CSc 466/579: Advanced Computer Networks:
Overlay and Peer-to-Peer Networking

Spring 2013 Lectures (A01)

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Course Outline: CSC466 and CSC579

Lecture schedule: TWF 10:30 - 11:20 a.m. CLE A205
Lecture instructor: Dr. Jianping Pan, pan@uvic.ca, x5796
Office hours: TW 1:30 - 2:20 p.m., ECS 566 or by appointment

Course Announcements

Jan 23: Guest talks by Caleb Shortt on webcam-based motion detection and Siyuan Xiang on scalable video streaming
ACM ICPC competition
NSERC USRA opportunities
BCNET Broadband Innovation Challenge competition
MITACS internship opportunities
IBM Extreme Blue opportunities
Canada-Japan Co-Op opportunities

Lectures and Slides

Week Dates Topics (tentative) Required Reading/Notes
1 Jan 4 Intro
2 Jan 8/9/11 Internet Design/Architectures [CK74],[SRC84],[Cla88]
3 Jan 15/16/18 Architectures and Evolvement [She95],[FG01],[SAZSS04]
4 Jan 22/23/25 Overlays and DHTs [ABKM01],[SMKKB01]
5 Jan 29/30/Feb 1 Unstructured Overlays [RFHKS01],[CRBLS03]
6 Feb 5/6/8 Swarms/BitTorrent [QS04]
7 Feb 12/13/15 VoIP/Skype/Reading Presentation (RP) [BS06],[Quantifying],[Revealing]
8 Feb 19/20/22 Reading break (no lectures)
9 Feb 26/27/Mar 1 Midterm/Video/RP [CRSZ01]
10 Mar 5/6/8 Video/Streaming/RP [ZigZag],[SplitStream]
11 Mar 12/13/15 Streaming/RP [ZLLY05],[GridMedia],[mTreebone]
12 Mar 19/20/22 P2PTV/RP [HLLLR07],[UUSee],[LiveSky]
13 Mar 26/27 P2PVoD/RP [HFCLH08],[GridCast],[Joost]
14 Apr 2/3/5 Project Presentations
Slides artwork credits: Kurose&Ross, Tanenbaum, and many others.
Student Projects and Presentations

Apr 2:

Boyang: routing in opportunistic networks
Fei: PRI-MAC for wireless sensor networks

Apr 3:

Sean: Test automation cloud (TAC)
Gordon, John: LocoBoard
Fred: FredTorrent

Apr 5:

Arthur, Paul: Authenticated NAT hole-punching
Ethan: Vecna
Cale: Analyzing the role of P2P networks in Bitcoin

Reading Lists

tentative
reading group

group A: Boyang, Paul, Cale, Ali, John, Arthur, (Ilijc), (Nathan)
group B: Fei, Sean, Gordon, Nick, Fred, Ethan, (Haoyuan), (Tianming)

reading presentation

Feb 15:

Boyang: Quantifying Skype user satisfaction
Fei: Revealing skype traffic: when randomness plays with you

Mar 1: Sean [CRSZ01]
Mar 8: Cale [ZigZag], Gordon [SplitStream]
Mar 15: Tianming [GridMedia], Nick [mTreebone]
Mar 22: John [UUSee], Fred [LiveSky]
Mar 27: Arthur [GridCast], Ethan [Joost]

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Week	Dates	Topics (tentative)	Required Reading/Notes
1	Jan 4	Intro
2	Jan 8/9/11	Internet Design/Architectures	[CK74],[SRC84],[Cla88]
3	Jan 15/16/18	Architectures and Evolvement	[She95],[FG01],[SAZSS04]
4	Jan 22/23/25	Overlays and DHTs	[ABKM01],[SMKKB01]
5	Jan 29/30/Feb 1	Unstructured Overlays	[RFHKS01],[CRBLS03]
6	Feb 5/6/8	Swarms/BitTorrent	[QS04]
7	Feb 12/13/15	VoIP/Skype/Reading Presentation (RP)	[BS06],[Quantifying],[Revealing]
8	Feb 19/20/22	Reading break (no lectures)
9	Feb 26/27/Mar 1	Midterm/Video/RP	[CRSZ01]
10	Mar 5/6/8	Video/Streaming/RP	[ZigZag],[SplitStream]
11	Mar 12/13/15	Streaming/RP	[ZLLY05],[GridMedia],[mTreebone]
12	Mar 19/20/22	P2PTV/RP	[HLLLR07],[UUSee],[LiveSky]
13	Mar 26/27	P2PVoD/RP	[HFCLH08],[GridCast],[Joost]
14	Apr 2/3/5	Project Presentations

CSc 466/579: Advanced Computer Networks: Overlay and Peer-to-Peer Networking

Spring 2013 Lectures (A01)

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Course Outline: CSC466 and CSC579

Course Announcements

Lectures and Slides

Student Projects and Presentations

Reading Lists

Student Feedback

Previous Offerings

CSc 466/579: Advanced Computer Networks:
Overlay and Peer-to-Peer Networking