Course Description

Focus on networking and web technologies used in the Internet. The class covers socket programming and web-based techniques that are used to build distributed applications.

Course Objectives

• Internet operation, characteristics, and study
  
• Socket programming and application layer protocols.
  
• Advanced topics in networking (CDN, P2P, Gaming, VoIP, etc.)

Course Objectives and Department Mission

Because the Internet is such an important part of the communications infrastructure, understanding how it works is of benefit to everyone. Understanding the Internet in detail is especially critical for Computer Science students. Not only do students learn how communication takes place, but the Internet serves as an excellent example of a highly distributed and complex computer system. As a consequence, understanding the Internet fits well with the CS Department's Mission.

Course Information

• Lecture Time/Place
  • Mon/Wed from 11:00am to 12:15pm (PSYCH 1924)

• Discussion Time/Place
  • Mon 1:00pm to 1:50pm (GIRV 2128) or Tue 5:00pm to 5:50pm (GIRV 1119)
    
    • First discussion is Jan-16
      
    • Last discussion is Mar-13
      

• Course WWW Site: there is a Moodle Web Site on GauchoSpace. The link is: https://gauchospace.ucsb.edu/courses/course/view.php?id=2881.
  
  
• Course Material
  • Much of the material we will use for this course will be information published on web pages or in research papers. Links and papers will all be posted on GauchoSpace. That said, the book from CS176A and others will be a good source for some of the topics.
  • [Recommended Textbook] J. Kurose and K. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet", Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition (July 2002), 3rd edition (May 2004), 4th edition (April 2007), or 5th edition (Mar 2009).
    

• Required Prerequisites: CS176A, CS176A, CS176A.

Instructor Information

Kevin Almeroth (almeroth@cs.ucsb.edu)
Office Location: 2113, Harold Frank Hall (Engineering I)
Office Hours: 10am-11am and 12:15pm-1:30pm on Mon/Wed; by appt, or open door.

Teaching Assistants

Yibo Zhu (bobzhuyb@gmail.com)
Office Location: 1413, Phelps
Office Hours: 2pm-5pm on Thur

Daniel Havey (dhavey@yahoo.com)
Office Location: 2158, Harold Frank Hall (Engineering I)
Office Hours: 2pm-5pm on Tue

Student Evaluation

• 52%: Homeworks
  
  • [12%] Homework #1 due on 02/05 at 11:59pm -- Programming
  • [08%] Homework #A due on 02/12 at 11:59pm -- Internet Tools
  • [12%] Homework #2 due on 03/02 at 11:59pm -- Programming
  • [08%] Homework #B due on 03/08 at 11:59pm -- Streaming Audio
  • [12%] Homework #3 due on 03/17 at 11:59pm -- Programming
• 23%: Midterm Exam [February 15]
• 25%: Final Exam [March 22 from 12pm-3pm]
  
  
• Notes
  • Due dates will be posted on the GauchoSpace web site.
  • There is no late homework/exam make-up. All missed homeworks/exams earn a 0.
  • All exams are closed notes/books/calculator/etc.

Course Outline

For a list of topics and the schedule for the quarter, see: http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~almeroth/classes/W12.176B/sch.html.