Advanced Topics in Mobile Communications (Summer 2013)

Details

Workload/ECTS Credits: 180h, 6 ECTS, 5 (ITIS)
Module: M.Inf.223: Seminar Telematik III -or- M.Inf.224: Seminar Computernetzewerke II -or 3.10: Advanced Topics in Internet Research (II)(ITIS)
Lecturer: Xiaoming Fu
Teaching assistant: Yuan Zhang
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 mobile communication. Each week we will select several fancy papers from some top tier conferences/journals. Students are supposed to read the papers ahead of time and give your review of each paper. The aim of the course is to help the early stage MS/PhD students to develop the required skills of research as well as to get your hand wet on the cut-edge work on mobile communications.

Grading Policy

The grad consists of four parts

  • Homework
  • Attendance, participation, and enthusiasm
  • Final presentation
  • Final report

Final Presentation

  • Paper list will be provided before 1st Jun
  • Select a paper in the list before 8th Jun
  • Deadline of submitting slides: 26th Jun
  • Duration: 25-30 minute presentation + 10 minute discussion Tips for preparing slides
    • 15-20 pages, BSc/MSc. thesis format
    • Correct citation of others’ work (figure, sentence, argument, idea, ...)
    • Get your audiences to quickly understand the idea of the paper
    • Animations, figures and tables are better than wordy sentences
    • Use example to explain complicated algorithms
      • Short sentences
      • Avoid complicated equations
      • Summary of the paper: thinking/justification of the paper in your own words (Bonus)

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]