High Performance Computing: Fifth Year Syllabus – University of Information Technology

Academic Syllabus

The standard academic calendar consists of two semesters. The first semester of the academic year normally starts in December and ends in April. The second semester starts in May and finishes in September. The table below presents the subject syllabus structure of the two main semesters in any academic year.

First Semester

Subject Code	Subject Description
CST-51121	Data Center Networking and the New Converged Internet
CST-51205	Stochastic Models
HPC-51122	Virtualization Technology and Cloud Computing
HPC-51123	Blockchain Technology and the Internet of Things
HPC-51124	High Performance Big Data Analytics
HPC-51125	Design and Concepts for Building a Modern Computing System (Capstone Project)

Second Semester

All fifth year students for second semester is that they must go to the Industrial Attachment (Internship).