courses: IT20, IF25 Prerequisites: ITB421
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ITB458 JAVA & EXTENSIBLE PROGRAMMING
An introduction to the Java language and its underlying theoretical
basis; the practice of Java programming, and the creation
of Java-applets for the world-wide-web. Broader issues
of run-time extensibility, and the relationship to documentbased
programming systems.
Courses: IT20
Prerequisites: ITB236 or ITB448 or equivalent
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ITB461 FOUNDATIONS OF NEUROCOMPUTING
Presents the neurocomputing paradigm and explains the biological
concepts on which it is based. Focus on how
neurocomputing complements the tools of the computing professional;
demonstrates that neurocomputing is an inherently
parallel computing method. Discusses the strengths and limitations
of the most used neural network architectures and training
methods; reviews neural network hardware.
Courses: IT20
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ITB462 COGNITIVE SYSTEMS
Expert systems, natural language processing (with the exception
of speech recognition), reasoning, high-level vision, planning
and learning. Symbolic as well as neurocomputing methods,
and hybrid systems, and is open to extensions.
Courses: IT20 Prerequisites: ITB442, ITB461
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ITB463 PATTERN RECOGNITION
Focus on pattern recognition problems using the three main
approaches: statistical, syntactical and neurocomputing. It
demonstrates two applications of pattern recognition: speech
recognition and image analysis and description.
Courses: IT20 Prerequisites: ITB442, ITB461
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ITB510 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Data types, their digital representations, and their size and
rate requirements; Analogue signals and transmission; digital
transmission and encoding schemes; transmission media; error
sources, error detection and prevention; data link protocols;
circuit switching; packet switching; routing; OSI and TCP/IP
network models; Ethernet; medium access protocols; network
management; network security.
Courses: IT21, IF25, IF58, IF79, IF52, IF38
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
Incompatible with: ITN510, ITB520
■ ITB520 DATA COMMUNICATIONS
An introductory treatment of the major topics and issues in communications
systems including the terminology and concepts
of data and telecommunications networks, their services and
architectures; the facilities and functions of the data and telecommunications
products and services used in national and
international communications networks; the main issues in the
design, management, security and control of data and telecommunications
networks and services; and the social, political,
and economic effects of communications technologies.
Courses: BS50, IF38, IF54, IT20
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
Incompatible with: ITB510, ITN510
710
■ ITB522 ADVANCED DATA COMMUNICATIONS
Topics covered include data link protocols, transport layer
services, upper layer services; data communications network
design and management (techniques and case studies); performance
modelling of communications networks; evaluation
of data communications products and services (mostly Australian-based);
data communications software design and implementation;
provision of integrated communications services
(voice, data, video, etc.); LAN/WAN integration; high
speed networking; internetworking and network management.
Courses: IT20
Prerequisites: ITB510 or ITN510 and ITB411 or ITN410
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ITB530 TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS
Students study the principles, protocols, and architectures of
internetworking. Topics include: routing strategies used by
bridges and gateways; security and management of routing
data over global networks; network interface design; and error
and flow control; and network reliability.
Courses: IT20, IT35/IT40
Prerequisites: MAB177 and either ITB522 or ITN520
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ITB531 APPLICATION SERVICES
A study of the protocols provided by the process layers of the
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and the
application services provided in the process layer, in particular
message handling, directory services, file transfer access and
management, network management, and distributed processing.
Other topics include abstract syntax notation; profiles for
government, office and manufacturing; and security issues.
Courses: IT20 Prerequisites: ITB522
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
Incompatible with: ITN521
■ ITB532 NETWORK MANAGEMENT
Network management forms a vital part of the overall control
and operation of computer networks and interconnection of
these networks on a local, national or worldwide basis. Topics
include: principles of computer network management and
control; practical experience in the configuration of network
management software systems and in the interpretation of
management information provided by these sub-systems; factors
needed in assessment of the control, management, performance,
availability and security of data networks.
Courses: IT20, IT40
Prerequisites: ITB535 or ITB521 or ITN520
Corequisites: ITB531 or ITN521
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ITB533 COMPARATIVE NETWORK SYSTEMS
Various operating systems and the techniques used to perform
interprocess communication. The client/server model is examined,
address schemes, ports, sockets, remote procedure
calls are programmed in the C language on UNIX, DOS and
OS/2 systems.
Courses: IT20, IT40 Prerequisites: ITB542
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ITB534 TELECOMMUNICATION MODELLING
The growing complexity of communication networks and services
in the world today requires a detailed knowledge of how
they perform and how they should be designed and managed
in a cost effective way. This unit lays the foundations for a
proper understanding of the factors involved. Covers the basic
concepts and models used in teletraffic theory as they are
applied to current telecommunication networks. Studies the
mathematical techniques for achieving efficient, cost-effective
communication networks.
Courses: IT20, IT35/IT40 Prerequisites: MAB178
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ ITB535 NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
Provides a practical study of the current network protocols in
use today. Topics include the installation, configuration, management,
performance and security of communication prod-