EE4221Cloud Computing Systems

这门课学什么

课程概述与目标

The course aims to provide students with the essential knowledge and practical skills in cloud administration and architecting. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a major cloud computing platform provider in the world. This course is integrated with the curriculum of AWS Academy Cloud Foundations (ACF) to deliver industry-recognized content that covers a wide range of fundamental concepts and considerations from business to technology.

教学内容（Keyword Syllabus）

Cloud computing characteristics; virtualization and container technologies; cloud deployment models; cloud service models – SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS; cloud pricing model; cloud economics and challenges; key elements of classic data centers; shared responsibility model; authentication vs authorization; cloud storage models; RAID levels; data consistency models; data replication and fault tolerance; high availability system and architecture; availability vs reliability; horizontal scaling vs vertical scaling; load balancing algorithms; business continuity and disaster recovery strategies; Java distributed programming; MapReduce and Hadoop Introduction to AWS: AWS Global Infrastructure, Region and Availability Zone, Edge Location, Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Lambda, Simple Storage Service (S3), Elastic Block Store (EBS), Elastic File System (EFS), Glacier, Relational Database Service (RDS), DynamoDB, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Networking, Security Groups, Network ACL, Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway, Route 53, CloudFront, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Auto Scaling Group, Cloud Watch

校方 PDF 第 4 页 · Keyword Syllabus

预期学习成果

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CILO	预期学习成果	比重	DEC
1	Explain the cloud computing characteristics, key benefits, and underlying principles.	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2
2	Identify the performance and security issues in the cloud and use appropriate AWS tools to design well-architected solutions.	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2
3	Describe distributed and parallel computing models and implement cloud applications to process data efficiently.	—	DEC-A1, DEC-A2

校方 PDF 第 2 页 · Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)

我能不能修这门课

先修、建议先备和并修要求分别查看；等同及互斥条件也会影响选课。and 表示同时满足，or 表示备选；组合条件按下方原文分组阅读。

先修条件

EE3206 Java Programming and Applications and EE3009 Data Communications and Networking

建议先备知识

无（校方注明 Nil）

并修要求

该版官方课纲未列明该项。

其他修读要求

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等同课程及条件

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互斥课程及条件

无（校方注明 Nil）

怎么考，怎样才算通过

考核方式

Continuous assessment: 50%; Examination: 50%; Examination duration: 2 hours

各项考核占多少分

考核项目	比重	生成式 AI 使用	备注与限制
TestsCILO 1, 2, 3	30%	否（No）	-
AssignmentsCILO 1, 2, 3	20%	是（Yes）	-

校方 PDF 第 3 页 · Assessment Tasks / Activities (ATs)

查看校方原始考核表与使用要求

Tests (min.: 2) | CILOs 1,2,3 | 30% | - | No
#Assignments (min.: 3) | CILOs 1,2,3 | 20% | - | Yes

通过条件

Remark: To pass the course, students are required to achieve at least 30% in coursework and 30% in the examination. # may include homework, tutorial exercise, project/mini-project, presentation.

目录页标明这些考核比例为参考值；详细考核安排以课程课纲为准。