Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Unit Code MN504 Unit Title Networked Application Management Assessment Type Group Assignment Assessment Title Critical Thinking, Reasoning and Problem Solving Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills in critical thinking, reasoning, problem solving in regards to Networked Applications Management (NAM). This assignment will provide scope to explore and learn working mechanisms of cutting-edge tools and technologies with regard to NAM. Student will develop skills of critically understanding problems, conceptualising possible solutions to the problems, and exploring possible NAM related tools to justify the strength of their claimed solutions. The assignment will also require analysing capability to relate networked application protocols with the underlying networked infrastructure with a view to managing networked applications. This assignment provides students with opportunity to demonstrate problem solving capability in the domain of cutting edge distributed systems. Weight 20% Total Marks 50 Word limit 2000 Due Date Week 11 Submission Guidelines All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page. The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings. Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style. Extension If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application must be submitted directly to the School's Administration Officer, in Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7. You must submit this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment. 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Assignment Description A group (not more than two members) will be given a topic to explore its designated areas as presented in the following table; students are advised to explore the topic area(s) by reviewing the literature; students participating in the PBL are taught how to do the critical thinking for review literature; and literature is available in the internet as papers, book chapters, and independent scholarly reports by experts, and research based videos. A group of two students will collaborate on the areas of a topic, there must have clear descriptions of individual contribution and collaborative contribution. Sno Topic Area to be explored 1 Elastic Caching over Typical Web Caching And Web Proxy Caching Explore by reviewing Typical Web Caching Techniques and Technologies and their strength and weakness? Find a problem case study in the topic, and apply your critical thinking on the Architecture Style, Protocols, and underlying infrastructure and configuration for Networked Application Management (NAM) in regards to Elastic Caching over Typical Web Caching And Web Proxy Caching? Comparative tabular representation of Elastic Caching over Typical Web Caching and Web Proxy Caching. 2 Remote Desktop Access Explore by reviewing the underlying mechanism, middleware, protocols, and flow chart based software interaction processes for accessing remote desktop and resources in a networked computer; Find a problem case study in the topic along the area of trouble shooting a remote computer or remote-tutor-assisted teaching-learning, and apply your critical thinking to solve the problem with your deep learning on the above areas. 3 Streaming live and interactive Audio and Video Explore by reviewing the underlying mechanism, middleware, protocols of streaming live Audio and Video in distributed Cloud Environment. One example of such networked application management tool for live audio and video is CloudFront; critically list the others tools, techniques, protocols with comparative discussions for solving diverse requirements. What are the Metrics that are related to performance of audio and video transfer and sharing? Find a problem case study in the topic, and apply your critical thinking to solve the problem with your deep learning on the above areas. 4 Virtualization With respect to Citrix Explore by reviewing Virtualisation, Virtual Machines, and Architecture of Virtual Machines along with protocols, techniques, and frameworks for networked applications management. Find a problem case study in the topic, and apply your critical thinking to solve the problem with your deep learning on the above areas. Marking criteria: Example of marking criteria is shown in following table. Marks are allocated as follows: Note: The marking criteria varies for each assignment Section to be included in the report Description of the section Marks Proof Reading Writing with quality (proofreading your work is highly recommended) 5 Investigation An Open-ended approach to investigating/exploring relevant aspects of the Topic, its questions and issues highlighted in the above table. 10 Case Study Finding a case study problem in the areas of your topic 5 Justification Justify how your investigation contributes to the problem by analysing and comparing an existing investigation by others. 10 Critical Thinking Showing and reflecting your deep and critical thinking throughout your entire scholarly represented written and demonstrated works (a smooth flow of ideas in the sections and subsection is highly recommended). 10 Conclusion Draw conclusion of the report 5 Reference style Follow IEEE reference style 5 Total 50 Example Marking Rubric for Assignment #: Total Marks 50 Note: The marking rubrics varies for each assignment Grade Mark HD 40-50 DI 35-44 CR 30-34 P 25-29 Fail <25 Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Proof Reading /5 All topics are pertinent and covered in depth. Ability to think critically and source material is demonstrated Topics are relevant and soundly analysed. Generally relevant and analysed. Some relevance and briefly presented. This is not relevant to the assignment topic. Investigation /10 Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent logical and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed Case study /5 Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent logical and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed Justification /10 All elements are present and very well integrated. Components present with good cohesive Components present and mostly well integrated Most components present Proposal lacks structure. Critical Thinking /10 Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrat ed excellent ability to think critically but did not source reference material appropriatel y Demonstrated ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Conclusion /5 Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent logical and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed Reference style /5 Clear styles with excellent source of references. Clear referencing style Generally good referencing style Sometimes clear referencing style Lacks consistency with many errors