Advanced Topics in Computer Networking (Winter 2011/2012): Difference between revisions

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* 11.11.2011 [Session 1]
* 11.11.2011 [Session 1]
** Social network structure
** Social network structure
*** Papers to read and review
**** 1-1. J. Travers and S. Milgram. [http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~mkearns/teaching/NetworkedLife/travers_milgram.pdf An experimental study of the small world problem]. Sociometry, 32(4), 425-443 (1969)
**** 1-2 D. J. Watts and S. H. Strogatz. [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v393/n6684/abs/393440a0.html Collective dynamics of 'small-world' networks]. Nature 393, 440-442 (1998)
**** 1-3 Nguyen, N.P.;  Dinh, T.N.;  Ying Xuan;  Thai, M.T.; [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5935045&tag=1 Adaptive algorithms for detecting community structure in dynamic social networks], INFOCOM 2011.
* 18.11.2011 [Session 2]
* 18.11.2011 [Session 2]
** Strong and weak ties
** Strong and weak ties

Revision as of 13:18, 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

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]