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** [[Media:ATCN-ws1112-intro.pdf | Introduction_ATCN_WS1112.pdf]]
** [[Media:ATCN-ws1112-intro.pdf | Introduction_ATCN_WS1112.pdf]]
** Course Introduction (how to read, write....)‏
** Course Introduction (how to read, write....)‏
** Introduction of Social Networks
** [http://www.cs.umd.edu/~golbeck/INFM289I/Module1.ppt Social Networks basis]
*** Two papers of general reading
**** 0-1. [http://an.kaist.ac.kr/~haewoon/papers/2010-www-twitter.pdf What is Twitter, a Social Network or a News Media?]
**** 0-2. [http://www.net.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/publications/1796/cuckoo.pdf Scaling Microblogging Services with Divergent Traffic Demands]
* 11.11.2011 [Session 1]
* 11.11.2011 [Session 1]
** Social network structure
** Social network structure

Revision as of 13:10, 28 October 2011

Details

Workload/ECTS Credits: 180h, 6 ECTS
Module: M.Inf.223: Seminar Telematik III -or- M.Inf.224: Seminar Computernetzewerke II
Lecturer: {{{lecturer}}}
Teaching assistant: Jiachen Chen
Time: Fridays, 10.15 - 11.45
Place: IfI 3.101
UniVZ [1]


Course Overview

The purpose of this seminar is to discuss some advanced concepts in computer networking. This course is a research seminar (6 ECTS, 2 SWS), held on a weekly base and comprising the following components:

  • Weekly paper reading and discussion + Weekly Presentation
  • Final Presentation
  • Final report

The material in the seminar, drawn mainly from the research literature from top tier journal/conference, like ToN, TPDS, SIGCOMM, SIGMETRICS, IMC, WWW, CoNEXT. The seminar topics include the following:

  • Peer-to-Peer Networking (Infrastructure, Systems, Applications)
  • Online Social Networking (Architecture, User Behavior, Data Collection, Data Analysis)

Schedule

  • 28.10.2011 [Session 0]
  • 11.11.2011 [Session 1]
    • Social network structure
  • 18.11.2011 [Session 2]
    • Strong and weak ties
  • 02.12.2011 [Session 3]
    • OSN sampling
  • 09.12.2011 [Session 4]
    • Recommendation systems
  • 06.01.2012 [Session 5]
    • Virtualization
  • 13.01.2012 [Session 6]
    • Data center network
  • 20.01.2012 [Session 7]
    • Energy issues in cloud computing
  • 27.01.2012 [Session 8]
    • Mobile cloud computing
  • 03.02.2012 [Final presentation I]
    • Each presentation is limited to up to 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes Q/A and discussion
    • Please send your slides to Jiachen
  • 10.02.2012 [Final presentation II]
  • 31.03.2012 [Final report deadline]

Session Reading Assignments

Feedback lists some papers related to the discussion in the class, could act as references for reviewing the sessions

Reading Assignments for Final Presentation

Requirements

  • Each participant is required to read the selected 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 the seminar, one is chosen for giving the overview of the paper. And the list of pros and cons is discussed by all the participant.
  • In the end of the semester, everyone is requested to pick a topic (about 4 papers) and prepare:
    • presentation (each for ~20 minutes, plus ~10 minutes discussions)
    • essay (12~15 pages) Template:[2]