Advanced Topics in Computer Networking (Winter 2011/2012)

Details

Workload/ECTS Credits:	180h, 6 ECTS
Module:	M.Inf.223: Seminar Telematik III
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

• 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: Chord (scalable Peer-to-peer lookup service)
• 10.12.2010 [Session 5]: No class
  • Decisions on assigning papers for the final presentation!
• 17.12.2010 [Session 6]: Peer-to-Peer Networking
  • Paper reading: High Availability, Scalable Storage, Dynamic Peer Networks: Pick Two
  • Introduction of online social networking
• 07.01.2011 [Session 7]: Online Social Networking
  • Paper reading: Understanding Latent Interactions in Online Social Networks
• 14.01.2011 [Session 8]: Online Social Networking
  • Paper reading: Understanding online social network usage from a network perspective
• 21.01.2011 [Session 9]: Online Social Networking
  • Paper reading
  • Introduction of top conferences
• 11.02.2011 [Final presentation]
  • Time: 9:00AM-12:00AM
  • Each presentation is limited to up to 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes Q/A and discussion
  • Please send your slides to Yang and Tianyin by 07.02.2011

Session Reading Assignments

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 [2]
• 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:[3]