Advanced Computer Networks (Summer 2012)

Details

  Due to the low number of participants, the written exam is replaced by oral examination.
  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 pdf
26.04.2012 Girls Day No lecture
03.05.2012 P2P-Networks pdf
10.05.2012 Distributed Hash Tables pdf
17.05.2012 Christi Himmelfahrt No lecture
24.05.2012 CCN/Cloud Computing pdf
31.05.2012 Security in P2P Networks pdf
07.06.2012 Social Networks 1 pdf
14.06.2012
21.06.2012 Presentations
28.06.2012
05.07.2012
12.07.2012
19.07.2012 Oral Examination

Presentation Topics

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  • 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/642 Sonja
  • 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