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Computer Networks and Commmunication

Field of study: Computer Networks and Commmunication
Responsible person: doc. RNDr. Luděk Matyska, CSc.
Responsilbe workplace: Department of Computer Systems and Communications

This field of study provides its students with extensive knowledge of architectures, principles of operation and management of computer networks. The field of study is prepared to satisfy both those seeking practically oriented study and training, including advanced information and knowledge on many aspects of computer networks and their applications, and those willing to get deeper knowledge about theoretical foundations and understand computer networks as a special case of distributed systems. Along with extensive information in the area of computer networks each student gets information about security, principles of work with multimedia data, basic experience in work with parallel systems and the necessary theoretical foundations. Graduates will be able to work as designers of large scale computer networks, heads of computer network related departments or as project leaders. They will be also prepared to work as independent specialists on computer networks applications or their security. The best graduates with interest on even deeper knowledge on the course are expected to continue in a PhD study in a field of computer networks, in computer systems, security or in parallel and distributed systems.

Tuition structure

Study structure depends on previous study and knowledge of student and also on his/her interest in theoretical or practical orientation. Graduates of minor relative bachelor study fields can complete basic knowledge. Structure of courses also offers enough opportunities for extension of knowledge for graduates of bachelor study fields with orientation on computer networks from any university.

Total list of subjects you can find in electronic study catalogue. We can mention at least the following subjects:
  • Algorithmics for Hard Problems
  • Supercomputer Architecture and Intensive Computations
  • Parallel Algorithms and Computation Models
  • Advanced Operating Sytems Concepts
  • Advanced Computer Networks
  • Computer Networks and Applications I and II
  • Development of Programming Systems in Java
  • Coding
  • Applied Cryptography
  • Speech signal processing

Laboratory

For students is prepared Laboratory of Advanced Networking Technologies (Sitola), where they can work on advanced individual or team projects. The lab is joint venture between the FI and Institute of Computer Science of Masaryk University and also non-profit organization CESNET. Students can participate on solving lots of problems usually connected with concrete national or international projects. Among main topics of projects is research in the field multimedia transfer and processing, resarch in the field of active networks, field of virtualization of computer systems and networks, planning in wide distributed systems and also various aspects of computer network and distributed systems security. Lab participates on research plan MU named Highly Parallel and Distributed Systems,,and it is also part of Network of Excellence EU CoreGRID, share in solving research plan of CESNET named Optical Network with National Importance and its New Application and is participant in many projects of EU Framework Programme, e.g. EGEE II, Ithanet and EuroCareCF.

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