CS378: Schedule and Lecture Notes

Unique number: 54275, Time: Tue Thu 2:00-3:30PM, Classroom: CPE 2.204

Instructor: Yin Zhang, Email: yzhang at cs.utexas.edu, Office hours: Tue Thu 1:00-2:00PM, Office: ACES 5.248

Teaching Assistant: Vacha Dave, Email: vacha at cs.utexas.edu, Hours: Thu 3:30-4:30PM, Desk: ENS 31NQ Desk #1

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The following is an approximate schedule for the semester. All dates are subject to change and may be updated in the future.

Wk	Date	Topic	Suggested Readings	Lecture Notes	Project and Homework
Part 0: Networking Review (Reference: Overview Books & Slides)
Part 1: Network Design Principles (Reference: Network Design Principles Papers)
1	1/20	Course Overview; Signaling: Separation of Data and Control	Reading List [1-5]	0.pdf, 1-1a.pdf
	1/22	Signaling: Data/Control Separation, State Maintenance		1-1b.pdf
2	1/27	Indirection	Reading List [6-9]	1-2.pdf
	1/29	Randomization	Reading List [10-14]	1-3.pdf
3	2/3	Randomization (cont’d)			HW1 assigned.
	2/5	Resource Multiplexing	Reading List [15-18]	1-4.pdf
4	2/10	Virtualization; Design for Scale	Reading List [19-24]	1-5.pdf, 1-6.pdf	HW1 due.
	2/12	Introduction to MPLS		MPLS.pdf
5	2/17	Internet Design: End-to-End Principle	Reading List [25,26]	1-7a.pdf
	2/19	Rethinking Internet Design	Reading List [27-29]	1-7b.pdf
6	2/24	Implementation Principles	Reading List [30,31]	1-8.pdf	HW2 assigned.
Part 2: Network Performance Evaluation & Management (Reference: Network Performance Evaluation and Management Papers)
6	2/26	Simulation; The ns-2 Simulator (Guest Lecture: Vacha Dave)	Reading List [32]	2-1.pdf; examples: ex1, ex2, ex3
7	3/3	Measurement: Techniques, Strategies, Pitfalls	Reading List [33]	2-2.pdf	HW2 due.
	3/5	Internet Routing Behavior	Reading List [34]	2-3.pdf	PA1 assigned.
8	3/10	Traffic Estimation and Engineering	Reading List [35]	2-4.pdf
	3/12	Fault Detection and Diagnosis	Reading List [36,37]	2-5.pdf
9	3/17	Happy Spring Break!
	3/19
Part 3: Current Networking Topics (Reference: Current Networking Topics Papers)
Part 3(a): Networking at the Edge
10	3/24	Cloud Computing; Data Center Networking	Reading List [38]	3-1.pdf
	3/25				PA1 due by 11:59 PM
	3/26	Enterprise Networks	Reading List [39]	3-2.pdf	Mid-term Exam assigned.
11	3/31	Ad-Hoc Wireless, Sensor Networks, DTNs		3-3.pdf
	4/2	RFID Technologies		3-4.pdf	Mid-term Exam due in class.
12	4/7	Vehicular Networks (Guest Lecture: Lili Qiu)		3-5.pdf
Part 3(b): Network Applications & Services
12	4/9	P2P Networking	Reading List [40]	3-6.pdf
13	4/14	Multimedia Networking	Reading List [41]	3-7.pdf	PA2 assigned.
	4/16	Content Delivery Networks	Reading List [42]	3-8.pdf
14	4/21	Multiplayer Online Games		3-9.pdf
	4/23	Web 2.0		3-10.pdf	HW3 assigned.
Part 3(c): Network Security
15	4/28	Unwanted Traffic & Network Intrusion Detection		3-11.pdf; threat report
	4/30	Botnet: Attacks & Defenses		3-12.pdf	HW3 due.
16	5/4				Final Exam assigned.
	5/5	Anonymity		3-13.pdf	PA2 due by 11:59 PM
	5/7	Leveraging Trust in Social Networks		3-14.pdf
	5/10				Final Exam Due by 11:59 PM CST.

** All homework assignments should be submitted in hard copy to the TA at the beginning of class on due date.