ACIT4430 Infrastructure Services and Operations Course description

The course focuses on the broad and rigorous approach necessary to do reliable research within the area of analysis and offers a deeper theoretical understanding that can supplement and be leveraged alongside the knowledge and skills from the previous two specialization courses (ACIT4310 Applied Computational and Mathematical Analysis and ACIT4321 Quantum Information Technology).

The course provides a perfect basis for any person who wants to venture into this area. It is also a springboard for functional analysis and operator algebras.

A student who has completed this course should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

On successful completion of this course the student:

• has basic knowledge of point set topology
• has basic knowledge of measure theory
• has basic knowledge of Fourier analysis
• has basic knowledge of complex function theory

Skills

On successful completion of this course the student:

• is able to prove some of the most fundamental results of mathematical analysis
• is able to apply basic notions and results in proofs and derivations

General competence

On successful completion of this course the student:

• is able to understand literature within these topics
• can transfer with trust this understanding to own research.

The student should have the following outcomes upon completing the course:

Knowledge

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should have:

• advanced knowledge of how system administration and operations facilitate organizations
• advanced knowledge of the terms and terminology used when system administration interfaces with an organization
• advanced knowledge of processes applied to system administration in order to facilitate requests from other parts of an organization
• deep knowledge of how an IT infrastructure is organized and what components it traditionally comprises of
• a good understanding of the support architecture of an IT infrastructure, such as backup, issue tracking and configuration management

Skills

Upon successful completion of the course, the student can:

• analyze an IT infrastructure with regard to its components and their purpose
• apply feature analysis in order to rank alternative components relative to their purpose
• organize the flow of tasks in an operations team
• propose ways to measure the performance of an operations team
• can leverage IaaS (cloud computing and virtual infrastructures) to provide systems, network and storage components to users
• utilize infrastructure support services in order to leverage system deployment to users

General competence

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• discuss the role of system administration in an organization and society at large
• analyze how operations can interface with the rest of an organization in order to improve overall proficiency

None.

Individual oral exam (1 hour).

The oral exam cannot be appealed.

New/postponed exam

In case of failed exam or legal absence, the student may apply for a new or postponed exam. New or postponed exams are offered within a reasonable time span following the regular exam. The student is responsible for registering for a new/postponed exam within the time limits set by OsloMet. The Regulations for new or postponed examinations are available in Regulations relating to studies and examinations at OsloMet.

No aids are permitted

No aids are permitted

Grade scale A-F.

Professor Lars Tuset

A course in analysis at bachelor level is an advantage, preferably with some knowledge of real numbers, cardinality, metric spaces and uniform convergence.