Advanced Computer Networks (Summer 2012)
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Due to the low number of participants, the written exam is replaced by oral examination. |
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Please register with FlexNow one week before the presentations. |
| Workload/ECTS Credits: | 120h, 6 ECTS (old PO), 6 ECTS (new PO) |
| Module: | M.Inf.1222.Mp, M.Inf.1223.Mp, M.Inf.221.3C1 |
| Lecturer: | Prof. Xiaoming Fu, Dr. Wenzhong Li, Dr. Florian Tegeler |
| Teaching assistant: | Dr. Florian Tegeler |
| Time: | start: 19.04.2012, Thursdays 10-12 |
| Place: | 3.101 |
| UniVZ | [1] |
Course description
This lecture presents advanced concepts of computer networking. Preliminary topics are, for example, P2P, DHT, Cloud Computing, Social Networking, Mathematical Network Models, Content Centric Networking, Content Delivery Networks
In irregular intervals, optional exercises will be provided.
Schedule
To be determined
| Date | Topic | Slides |
| 19.04.2012 | Introduction | |
| 26.04.2012 | Girls Day | No lecture |
| 03.05.2012 | P2P-Networks | |
| 10.05.2012 | Distributed Hash Tables | |
| 17.05.2012 | Christi Himmelfahrt | No lecture |
| 24.05.2012 | CCN/Cloud Computing | |
| 31.05.2012 | Security in P2P Networks | |
| 07.06.2012 | Social Networks 1 | |
| 14.06.2012 | ||
| 21.06.2012 | Presentations | |
| 28.06.2012 | ||
| 05.07.2012 | ||
| 12.07.2012 | ||
| 19.07.2012 | Oral Examination |
Presentation Topics
Register informally via email.
- Security in DHT Networks (may be based on Urdaneta et al., ACM Comput. Surv., Jan. 2011, pdf)
G-COPSS: A Content Centric Communication Infrastructure for Gaming, ICDCS 2012 (A workshop paper is also available in LANMAN 2011)Alex- InDepth BitTorrent - Fairness, Superseeding, Trackerless, Extensions
The little engine(s) that could: scaling online social networks. SIGCOMM 2010. http://ccr.sigcomm.org/online/?q=node/642Sonja- An analysis of social network-based Sybil defenses. SIGCOMM 2010. http://ccr.sigcomm.org/online/?q=node/643
- Link Analysis and Web Search, Chapter 14 of the book. David Easley and Jon Kleinberg, Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- PowerTrust: A Robust and Scalable Reputation System for Trusted Peer-to-Peer Computing http://gridsec.usc.edu/files/publications/TPDS-0463-1105.R2-Final-June21.pdf
Presentation Style
- 20-25 min presentation and short discussion
- Focus on your topic (only like 3 slides general intro)
- For your audience: Assume the knowledge of a typical M.Sc. Computer Science student that attended the lecture.
Textbook
- Christian Schindelhauer and Peter Mahlmann, Peer-to-Peer Netzwerke (german)
- David Easley and Jon Kleinberg, Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Mark M. Meerschaert, Mathematical Modeling (3th Edition), Elsevier Academic Press, 2007.
- Rajeev Motwani and Prabhakar Raghavan, Randomized Algorithms, Cambridge University Press, 1995
Other Resources
Prerequisites
- Computer Science I, II; Computer Networks