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Unit content:Pipe-filter architecture and regular expressions Client-Server architecture Batch versus run-time validation design Object-oriented design and UML Dynamic binding and inheritance Event-based architecture Finite state machines and GUI design Petri Nets Multithreading and synchronisation Layered architectures, design patterns and other architectures.

Other notes:Each student is expected to spend on average three hours per teaching week reading the lecture notes, books chapters and other recommended materials relevant to the topic covered in that week and spend a similar amount of time working on the lab exercises for that week. In addition, each student is required to complete two assignments and sit the final examination.