15-744, Fall 2012: Computer Networks

Latest Announcements

11/26: Final exam: Just a reminder that the exam will be on Monday 12/3 during class time. It will cover the entire semester with a strong emphasis on the second half. Peter will have extra office hours on Monday 11/3 9:30-11:00.
9/24: Office hour changes this week: Peter will have office hours tomorrow (9/25) starting at 3:30. Matt will not have office hours this week (9/26).

Overview

15-744 is a graduate course in computer networks. The goals are:

To understand the state of the art in network protocols, network architecture, and networked systems.
To understand how to engage in networking research.
To investigate novel ideas in networking through a semester-long research project.

The past decade has seen a remarkable growth in the global network infrastructure. The Internet has grown from a research curiosity to something we all take for granted.

How does this network infrastructure work? What are the design principles upon which it is based, and how are those principles applied in practice? How can we make the Internet work better today? What are the practices, metrics, and constraints that guide networking research? We will examine these issues and more during the course.

This course assumes a basic familiarity with networking concepts. The course will consist of a reading/lecture/discussion component and a project component. The class will cover approximately 50 research papers on various aspects of computer networking. These papers will introduce students to the basic design principles on which today's networks are based. In addition, these papers will cover recent proposals to improve network performance, functionality and scalability. Specific topics that will be covered include: internetworking, congestion/flow control, traffic analysis, routing, edge network technologies, topology, security, peer-to-peer networks. Students are expected to read papers before the class and participate in the discussion during the class.

Lecture time: MWF 3:00 - 4:20
Units: 12
Location: GHC 4303 on MW, NSH 3002 on F.
Paper Discussion Page - please login and create an account.

Course Staff

Instructor

Name	Email	Office	Tel	Office Hours
Peter Steenkiste	prs AT cs DOT cmu DOT edu	GHC 9107		Th 3-4pm or send e-mail

TA

Name	Email	Office	Tel	Office Hours
David Naylor	dnaylor AT cs DOT cmu DOT edu	CMCL (GHC 9022)		Tu 1:30-2:30pm or send e-mail
Matt Mukerjee	mukerjee AT cs DOT cmu DOT edu	CMCL (GHC 9022)		Wed 10:30-11:30am or send e-mail

Course Secretary

Kathy McNiff, kmm AT cs DOT cmu DOT edu, GHC 9213, Tel: 268-5099

Course Policies

Collaboration

Students are encouraged to talk to each other, to the course staff, or to anyone else about any of the assignments. Assistance must be limited to discussion of the problem and sketching general approaches to a solution. Each student must write out his or her own solutions to the homework.

Late Policy

The deadline for any assignment can be extended with a 10% penalty per day.
No deadline can be extended by more than two days. Assignments will NOT be accepted 48 hours after the due date.
The project presentations must be given on the day they are scheduled.
If you are ill: Contact the instructor.

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