Subject to change, please check back for updates. Last updated 5/31/17.
| Date | Lecture | Assigned Reading (write a critique) | Optional Reading | Assignment |
| Mon 4/3 | Intro and Review [pdf] | | | |
| Wed 4/5 | Design principles [pdf] | Design philosophy [pdf] | How to read [pdf], hourglass architecture, [pdf] | |
| Fri 4/7 | Link layer: Scheduling [pdf] | | Generalized processor sharing [pdf] | |
| Mon 4/10 | Network layer: Inter-domain routing [pdf] | Stable BGP [pdf] | | |
| Wed 4/12 | Network layer: Multicast | End-to-end multicast [pdf] | | |
| Fri 4/14 | Transport layer: Modern congestion control | TCP CUBIC [pdf] | | |
| Mon 4/17 | Transport layer: Multipath-TCP | MPTCP [pdf] | | |
| Wed 4/19 | Transport layer: Optimization view of TCP | Layering optimization (pg. 255-266) [pdf] | | |
| Fri 4/21 | App layer: Names, Places, and Time | none | | |
| Mon 4/24 | App layer: HTTP, REST | none | | |
| Wed 4/26 | App layer: SPDY | mobile SPDY [pdf] | | |
| Fri 4/28 | Content: Content distribution networks | measure CDN [pdf] | | |
| Mon 5/1 | No class (travel) | | | |
| Wed 5/3 | No class (travel) | | | |
| Fri 5/5 | Content: Video streaming | FESTIVE [pdf] | | |
| Mon 5/8 | Content: P2P | Chord [pdf] | | Project proposal discussions |
| Wed 5/10 | Data centers: Overview | none | | |
| Fri 5/12 | Data centers: Hadoop | Dominant resource fairness [pdf] | | |
| Mon 5/15 | Wireless: WiFi | none | | Assignment 1 due, project proposal due |
| Wed 5/17 | Wireless: Cellular | none | | |
| Fri 5/19 | New networks: Software-defined networking | none | | |
| Mon 5/22 | New networks: Network function virtualization | NetVM [pdf] | | |
| Wed 5/24 | New networks: Internet of things / fog | fog [pdf] | | |
| Fri 5/26 | Security: Anonymous routing | onion routing [pdf] | | |
| Mon 5/29 | No class (holiday) | | | |
| Wed 5/31 | Security: Anomaly detection | anomaly detection [pdf] | | |
| Fri 6/2 | Misc: Internet topology weaknesses | topology [pdf] | | |
| Mon 6/5 | No class (project discussion) | | | |
| Wed 6/7 | No class (project discussion) | | | |
| Fri 6/9 | No class (project discussion) | | | |
| Wed 6/14 | Project presentations | | | Final report, programming assignment 2
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