CSE 561: Computer Communication and Networks

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Mondays and Fridays, Noon-1:30 in scenic EE1 003 (status) Instructor: David Wetherall (mail) TA: Neil Spring (mail) Textbook: Peterson and Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, 2nd Ed. (publisher's site) Textbook Errata: The textbook has a few bug-fixes. Announcements: Please subscribe to the mailing list. Submit anonymous feedback. Course Objectives CSE561 is a graduate networking course focused on the Internet. The Internet has proven to be a remarkable engineering success! It has grown by several orders of magnitude in size and speed and at the same time accommodated new, unforeseen uses. We have two objectives in this course: To understand those fundamental issues and concepts that underlie the design of the Internet protocols and architecture. To understand the state of network research and how to evaluate and perform networking research. Course Structure There are two main components to the course: reading and reviewing research papers; and completing a networking project that you help to define. Much of the learning in this course will come from reading papers and discussing them in class. The papers are a mix of seminal results, juxtaposed with recent papers that emphasize new, alternative approaches. Paper reviews must be submitted by 9am on the due date so that I have time to read them before class. We will talk about what should constitute a review in class, but they should be around half a page - don't write a novel. Your grade depends on faithfully submitting the reviews and participating in class; this is simply to ensure a lively discussion. Class will consist of a mixture of lecturing and discussion. We cover introductory material mostly by reading the textbook rather than lectures, and I will occasionally assign homework problems to ensure that we all have a working grasp of the basics. There will also be a take-home midterm during week seven of the quarter; there is no final. A project undertaken in a team of three is a significant component of the course. We will distribute project suggestions on the first day of classes. You are expected to organize into teams and tentatively select a project by the start of week two and hand in a one-page project proposal by the start of week three. There will be a status presentation in class at the start of week six, and a project paper and final presentation due in the last week of the course. You also need to meet with us in-between these checkpoints.

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