CS625: Advanced Computer Networks, Fall 2003

Instructor

Teaching Assistants

• Sreekanth Garigala, Office hours: Mon 4-4:30pm (Room 301)
• Sachin Goel, Office hours: Wed 11-11:30am (Room 315)
• Mona Sharma, Office hours: Fri 4-4:30pm (Room 304)

• Announcements
• Course evaluation plan
• Important dates
• Course outline
• Readings
• Student Projects
• Assignment-1
• Assignment-2
• Final report instructions

Evaluation plan

• The above is subject to change depending on students' feedback on their semester load.
  
• "Readings" -- you will have about 1-2 papers to read per week.  "Class participation" is an easy way for you to score :-)
• For "scribe notes", you have to take notes in class, for at least one class in the semester, and send me the text or html file.  I will schedule one or two students will take notes each class.  Again, another easy way to score :-)
• Project status reports can be very short -- if you did not make any progress in a fortnight, it is alright to give me the same status report as the last time.  This is just for me to make sure the project is going on well.
• Checkpoint reports have to be more detailed.  I will post more on the format of the checkpoint report later here.
• For the overall project, I will decide later as to whether I will ask for a 6-8 page report, and/or a 10-minute presentation.
• I will post some potential projects and discuss them in class or in person with you in the first few weeks.
  
• The project is good way to do some publishable research.
  
• For a list of potential projects, keep watching this page.

Important dates

• Homework assignment 1 (assigned): Fri, 05 Sep 2003
• Homework assignment 1 (due): Fri, 19 Sep 2003
  
• Mid-semester examination (in class): Wed, 24 Sep 2003
  
• Homework assignment 2 (assigned): Fri, 10 Oct 2003
• Homework assignment 2 (due): Mon, 27 Oct 2003
  
• Project related dates (interspersed with dates above):
  • Project proposal: Fri, 22 Aug 2003
    
  • Status report 1: Fri, 05 Sep 2003
  • Check point report 1: Fri, 19 Sep 2003
  • Status report 2: Fri, 03 Oct 2003
  • Check point report 2: Tue, 21 Oct 2003
  • Status report 3: Fri, 31 Oct 2003
  • Final report: Mon, 17 Nov 2003

Course outline

Note: There may be lectures in-between for projects related discussion, or other logistical issues.  The schedule will be updated accordingly.  The table below is only an outline.