Weekly (tentative) Schedule (For a 3-Credit course)

Week Date Topics Notes Assignments
1 Aug 21, 2017 Lecture 1. Class logistics, project intro, class intro  
Aug 23, 2017 Lecture 2. Networking Review I (Up the stack)  
2 Aug 28, 2017 Lecture 3. Networking Review II (IP)   Homework 1 (LaTeX)
Aug 30, 2017 Lecture 4. Networking Review III (More about IP)  
3 Sep 4, 2017 Lecture 5. Networking Review IV (IP)   Homework 2 (IP)
Sep 6, 2017 Lecture 6. Networking Review V (IP, DNS)  
4 Sep 11, 2017 Lecture 7. Linux-in-the-cloud introduction (Google Cloud), DNS   Homework 3 (tcpdump)
Sep 13, 2017 Lecture 8. DNS, ICMP   Project paper topics due (Project done in groups of 2)
5 Sep 18, 2017 Lecture 9. VLANs, SDN, OpenFlow  
Sep 20, 2017 no class (Individual study) Project paper references due
6 Sep 25, 2017 Lecture 10. SDN/OpenFlow (cont'ed), MiniNet   Homework 4 (DNS)
Sep 27, 2017 Lecture 11. MPLS  
7 Oct 2, 2017 Lecture 12. SNMP   Homework 5 (SDN install)
Oct 4, 2017 Lecture 13. Extremely brief intro to Python  
8 Oct 9, 2017 Lecture 14. Python 2   Homework 6 (MiniNet)
Oct 11, 2017 Lecture 15. NETCONF, YANG, RESTCONF  
9 Oct 16, 2017 Lecture 16. TBD   Homework 7
Oct 18, 2017 Lecture 17. Named Data Networking  
10 Oct 23, 2017 Lecture 18. Midterm   Project paper presentation due (PPTx)
Oct 25, 2017 Lecture 19. Presentations:
  • Froswell Wallace and Fernando Cruz: "Exploration of OSPF Performance Under Diverse Environments and in Contrast to Other Network Routing Protocols"
 
11 Oct 30, 2017 no class (TBD substitute activity) Revised paper presentation due (PPTx)
Nov 1, 2017 Lecture 20. Presentations:
  • Hugo Riggs, Felix Garcia: "Performance and Security of Software Defined Networks in the Cloud"
 
12 Nov 6, 2017 Lecture 21. Presentations:
  • Rafael Rodriguez, Maria Zambrano: "Internet of Things Protocol War"
 
Nov 8, 2017 Lecture 22. Presentations:
  • Akarsh Kharidehal, Divyankita Kalivarapu: "Internet of Things - Its Open Challenges, Solutions, and Future"
 
13 Nov 13, 2017 Lecture 23. Presentations:
  • Bohdan Dovhan, Wen Zhang: "Li-Fi"
 
Nov 15, 2017 Lecture 24. Presentations:
  • Osniel Capote, Jose Soriano: "Wireless Mesh Networks"
 
14 Nov 20, 2017 Lecture 25. Presentations:
  • Daimion Reid, Eric Michael Ruiz: "Network Security"
  Project paper due
Nov 22, 2017 no class (Thanksgiving)
15 Nov 27, 2017 Lecture 26. Presentations:
  • Jorge Mantilla, Ricardo Alfons: "The Future of Automotive Network & Communication"
  Homework 8 due (Project paper reviews)
Nov 29, 2017 Lecture 27. Presentations:
  • Hussein Zangoti, William Rabelo: "Internet of Things (IoT)"