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Advanced Topics in Computer Networks (Fall 2005). Instructor: Dr. Damla Turgut Office: 450 ENGR 1 Bldg Office Phone: (407) 823-6171 Email: turgut@cs.ucf.edu Web: http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~turgut Class Time: Wednesday 1:30 PM – 4:20 PM Office Hours: Tuesday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Advanced Topics in Computer Networks(Fall 2005) Instructor:Dr. Damla Turgut Office: 450 ENGR 1 Bldg Office Phone: (407) 823-6171 Email:turgut@cs.ucf.edu Web:http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~turgut Class Time: Wednesday 1:30 PM – 4:20 PM Office Hours: Tuesday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Wednesday 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM TA: Mr. Majid A. Khan Office: ENGR 265 Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Email:khan@hector.cs.ucf.edu Prerequisites: EEL 4781 (Computer Networks) and/or instructor consent Textbooks: No required textbook!
Advanced Topics in Computer Networks(Fall 2005) Reference Books: • C. S. Raghavendra, Krishna M. Sivalingam and Taieb Znati, Eds., Wireless Sensor Networks, An Edited Book", Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. • Feng Zhao, Leonidas Guibas, Wireless Sensor Networks : An Information Processing Approach, The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking, 2004. • Agawam and Zhang, Introduction to Wireless and Mobile Systems, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2003 • Nicopolitidis, Obaidat, Papadimitriou, and Pomportsis, Wireless Networks, Wiley, 2003 • Thurwachter, Wireless Networking, Prentice Hall, 2002 • Stojmenovic, Handbook of Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing, Wiley, 2002 • C.E. Perkins, Ed., Ad Hoc Networking, Addison-Wesley, 2001. • C.-K. Toh, Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks: Protocols and Systems, Prentice Hall PTR, 2002. • Selected research papers from journals, conferences and technical reports Course Objectives: The course is designed for advanced level graduate students. The course objectives are to provide the students with an: • understanding of current sensor networks theory and practice • opportunity to work on projects related to applications of sensor networks • experience on reading and writing research papers
Advanced Topics in Computer Networks(Fall 2005) Course Description: • Survey of state of the art • Design and development of various research topics Class Project: The class projects require • design and simulation of a chosen research topic • usage of one of the recommended network simulator packages for the simulation of the proposed algorithm and/or protocol • verification of the simulation results with analytical analysis • written report including the research project findings and • Initial and final presentations Grading Scheme: • Individual or group project (max. 2 students) => 70% • Assignments => 25% • Attendance => 5%
Advanced Topics in Computer Networks(Fall 2005) Paper Reviews: • Written reviews (hard copies) for each paper to be discussed in class for the • coming week are due on the previous Friday. • The soft copies of the reviews should be sent to instructors email account at the • same time • For each paper, students should write a review answering each of the following • questions: 1. What problems (with prior work or the lack thereof) were addressed or surveyed • by the authors? 2. What solutions were proposed or surveyed by the authors? 3. What are the technical strengths and main contributions of the paper's proposed • solutions? 4. What are the technical weaknesses of the paper's proposed solutions? 5. What suggestions do you have to improve upon the paper's ideas?