Advanced Topics in Computer Networking (Winter 2010/2011)

Details

Workload/ECTS Credits:	180h, 6 ECTS
Module:	M.Inf.223: Seminar Telematik III
Lecturer:	{{{lecturer}}}
Teaching assistant:	Yang Chen, Tianyin Xu
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

• 05.11.2010 [Session 0]
  • File:Introduction ATCN WS1011.pdf
  • Course Introduction (how to read, write....)‏
  • Introduction of Peer-to-Peer Networking
• 12.11.2010 [Session 1]: Peer-to-Peer Networking
  • Paper reading: GNP (landmark-based network coordinate system)
• 19.11.2010 [Session 2]: Peer-to-Peer Networking
  • Paper reading: Vivaldi (decentralized network coordinate system)
• 26.11.2010 [Session 3]: Peer-to-Peer Networking
  • Paper reading: IDES (matrix factorization model based network coordinate system)
• 03.12.2010 [Session 4]: Peer-to-Peer Networking
  • Paper reading
  • Decisions on assigning papers for the final presentation!
• 10.12.2010 [Session 5]: No class
• 17.12.2010 [Session 6]: Peer-to-Peer Networking
  • Paper reading
  • Introduction of online social networking
• 07.01.2011 [Session 7]: Online Social Networking
  • Paper reading
• 14.01.2011 [Session 8]: Online Social Networking
  • Paper reading
• 21.01.2011 [Session 9]: Online Social Networking
  • Paper reading
• 28.01.2011 [Final presentation]

Session Reading Assignments

• For Section 1: [2](Presenter: Lei Jiao)
  • Feedback: [3]
• For Section 2: [4] (Presenter: Cong Ding)
  • Additional Reading (optional): [5]
  • Feedback: [6][7]
• For Section 3: [8] (Presenter: Shining Wu)
  • Additional Reading (optional):
  • Feedback: (TBA)

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

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 [9]
• 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 paper and prepare:
  • presentation (each for ~20 minutes, plus ~10 minutes discussions)
  • essay (12~15 pages)