Programming Algorithms and data structures

The main aim of this subject is the acquisition of the basic fundamentals related to the field of concurrency and parallelism, as well as the familiarization of the student with the basic concepts of communications in distributed systems.

1. Introduction to distributed systems, telematics and robotics. 2. Threads and concurrency. 3. Processes and interprocess communication (IPC). 4. Sockets. Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) and user datagram protocol/Internet protocol (UDP/IP) interfaces. 5. Communication models: multicasting and broadcast communication, client-server communication, peer-to-peer communication,hybrid interaction models. 6. Design of a distributed system with scripting languages: basic data structures, algorithms, coding protocols and communication.

THEORETICAL CLASSES. Presentation by the teaching staff of the main concepts in the form of a summary. This type of session encourages both interaction and discussion of the explained concepts. PRACTICAL CLASSES. Sessions in which problems are posed and students are allowed to analyse them and propose possible solutions. PROGRAMMING LABORATORIES. A functionality is described based on the theoretical concepts covered in both the lecture and problem sessions and, under the supervision of the teaching staff, it is implemented. These sessions involve additional work by the students over a period of several days in which they have the possibility, through various channels, to consult their conceptual doubts with the teaching staff. TUTORING SESSIONS Individual or group assistance to students by the teacher.