Advanced topics in mobile and social computing (AToMSC) (Winter 2020/2021)
Details
Workload/ECTS Credits: | 5 ECTS |
Module: | M.Inf.1222.Mp: Specialization Computer Networks Module Description -or- 3.10: Advanced Topics in Internet Research (II)(ITIS); M.Inf.1223 (new Regulations) |
Lecturer: | Prof. Xiaoming Fu; Sripriya Srikant Adhatarao |
Teaching assistant: | [] |
Time: | Thu. 14:00-16:00 |
Place: | IfI 0.101 |
UniVZ | [1] |
Announcements
Due to the recent recommendations in the context of Covid-19, we have to schedule this course in a purely online basis. We plan to use some tools and platforms, e.g., zoom or DFNconf. Please register into studIP in advance. The registration deadline is at 23:59 pm on 29 OCT 2020. We will announce which tool will be used before our lectures start. Please contact me by email:adhatarao@cs.uni-goettingen.de if you have any questions.
Course Overview
The purpose of this seminar is to discuss some advanced topics in computer networks. This course is theory-oriented research seminar (5 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 journals/conferences, like ToN,TMC, TPDS, SIGCOMM, SIGMETRICS, INFOCOM, MOBICOM, MOBIHOC, WWW, CoNEXT.
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 (23:59 Wednesday). => the review form is available at [Paper_Review_Form_ATCN_WS201112.doc]
- During each weekly seminar, one participant is assigned for presenting the paper (each presentation is for ~30 minutes) and the list of pros and cons is discussed by all the participants.
- In the middle of the semester, everyone is requested to pick a topic and prepare:
- Final report: Essay (5~6 pages, double columns, IEEE format) for your chosen research topic, which contains a comprehensive literature survey + a detailed discussion of some key enabling technologies
- Final presentation: each presentation for ~20 minutes, plus ~5 minutes Q&A
Schedule
- XX OCT 2020
- Informational Meeting
Final Presentations & Report
- Final Registration in FlexNow: Jan XXth 2021.
- Final Presentation:
- Each for ~20 minutes, plus ~10 minutes Q&A
- Final Presentation Slots:
- Final Report:
- Essay (~6 pages, double column, IEEE format: https://journals.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/create-your-ieee-journal-article/authoring-tools-and-templates/ieee-article-templates/templates-for-transactions/)
- Due by 23:59pm 20 April 2021