Advanced topics in mobile and social computing (AToMSC) (Winter 2020/2021)

Details

Workload/ECTS Credits:	5 ECTS
Module:	M.Inf.1222.Mp: Specialization Computer Networks Module Description -or- 3.10: Advanced Topics in Internet Research (II)(ITIS); M.Inf.1223 (new Regulations)
Lecturer:	Prof. Xiaoming Fu; Sripriya Srikant Adhatarao
Teaching assistant:	[]
Time:	Thu. 14:00-16:00
Place:	Online via Zoom/Skype
UniVZ	[1]

Announcements

Due to the recent recommendations in the context of Covid-19, we have to schedule this course in a purely online basis. We plan to use some tools and platforms, e.g., zoom or DFNconf. Please register into studIP in advance. The registration deadline is at 23:59 pm on 29 OCT 2020. We will announce which tool will be used before our lectures start. Please contact me by email:adhatarao@cs.uni-goettingen.de if you have any questions.

Course Overview

The purpose of this seminar is to discuss some advanced topics in computer networks. This course is theory-oriented research seminar (5 ECTS, 2 SWS), held on a weekly base and comprising the following components:

• Weekly Presentation + Weekly Paper Reading and Discussion
• Final Presentation
• Final Report

The material in the seminar is mainly drawn from the research literature in top journals/conferences, like ToN,TMC, TPDS, SIGCOMM, SIGMETRICS, INFOCOM, MOBICOM, MOBIHOC, WWW, CoNEXT.

Requirements

• Each participant is required to read the assigned paper before the seminar and prepare the review of the paper, which should include the following parts:
  • Summary of the paper
  • Pros and Cons of the paper (your conclusion)
  • NOTE!! Every participant should provide the paper review BEFORE the seminar (23:59 Wednesday). => the review form is available at [Paper_Review_Form_ATCN_WS201112.doc]
• During each weekly seminar, one participant is assigned for presenting the paper (each presentation is for ~30 minutes) and the list of pros and cons is discussed by all the participants.
• In the middle of the semester, everyone is requested to pick a topic and prepare:
  • Final report: Essay (5~6 pages, double columns, IEEE format) for your chosen research topic, which contains a comprehensive literature survey + a detailed discussion of some key enabling technologies
  • Final presentation: each presentation for ~20 minutes, plus ~5 minutes Q&A

Schedule

• 05 NOV. 2020
  • Informational Meeting

• 12 Nov. 2020
  • Paper Title: Understanding Operational 5G: A First Measurement Study on Its Coverage, Performance and Energy Consumption
  • Authors: Dongzhu Xu, Anfu Zhou (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications); Xinyu Zhang (University of California San Diego); Guixian Wang, Xi Liu, Congkai An, Yiming Shi, Liang Liu, Huadong Ma (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications)
  • Presented by: XXX

• 19 Nov. 2020
  • Paper Title: Beyond-5G Reliable Extreme Mobility Management
  • Authors: Yuanjie Li (Hewlett Packard Labs); Qianru Li, Zhehui Zhang (University of California, Los Angeles); Ghufran Baig, Lili Qiu (University of Texas at Austin); Songwu Lu (University of California, Los Angeles)
  • Presented by: XXX

• 26 Nov. 2020
  • Paper Title: Classic Meets Modern: a Pragmatic Learning-Based Congestion Control for the Internet
  • Authors: Soheil Abbasloo, Chen-Yu Yen, H. Jonathan Chao (NYU)
  • Presented by: XXX

• 03 Dec. 2020
  • Paper Title: Neural-Enhanced Live Streaming: Improving Live Video Ingest via Online Learning
  • Authors: Jaehong Kim, Youngmok Jung, Hyunho Yeo, Juncheol Ye, Dongsu Han (KAIST)
  • Presented by: XXX

• 10 Dec. 2020
  • Paper Title: Server-Driven Video Streaming for Deep Learning Inference
  • Authors: Kuntai Du, Ahsan Pervaiz, Xin Yuan (University of Chicago); Aakanksha Chowdhery (Google); Qizheng Zhang, Henry Hoffmann, Junchen Jiang (University of Chicago)
  • Presented by: XXX

• 17 Dec. 2020
  • Paper Title: Reducto: On-Camera Filtering for Resource-Efficient Real-Time Video Analytics
  • Authors: Yuanqi Li, Arthi Padmanabhan, Pengzhan Zhao, Yufei Wang, Guoqing Harry Xu, Ravi Netravali (UCLA)
  • Presented by: XXX

• 24 Dec. 2020
  • • No lecture

• 31 Dec. 2020
  • • No lecture

• 7 Jan. 2021
  • • No lecture

• 14 Jan. 2021
  • Paper Title: Routing on Multiple Optimality Criteria
  • Authors: João Luís Sobrinho, Miguel Alves Ferreira (Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa)
  • Presented by: XXX

• 21 Jan. 2021
  • Paper Title: Concurrent Entanglement Routing for Quantum Networks: Model and Designs
  • Authors: Shouqian Shi, Chen Qian (University of California, Santa Cruz)
  • Presented by: XXX

• 28 Jan. 2021
  • • Ngiam, Jiquan, et al, StarNet: Targeted Computation for Object Detection in Point Clouds, 2019. (Presented by XXXX)

Final Presentations & Report

• Final Registration in FlexNow: Jan 28th 2021.

• Final Presentation:
  • Each for ~20 minutes, plus ~10 minutes Q&A

• Final Presentation Slots:

• 04 Feb. 2021
  • (Place Holder) Ngiam, Jiquan, et al, StarNet: Targeted Computation for Object Detection in Point Clouds, 2019. (Presented by XXXX)

• 11 Feb. 2021
  • (Place Holder) Ngiam, Jiquan, et al, StarNet: Targeted Computation for Object Detection in Point Clouds, 2019. (Presented by XXX)

• Final Report:
  • Essay (~6 pages, double column, IEEE format: https://journals.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/create-your-ieee-journal-article/authoring-tools-and-templates/ieee-article-templates/templates-for-transactions/)
  • Due by 23:59pm 31 March 2021