EPL 602: Foundations of Internet Technologies

Hand out date	Due date	Assignment
9/2/2011	18/2/2011	Introduction to Socket programming by building a very basic Web crawler. Details can be found here. The grades for the first exercise have been published.
4/3/2011	14/3/2011	Using multithreading to build a Server that accepts multiple clients. Details can be found here. The grades for the second exercise are available.
16/3/2011	6/4/2011	Using caching to increase the performance of a Server that accepts multiple requests. Details can be found here. The grades for the third exercise are online.
8/4/2011	29/4/2011	Testing caching through intermediate proxies on PlanetLab. Details can be found here.

 

 

Class Presentations

Please choose a topic/paper from the following list. You are requested to read, review, and present in class the paper you select as part of your assignments for the course. If necessary, you can search for other papers that will help you understand and present the topic of the chosen paper. The deliverables of this assignment will be:

1. An extended abstract on the topic of the paper you chose not exceeding 6 pages, including citations and bibliography (hard copy).
2. A 30-min presentation that will be given in class, including Q&A (powerpoint file).

For information on how to review and present a paper, please consult Armando Fox's Paper Writing and Presentations Page and Michalis Faloutsos' hints on the structure of a 20' minute technical presentation.

Groups

The assignment can be done in groups of 2 students, at most.

Reading Assignments

Reading List