CSC8104 Introduction

The module learning outcomes, and intended skill outcomes can be found on the Enterprise Software and Services page.

To complete this coursework you MUST first complete the tutorial document and then move onto the coursework document.

Tutorial

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You may also watch this video to see the steps in action.

Many steps of the tutorial and video concern the environment setup necessary to undertake the coursework on your own machines. This year much of this setup has been performed for you on university machines. If you are solely using a university machine to perform the coursework, you should complete only the subsections of the tutorial which are highlighted as necessary for all students.

Important

Immediately after you create your GitHub account and Red Hat Developers account, email Adam Booth at (adam.booth@newcastle.ac.uk) with your name, email address, GitHub username and Red Hat Login ID. Adam will then create your private repository. You will then receive an email informing you of the details once everything is ready.

Coursework

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Important

You must use the allocation list below to determine which service type you will implement.

Course Teacher Profiles

Module (Course) Leader: Dr Ellis Solaiman is the Enterprise Software and Services module (course) leader, and also leads a number of courses at the school of Computing Science, Newcastle University including the MSc final Project and Dissertation. He obtained his PhD in Computing Science from Newcastle University in 2004. His research interests are related mainly to the management of distributed systems (Cloud and IoT), trust, and Computer Science Education.

Lead Demonstrator: Dr Adam Booth is a Research Software Engineer at the National Edge AI Hub at Newcastle University. He previously completed his PhD researching the application of AI in Smart Cities. Having previously studied CSC8104 as a postgraduate student at Newcastle University, Adam is now the Head Demonstrator for the Enterprise Software and Services course.

Demonstrator: Kobby Adu-Duodu is a final year PhD student at the School of Computing, Newcastle University. His research interests lie in the development of ontology and Blockchain solutions within Circular Supply Chains.

Demonstrator: Maryam Mosleh is a second year PhD student and PGTA (Post Graduate Teaching Assistant) at the School of Computing, Newcastle University.

Demonstrator: Xinyuan Liu is a final year PhD student in Computer Science at Newcastle University, UK.

Demonstrator: Ollie Fox is a third year PhD student at the School of Computing, Newcastle University. His research interests lie in Verified and Explainable AI, investigating the AI hallucination problem.

Demonstrator: Mayson Mohammad Talab Al-Jassim is a second-year PhD researcher working on designing a protocol that delivers distributed messages in the same sequence across all replicas in a distributed system, ensuring consistency between replicas for fault-tolerant operation.

Industry (Red Hat) Lead: Dr Adam Cattermole is a Software Engineer at Red Hat. Prior to this role, Adam Completed a PhD at Newcastle University School of Computing where he was also lead demonstrator on the Enterprise Software and Services module.

Finally

Demonstrators will be available in your cluster rooms during all practical sessions. You should go and see them if you are having any difficulties. This includes understanding what you have to do.

Discussion Boards will also be available for CSC8104 in Canvas (http://canvas.ncl.ac.uk) and Teams. You may post any questions about the tutorial or coursework assignment here, and the discussion boards will be monitored by Course Demonstrators. Also, any question which demonstrators encounter frequently (either on Blackboard or in practical) will be placed in a Frequently Asked Questions document which we maintain here. Before asking a question we encourage you to check both these places to see if it has already been answered.

In particular, notice the answer which refers to documentation. The use of 3rd party documentation is absolutely essential throughout this coursework, and demonstrators may often answer questions by pointing you to the relevant websites.

Tip	If you see a question on the discussion boards you know how to answer, we strongly encourage you to assist your colleagues! == Allocation List

Student Name	Service Type	Service Location
Gursimran Kaur	Flight
Salew Enghoyia	Taxi
Meghana Venkatesh	Hotel
Thanishka Abdul Salam	Flight
Parth Bhawar	Taxi
Preetham Chandrashekar	Hotel
Zhixu Cui	Flight
Clark Guo	Taxi
Surendra Narasimhamurthy	Hotel
Nathan Hardcastle	Flight
Chibuikem Ilon	Taxi
Sadit Indramangala	Hotel
Godwin Joseph	Flight
Vishwanatha Thippeswamy	Taxi
Dylan Kapke	Hotel
Imran Khan	Flight
Misal Kunhi	Taxi
Wenhao Li	Hotel
Haowen Ma	Flight
Hassan Masood	Taxi
Anchal Patel	Hotel
Anushka Patil	Flight
Parth Patil	Taxi
Dhruva Pawar	Hotel
Gabriel Perry	Flight
Ashmita Poojary	Taxi
Pooja Prakash	Hotel
Panambur Rao	Flight
Akhil Ravichandran	Taxi
Athulya Reji	Hotel
Yogiraj Sadhan	Flight
Scaria Saji	Taxi
Yanshu Saroha	Hotel
Ali Shaikh	Flight
Shivankar Sharma	Taxi
Shubhi Sharma	Hotel
Muhammad Shoaib	Flight
Gurwinder Singh	Taxi
Lin Song	Hotel
Sumit Soni	Flight
Jirawat Sukharom	Taxi
Viet Ta	Hotel
Hemanth Tadi	Flight
Matthew Thompson	Taxi
Aarohi Vairal	Hotel
Jing Xie	Flight
Anurag Yadav	Taxi
Yanjie Zhang	Hotel

Important

If your name does not appear in the allocation list please contact Adam Booth at adam.booth@newcastle.ac.uk as soon as possible (prior to the first practical session) and you will be assigned a service type and a private GitHub repository.