CPS 296.2 Hot Topics in Networked Systems, F'10

Here is a tentative schedule for lectures and project deadlines. All information is subject to change, and please check this page periodically for the updated schedule.

	Monday	Wednesday
Week 1	No class
What's a Cloud: Challenges and Opportunities
Week 2	Sept 6 Lect 1: Introduction Read HowTo, 3Pass	Sept 8 Lec 2: Introduction to Cloud Computing Read AboveClouds
Week 3	Sept 13 Lec 3: Cloud Service Models Read CloudCmp-short	Sept 15 Lec 4: Security I Read GetOff
Week 4	Sept 20 Lec 5: Security II, Inference Read Inference, Overview,	Sept 22 Lec 6: Slides-I, Slides-II Read VirtualNetwork,Monitoring
Week 5	Sept 27 Lec 7: Performance and Virtualization Read Network, Profiler	Sept 29 Lec 8: Mobile and Cloud Read CloneCloud, Energy
Week 6	Oct 4 Lec 9: More Cloud Apps Read DesktopEnergy, Disaster	Oct 6 Lec 10: Group Collaboration Read SPORC
Week 7	Oct 11 Fall Break. No Class	Oct 13 Midterm
Cloud Inner Workings
Week 8	Oct 18 Lec 11: Guest lecture by Prof. Chase	Oct 20 Lec 12: MapReduce Read MapReduce Due: Project Proposal
Week 9	Oct 25 Lec 13: MapReduce Online Read HOP, Optional Seawall	Oct 27 Lec 14: Reining Outliers Read Mantri
DataCenter Networking
Week 10	Nov 1 Lec 15: TaintDroid (Prof. Cox) Read TaintDroid	Nov 3 Lec 16: Datacenter Network Topology Read Portland, Optional ElasticTree
Week 11	Nov 8 Lec 17: Adaptive Routing Read VL2, Optional Hedera	Nov 10 Lec 18: Congestion Read InCast, DCTCP
Misc Topics
Week 12	Nov 15 Lec 19: Facebook's Photo Storage Read Haystack	Nov 17 Lec 20: Social Network Privacy Read Characterizing, Leaking Due: Project interim report
Week 13	Nov 22 Lec 21: Online Ads Read Challenges, NewArch	Nov 24 Thanksgiving Break. No class
Week 14	Nov 29 Lec 22: Wireless Privacy Read Concerns, SlyFi	Dec 1 Lec 23: Home Networking Read HomeOS
Week 15	Dec 6 Class Project Presentation
Final Week	Dec 17, 11:59pm Final project report due

Last updated: 09/2010