CSE6349 Special Topics in Advanced Networks
FALL 2009

Dr. Mohan Kumar

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Course Description

The course deals with advanced networking topics. The state of the current Internet; new applications and their impact on the Internet; Sensors and the Internet; mobile ad hoc networking, disruption-tolerant networking and opportunistic networking. This course consists of lectures, discussions, debates, seminars and project presentations.

Course Objectives

The primary objective of this course is to expose graduate students to the exciting new research topics in networking. The secondary objective is to motivate graduate students to take up research work in the new and exciting areas in networking.

Course Prerequisites

CSE5311 Design and Analysis of Algorithms, CSE5306 Distributed Systems, and CSE5344 Computer Networks I.

Instructor

Prof. Mohan Kumar, 335 ELB
Email: mkumar at uta.edu Phone: (817) 272-3610
Class: Mon/Wed 4:00 to 5:20 PM
Office Hours: Mon/Wed - 2:30 to 4:00 PM.
Note: If there is consensus the class can be held either Monday or Wednesday 4:00 to 7:00 pm (with a 15 minute break).
Course site: http://crystal.uta.edu/~kumar/CSE6349_09FLSTAN/
GTA: TBA

Course Syllabus:

10 Research Papers will be assigned to the class. Each student will be required to complete a thorough review, evaluate and critique at least 4 of these papers. Students will be given a chance to give their preference, but the assignment of papers will be made by the instructor. The 10 research papers will be posted before first day of classes. Paper assignments will be completed by August 31, 2009.

Three topics will be identified for debates. For each debate, there will be two teams – one in favor of an issue and the other against. One the day of the debate, each (for and against) team will present their case and field questions from the opposing team as well as the rest of the class. Debates and teams will be identified by September 15, 2009.

Projects will be carried out by teams of three members (2 or 4 in one or two cases at most). Typically, projects will involve i) real prototype development on small devices/laptops/sensor nodes or ii) extensive simulation studies to evaluate new algorithms/schemes. Project teams and topics will be identified by September 15, 2009.

Text book:

There will be no text book for this course.

References

A list of research papers for reference and study will be provided in the Research Papers section of the course webpage. Here is a list of journals and conferences for research papers.

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
IEEE Communications
IEEE Pervasive Computing
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
Elsevier’s Computer Communications
Elsevier’s Pervasive and Mobile Computing
IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing
ACM Workshop on Challenged Networks
ACM SIGCOMM
IEEE INFOCOMM
ACM MobiCom
IEEE IPSN
ACM SenSys

Others to be mentioned from time to time

Assessment

For each component, the grading will take into account each student’s rankings of their peer’s work (paper discussions, debates and projects). When not presenting, each student will be required to participate in discussions, evaluate and rank presenters/debaters/project teams, and ask questions. For each component, peer ranking weight will be 50%.

Presentations and Discussions: 30%
Debate: 30%
Group Project: 40%
Project problems will be finalized September 31, 2009 and the expected date of Completion is November 30, 2009. Presentation and demonstration of the projects will be during the last quarter of the semester.
Homework Assignments:
No Grades awarded directly!
Class participation:
Students are expected to interact actively during lectures. All students are expected to read, understand, criticize and discuss published research papers.

Attendance and Drop Policy

Attendance though not mandatory, is HIGHLY encouraged. Class participation is important to your grade in the 'Quizzes and Class Participation' component.

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