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This is a continuation of SEN 497. This contains the implementation and the evaluation of the project. A formal written report (chapters 4-5) has to be approved by the supervisor. A final report comprising chapters 1-5 will be submitted to the department for final grading. An oral presentation is required. INS 401 Project Management (2 Units C: LH 30) Learning Outcomes At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. describe project management planning; 2. describe project scheduling; 3. explain management of project resources; 4. discuss project procurement, monitoring and execution; and 5. explain project communication and time management; Course Contents Introduction to Project Management. The Project Management Lifecycle. Project management and systems development or acquisition. The project management context, technology and techniques to support the project management lifecycle, and Project management processes. Managing Project Teams: Project team planning, Motivating team members, Leadership, power and conflict in project teams, and Managing global project teams. Managing Project Communication and enhancing team communication. Managing Project Scope: Project initiation, how organisations choose projects, activities, and developing the project charter. Managing Project Scheduling: Common problems in project scheduling, and Techniques for project scheduling. Managing Project Resources: Types of resources (human, capital, time), and techniques for managing resources. Project quality and tools to manage project quality. Managing project risk and tools for managing project risk. Managing Project Procurement: Alternatives to systems development, External acquisition, Outsourcing-domestic and offshore, Steps in the procurement process, and Managing the procurement process. Project Execution, Control and Closure: Managing project execution, monitoring progress and managing change, Documentation and communication, and Common problems in project execution; Managing Project Control and Closure: Obtaining information, Cost control, Change control, Administrative closure, Personnel closure, Contractual closure and Project auditing

This is a continuation of INS 497. This contains the implementation and the evaluation of the project. A formal written report, chapters 4 - 5 has to be approved by the supervisor. A final report comprising chapters 1 - 5 will be submitted to the department for final grading. An oral presentation is required.

This is a continuation of ICT 497. This contains the implementation and the evaluation of the project. A formal written report chapters 4 - 5 has to be approved by the supervisor. A final report comprising chapters 1 - 5 will be submitted to the department for final grading. An oral presentation is required. IFT 442: Wireless Communications and Networking (3 Units C: LH 45; PH 45) Learning Outcomes At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. describe the principles underlying wireless data communications; 2. design and implement wireless network environment for any application using the latest wireless protocols and standards; 3. diagnose and troubleshoot faulty PCs and wireless devices; 4. install, configure and upgrade wireless communications system; and 5. develop hands-on experience installing, configuring, and upgrading wireless communications components and software. Course Contents Fundamental principles underlying wireless data communications. Wireless transmission basics. radio propagation issues. antennas. digital modulation. spread spectrum techniques and their applications. Popular standards: Wi-Fi, WiMAX and Bluetooth. Also presents practical knowledge to enable the design, testing, deployment, debugging and commissioning of Wi- Fi, WiMAX networks, and point-to-point microwave systems. Discussions on cellular network technologies are also included. Lab Work: Basics on wireless transmission. Design of simple Wi-Fi and Wi-Max networks. Demonstration of GSM networks. Deployment and testing of wireless networks. Working with LTE. Demonstration of IPv6. Illustration of Wireless Personal Area Networks (PANS) CSC 432: Distributed Computing Systems (2 Units C: LH 30) Learning Outcomes At the end of the course, students should have learned to: 1. summarise and describe general properties, challenges, and characteristics of distributed systems; 2. describe generally distributed algorithms for synchronisation and concurrency, coordination, transactions, and replication; 3. exemplify practical issues that need to be considered when designing, implementing, and debugging distributed systems; 4. compare replication schemes with respect to performance, availability, and consistency concerns; and 5. design, implement, and debug distributed systems. Course Contents Communication Mechanisms. Communication Protocols. RPC. RMI. Stream Oriented Communication. Synchronisation. Global State. Election. Distributed Mutual Exclusion. Distributed Transactions. Naming: Generic Schemes, DNS, Naming and Localisation. Replication and Coherence. Consistency Models And Protocols. Fault Tolerance: Group Communication, Two- And Three-Phase Commit, Checkpointing; Security: Access Control. Key Management. Cryptography. Distributed File Systems: NFS, Coda, etc. Application: e- commerce, global business strategies, online network business in a secure environment.

This is a continuation of DTS 497. This contains the implementation and the evaluation of the project. A formal written report, chapters 4 - 5 has to be approved by the supervisor. A final report comprising chapters 1 - 5 will be submitted to the department for final grading. An oral presentation is required.

This is a continuation of CYB 497. This includes the research methodology, analysis of data using statistical tools, performance evaluation, standard documentation of the project, referencing style, programming of the prototype/simulation model, plagiarism and grammarly check, and PowerPoint presentation skill. The formal written report made up of chapters four and five approved by the supervisor will be submitted to the Department for final grading. An oral presentation is required.

This is a continuation of CSC 497. This contains the implementation and the evaluation of the project. A formal written report, chapters 4-5 have to be approved by the supervisor. A final report comprising chapters 1 - 5 will be submitted to the department for final grading. An oral presentation is required. INS 401 Project Management (2 Units C: LH 30) Learning Outcomes At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. describe project management planning; 2. describe project scheduling; 3. explain management of project resources; 4. discuss project procurement, monitoring and execution; and 5. explain project communication and time management. Course Contents Introduction to Project Management. The Project Management Lifecycle: Project management and systems development or acquisition. The project management context. Technology and techniques to support the project management lifecycle, and Project management processes. Managing Project Teams: Project team planning, motivating team members, Leadership, power and conflict in project teams, and managing global project teams. Managing project communication and enhancing team communication. Project Initiation and Planning. Managing Project Scope: Project initiation, how organisations choose projects, Activities, and Developing the project charter. Managing Project Scheduling: Common problems in project scheduling, and Techniques for project scheduling. Managing Project Resources: Types of resources (human, capital, time), and Techniques for managing resources. Project quality and tools to manage project quality. Managing project risk and tools for managing project risk. Managing Project Procurement: Alternatives to systems development, External acquisition, Outsourcing-domestic and offshore. Steps in the procurement process, and managing the procurement process. Project Execution, Control and Closure: Managing project execution, monitoring progress and managing change. Documentation and communication, and Common problems in project execution. Managing Project Control and Closure: Obtaining information, Cost control, Change control, administrative closure, Personnel closure, Contractual closure and Project auditing.

Space and time; units and dimension, Vectors and Scalars, Differentiation of vectors: displacement, velocity and acceleration; kinematics; Newton laws of motion (Inertial frames, Impulse, force and action at a distance, momentum conservation); Relative motion; Application of Newtonian mechanics; Equations of motion; Conservation principles in physics, Conservative forces, conservation of linear momentum, Kinetic energy and work, Potential energy, System of particles, Centre of mass; Rotational motion; Torque, vector product, moment, rotation of coordinate axes and angular momentum. Polar coordinates; conservation of angular momentum; Circular motion; Moments of inertia, gyroscopes and precession; Gravitation: Newton’s Law of Gravitation, Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion, Gravitational Potential Energy, Escape velocity, Satellites motion and orbits.

Space and time; units and dimension, Vectors and Scalars, Differentiation of vectors: displacement, velocity and acceleration; kinematics; Newton laws of motion (Inertial frames, Impulse, force and action at a distance, momentum conservation); Relative motion; Application of Newtonian mechanics; Equations of motion; Conservation principles in physics, Conservative forces, conservation of linear momentum, Kinetic energy and work, Potential energy, System of particles, Centre of mass; Rotational motion; Torque, vector product, moment, rotation of coordinate axes and angular momentum. Polar coordinates; conservation of angular momentum; Circular motion; Moments of inertia, gyroscopes and precession; Gravitation: Newton’s Law of Gravitation, Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion, Gravitational Potential Energy, Escape velocity, Satellites motion and orbits.

Space and time, units and dimension, vectors and scalars, differentiation of vectors. Displacement, velocity, and acceleration; kinematics. Newton laws of motion (Inertial frames, Impulse, force and action at a distance, momentum conservation). Relative motion. Application of Newtonian mechanics. Equations of motion. Conservation principles in physics. Conservative forces. Conservation of linear momentum. Kinetic energy, and work, Potential energy, System of particles, centre of mass. Rotational motion; Torque, vector product, moment, rotation of coordinate axes and angular momentum. Polar coordinates, conservation of angular momentum. Circular motion. Moments of inertia, gyroscopes, and precession. Gravitation: Newton’s Law of Gravitation, Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion, Gravitational Potential Energy, Escape velocity, Satellites motion, and orbits.

Space and time. units and dimensions. Vectors and Scalars. Differentiation of vectors: displacement, velocity and acceleration. kinematics. Newton laws of motion (Inertial frames, Impulse, force and action at a distance, momentum conservation). Relative motion. Application of Newtonian mechanics. Equations of motion. Conservation principles in physics. Conservative forces. conservation of linear momentum. Kinetic energy and work. Potential energy. System of particles. Centre of mass. Rotational motion. Torque. vector product. moment. rotation of coordinate axes and angular momentum. Polar coordinates. conservation of angular momentum. Circular motion. Moments of inertia. gyroscopes and precession. Gravitation: Newton’s Law of Gravitation, Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion, Gravitational Potential Energy, Escape velocity, Satellites motion and orbits.