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Spring 2015 - Latest news
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OverviewBy the end of this course, you will have a good understanding of the main elements that work together to form the Internet. You will have acquired some familiarity with standard diagnostic tools, network application development, and typical network designs and configurations. In addition, you will have caught a glimpse of more advanced networking concepts and research directions. Assessment will include in class quizzes, a midterm, a final, a group presentation, and 6 programming assignments. PrerequisitesThis class is programming intensive, with most assignments done in C. CS361 or equivalent is a required prerequisite: concurrent enrollment only with instructor consent, and not recommended. If you took CS361 but struggled in it, you may want to reconsider taking this class until you have gained a bit more experience with low-level programming and UNIX environments. Peer InstructionThis course will be taught using Peer Instruction, a teaching model which places stronger emphasis on classroom discussion and student interaction. Students need to read required materials before classes. Every student must have a physical iClicker device to answer in class quizzes in order to archive participation grades. EvaluationGrades are curved based on an aggregate course score. Grads and undergrads are graded on separate curves. This means that the course score cut-offs for an A, B, C etc. are not defined ahead of time: these will be set after the end of the course. The course grade weighting is:
Reading quizzesReading quizzes will be given at the beginning of each class period using iClickers. You have to register your iClicker in Blackboard (select the course in Blackboard -> Tools -> i>clicker Student Registration). Class participationAs this course places stronger emphasis on classroom discussion and
student interaction, class participation is incredibly important and therefore graded. The baseline
Class Participation grade is 5% will be based off of participating in group
discussion questions. You have to sign up in a group (three students each) for these discussions.
You have to sign-up in a group in Blackboard by noon Thursday Jan 15, 2015 (Tools -> Groups -> Peer discussion group). You can find your group partners in person/classes or use Blackboard forum to form your group. Otherwise, I will assign you in a group randomly by the third lecture on Friday Jan 16.
Programming assignmentsProgramming assignments will consist of approximately 6 programming projects with duration between one and two weeks. The deadlines are firm. If you have an “acceptable” reason that you think you cannot make the deadline, email me 26 in advance. Some projects will require working in pair. You are responsible to find your partner. You can use the discussion forums to find a match. The recommended programming language is C, however, students can choose their own language to implement programming projects. Be sure to consult the online handout or the instructor if you have any questions. Academic integrityConsulting with your classmates on assignments is encouraged, except where noted. However, turn-ins are individual, and copying code from your classmates is considered plagiarism. For example, give the question “how did you do X?”, a great response would be “I used function Y, with W as the second argument. I tried Z first, but it doesn’t work”. An inappropriate response would be “here is my code, look for yourself”. To avoid suspicion of plagiarism, you must specify your sources together with all turned-in materials. List classmates you discussed your homework with and webpages from which you got inspiration or copied (short) code snippets. All students are expected to understand and be able to explain their turned-in materials. Plagiarism and cheating, as in copying the work of others, paying others to do your work, etc, is obviously prohibited, is grounds for failing the course, and will be reported. TOPICS COVERED (tentative)
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Tentative Course Schedule(The schedule more than 24 hours in advance is subject to change) |