COMP90024 Cluster and Cloud Computing (University of Melbourne): rated 4.1/5 overall across 2 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
COMP90024 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology in Computer Science. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 集群与云计算
Type: Graduate coursework subject
Subject area: Computer Science
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Level: Graduate coursework Level 9
Handbook year: 2026
AIMS The growing popularity of the Internet along with the availability of powerful computers and high-speed networks as low-cost commodity components are changing the way we do parallel and distributed computing (PDC). Cluster and Cloud Computing are two approaches for PDC.
COMP90024 has 2 scored reviews: overall 4.1/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.1/5).
On Reddit: "CCC is hard, but Rich (the lecturer) is a cool guy and this course is very interesting and useful in terms of its content. Other than that it's depending on your interest. CCC is more about the architecture of distributed systems. Haven't taken Distributed Algorithms before, but…"
On Reddit: "can you give an example? I mean Cluster and Cloud Computing & Mobile Computing Systems are pure software subjects and they're taught very good in the university. The only downside for Declarative Programming in my opinion is the lack of practical real life implementations of it,…"
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Q: Is COMP90024 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 2 reviews: overall 4.1/5. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Which faculty teaches COMP90024, and when is it offered?
A: COMP90024 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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