6.829 Computer Networks (Fall 2002)

H 3-0-9

TuTh 11:30-1:00 in Room 6-120


Instructor	Professor Hari Balakrishnan
Office Hours	By appointment [in NE43-510]
Teaching Assistants	Nick Feamster [NE43-504, x3-7341]; W 12-2 Jacob Strauss [NE43-530, x3-0004]; M 3-5pm Todd Nightingale [NE43-504, x2-3433]; T 3-5pm
Course Secretary	Dan Wilson (dwilson@lcs.mit.edu ) [NE43-511, x3-1550]
Contact information	6.829 Staff - 6.829 @ mit.edu 6.829 TAs - 6.829-tas @ mit.edu

The goals of 6.829 are to train the next generation of networking researchers, practitioners, and engineers. In particular, our goals are:

To understand the state-of-the-art in network protocols, architectures and applications.
To understand how networking research is done.
To investigate novel ideas in the area via semester-long research projects.

If you want the marketing pitch, click on the overview link on the left side. The administrivia link on the left side talks about things that may help you decide whether to take the class or not, including prerequisites, workload, and grading. The other links on the side are useful only if you're taking the class.

Recent Announcements

12/15/02.All project papers should be turned in by 3pm on 12/16/02.
12/4/02.Final project presentations scheduled for 12/5/02 and 12/6/02 in NE43-516. List of projects and talk times
12/1/02. Project presentation information:
1. On Thursday and Friday this week. Sign up for a slot on the sheet outside NE43-510.
2. 15 minutes for each project. Sorry it's so short. 12 minutes for your talk, uninterrupted (unless there are some very unclear parts) and 3 for questions at the end. We have 40+ groups and will have to stick to the time limit.
3. You probably can't cover everything you have done in 12 minutes. Stick to the most important one or two results. Focus on what's new about what you've done.
4. The presentations will be in NE43-516.
5. You are all welcome to all the talks.
11/25/02. The Paxson virus propagation paper won't be covered on Quiz 2.
11/25/02. For tomorrow's class, the assigned reading is "Introduction to IP Multicast Routing" by Maufer and Semeria. It's a good document and I highly recommend you read as much of it as you can before class tomorrow, to get the most from class.
You DO NOT need to read the following sections (and the subsections within those sections) of the document for 6.829: 4.2, 4.3, 7.2, 8.2, 9
11/4/02. PS 3 posted. Pay close attention to the instructions.
11/2/02. Note slight modification to schedule in the coming weeks. We will discuss P2P networks, overlay networks, and DNS, before getting to wireless and mobile networking.
10/27/02. Note revisions to schedule to account for the cancelled class on 10/24. (The schedule "slides down" and we've eliminated one of the later lectures and it's associated readings.)
10/22/02. On Thursday, 10/24/02, Hari will hold office hours all day to discuss student projects. There will be no class that day.
10/16/02. Problem 5 on PS2 is ill-formed. You can explain why it's trivial, or ignore it.
10/16/02. PS1 stats: Mean = Median = 66, Stddev = 17.
10/2/02. No tutorial on Friday, 10/4/02. Have fun working on PS2 and your projects!
9/26/02. PS2 Assigned. Due 10/17/2002.
9/18/02. NS tutorial this week. On 9/20/02 the tutorial will cover the basics of ns, the network simulator we will use in this course. Two showtimes, 2pm and 3pm in 31-161.
9/17/02. Project logistics and suggestions posted.
9/17/02. PS 1 due date extended. PS 1 is due on 9/26/02 in class (and not 9/24/02).
9/12/02. Course Mailing list.

Mailing list problems should now be fixed. If you've not received any course-related mail, let the TAs know.
[Old] Contrary to what we announced in lecture today, messages sent yesterday and this morning DID NOT go to registered students. We will hopefully have this fixed later this afternoon, and resend messages then. If you have not received any course-related email yet, please refrain from asking to be added to the list until tomorrow.

9/11/02. Tutorial announcements:

Tutorial on Friday 9/13/02 will be in Room 31-161. Please note room change.
Tutorials on 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, and 10/4 will all be in 31-161.
We will have two tutorial hours, 2-3pm and a repeat showing from 3-4pm every Friday. In the beginning of the term (see above), these will be in 31-161.

9/10/02. Problem Set 1 assigned; due in class on 9/24/02. Useful files for PS1
9/5/02. NOTE: Course times are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30-1:00 in 6-120. Some older catalogs list it as MW 11:30-1:00, which is an error. The correct time is TuTh from 11:30-1:00.

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Last update: Wed Sep 27 14:22:05 EDT 2002 (feamster)