CS 740 - Advanced Computer Networks

Dec 12: Final Project Presentation schedule

Nov 23: Date/time for final exam: Dec 9 (Thu) 1-3pm in CS 1289.

Nov 15: Tentative due date for final project report: Dec 20 (Mon) noon.

Nov 15: Final project presentation time slots (Dec 16) are available here. Please send me email with choice of date/times.

Nov 2: Mid-term project reviews will be held between Nov 9-12 (meetings should be set up for the reviews).

Oct 14: Schedule for paper reviews are available here.

Oct 5: Project proposals due in class on October 14 (Thursday).

Oct 4: In class mid-terms will be on October 26 (Tuesday). You have a choice between in-class and take-home midterm.

Sep 1: Please attend the first class on September 2 (Thursday). Note the change from prior announcement in the class page.

This course will cover the principles of networking with a focus on algorithms, protocols, and implementations for advanced networking services. We will begin with a brief retrospection on the design of the Internet, its basic mechanisms and protocols. We will examine a variety of ideas that were proposed to enhance the Internet, why some of these enhancements were successful while others were not. Subsequently we will move on to a select set of advanced topics in networking, primarily at recent and ongoing advances in "the edges" of the Internet. We will focus on:

The "physical edge" of the Internet, i.e., access networks. In particular, we will examine how proliferation of mobile, wireless access techniques affect choice of algorithms, protocols, and their implementations.

The "logical edge" of the Internet, i.e., overlay-based (peer-to-peer) systems.

All topics in this course will be covered through research papers. In each class I will lead a discussion on one or two papers. In order to have a discussion, students will be expected to have read these papers prior to class.

Each student in the class will be expected to do a research project. In the first two classes I will discuss a number of possible projects. However, students are encouraged to define their own ideas for research projects. For each research project, a student should submit a written project plan, a summary at the end of the semester and an oral presentation on the project.

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Required text

None.

Reference texts

Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (3rd Edition)
by Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie. Morgan Kaufmann, 2003.
ISBN: 1-55860-832-X
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet
by Jim Kurose and Keith Ross, Addison-Wesley.
ISBN: 0-201-61274-7
TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1
by W. Richard Stevens. Addison-Wesley.
ISBN: 0-201-63346-9
TCP/IP Sockets in C: Practical Guide for Programmers
by Michael Donahoo and Kenneth Calvert. Morgan Kaufmann, 2003.
ISBN: 1-55860-826-5

Read for fun

Where Wizards stay up Late
by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon. Simon and Schuster.
ISBN: 0-684-83267-4

Class Time

Tue, Thu 1-2.15pm

Room

103 Psychology

Personnel

	Instructor	Teaching Assistant
Name	Suman Banerjee	Sriya Santhanam
Email	suman@cs.wisc.edu	sriya@cs.wisc.edu
Office	CS 7391	TBA
Office hours	Tue Thu 2.30-3.30pm	TBA

If you cannot make these office hours, please send email to arrange another time.

Class Mailing List

cs-740@lists.students.wisc.edu

Final Exam

Dec 9 (Thu) 1-3pm at CS 1289

Assignments will be due at the start of class on the due date. Late assignments will not be accepted, so turn in whatever you have done.

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Course Overview and Syllabus

CS 740 Advanced Computer Networks Suman Banerjee Fall 2004

CS 740
Advanced Computer Networks

Suman Banerjee
Fall 2004