Computer Science 455/555 Fall 2006 Schedule

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Quick Links for CS 455:	Quick Links for CS 555:
Final Paper Description	Final Project Page
	Final Project Description
	ns-2 Intro Lecture

Notes:

• This schedule is subject to change and will be updated throughout the semester.
• Lecture notes and assignments are linked into this schedule. (Lecture notes printing tips)
• Most of the slides are courtesy/copyright Jim Kurose and Keith Ross (from Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet) with edits courtesy/copyright Kevin Jeffay, Don Smith, and Michele Weigle. Other sides are courtesy/copyright Andrew Tanenbaum (from Computer Networks) with edits courtesy/copyright Michele Weigle. Yet other slides are courtesy/copyright Kenneth Calvert and Michael Donahoo. Please contact Michele Weigle (mweigle at cs.odu.edu) before re-distributing.
• Most C source code examples are modifications of code provided by Donahoo and Calvert from TCP/IP Sockets in C: Practical Guide for Programmers.

Date	Topic	Assignment/Due	Other
Aug 28	Administrivia	Read course syllabus
Aug 30	Whirlwind Intro to Networking (slides 1-21)	Program 1 assigned
Sep 1	NO CLASS - TS Ernesto		Last day to drop w/o 'W'
Sep 4	NO CLASS - Labor Day
Sep 6	Whirlwind Intro to Networking (slides 22-36)	Program 1 due Homework 1 assigned
Sep 8	Whirlwind Intro to Networking (slides 37-49)
Sep 11	Whirlwind Intro to Networking (slides 50-62)
Sep 13	Client-Server Computing and Socket Programming (slides 1-23)	Homework 1 due
Sep 15	Client-Server Computing and Socket Programming (slides 24-42)	Program 2 assigned	TCPClient.c TCPServer.c
Sep 18	Client-Server Computing and Socket Programming (slides 43-58)		UDPClient.c UDPServer.c dnslook.c
Sep 20	Discuss Hmwk 1 HTTP (slides 1-13)
Sep 22	HTTP (slides 14-25)
Sep 25	Unix / C Review
Sep 27	HTTP (slides 26-40)
Sep 29	HTTP (slides 40-45) New HTTP slides 39-42 FTP and Email (slides 1-13)	Program 2 due Homework 2 assigned
Oct 2	FTP and Email (slides 14-22) DNS (slides 1-24)
Oct 4	DNS (slides 25-28) Transport Layer Intro (slides 1-21)
Oct 6	Discuss Homework 2	Homework 2 due
Oct 9	NO CLASS - Fall Break
Oct 11	Review for Mid-Term Exam (Mid-Term Study Guide)
Oct 13	Mid-Term Exam	Program 3 assigned
Oct 16	Transport Layer Intro (slides 21-38)
Oct 18	TCP and Flow Control (slides 1-11)
Oct 20	TCP and Flow Control (slides 12-23)		Mid-Term grades due
Oct 23	TCP and Flow Control (slide 23)		Last day to drop w/grade of 'W' (Tues, Oct 24)
Oct 25	TCP Congestion Control (slides 1-22)
Oct 27	Introduction to ns-2 CS 555 Projects Page (Attendance is optional for CS 455)	Program 3 due Homework 3 assigned CS 455 Paper 1 assigned CS 455 Final Paper assigned CS 555 Paper 1 assigned CS 555 Final Project assigned
Oct 30	TCP Congestion Control (slides 22-28)
Nov 1	Network Layer Intro (slides 1-27)
Nov 3	Network Layer Intro (slides 28-33)	Homework 3 due
Nov 6	Network Layer Intro (slides 34-41)
Nov 8	Program 3 Discussion Network Layer Intro (slides 41-42)
Nov 10	Routing Algorithms (slides 1-14)
Nov 13	Routing Algorithms (slides 14-) Routing in the Internet	Paper 1 due Homework 4 assigned
Nov 15	Link Layer (slides 1-23)
Nov 17	Link Layer (slides 24-31) Network Security (slides 1-29)
Nov 20	Network Security (slides 30-51)	Homework 4 due
Nov 22	NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Break
Nov 24	NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Break
Nov 27	Wireless and Mobile Networking (slides 1-25)
Nov 29	Hmwk 4 Short Review
Dec 1	Project Meetings / Study Groups		Weigle out-of-town
Dec 4	Project Meetings / Study Groups		Weigle out-of-town
Dec 6	Project Meetings / Study Groups		Weigle out-of-town
Dec 8	Review for Final Exam (Final Exam Study Guide)	CS 455 Final Paper due at 11:59pm CS 555 Final Project due at 11:59pm
Fri, Dec 15	FINAL EXAM - 8:30-11:30am		Covers everything we've studied