Advanced Topics in Computer Networking (Winter 2014/2015)

Details

Workload/ECTS Credits:	180h, 6 ECTS
Module:	M.Inf.223: Seminar Telematik III -or- M.Inf.224: Seminar Computernetzewerke II (old Regulations); M.Inf.1222 (new Regulations)
Lecturer:	Dr. Xu Chen
Teaching assistant:	Mr. Lingjun Pu
Time:	start:24 October 2014 10:00-12:00
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 Presentation + Weekly Paper Reading and Discussion
• Final Presentation
• Final Report

The material in the seminar is mainly drawn from the research literature in top tier journals/conferences, like ToN,TMC, TPDS, SIGCOMM, SIGMETRICS, INFOCOM, MOBICOM, MOBIHOC, WWW, CoNEXT.

List of Participants

TBD

Schedule

• TBD [Session 1]
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    • TBD

Final Presentations

TBD

Final Report

TBD

Requirements

• Each participant is required to read the assigned 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. => the review form is available at [Paper_Review_Form_ATCN_WS201112.doc]
• During each weekly seminar, two or three participants are assigned for presenting the papers (each presentation for ~20 minutes, plus ~10 minutes discussions). And the list of pros and cons is discussed by all the participants.
• In the end of the semester, everyone is requested to pick a topic and prepare:
  • Final presentation: each presentation for ~30 minutes, plus ~10 minutes discussions
  • Final report: essay (12~15 pages) for a comprehensive survey of the chosen topic (Template:[2])