T-110.551 Seminar on Internetworking 2005 (3cr)

Peer-to-peer technologies, networks and systems

Recent notices:

• The papers
• The handouts have all been published (5 sets).
• Help for the tutors: How to describe a topic (from NetSec)
• Read the Good scientific practise and procedures for handling misconduct and fraud in science by Finnish National Advisory Board on Research Ethics
• Some useful material on writing and presenting a scientific paper will be published as handouts (Edita) this year. The handouts are essentially the same as used in NetSec in autumn 2004, and same material will be used in NetSec 2005.
  Tutors may find the handouts useful, too - please contact the course staff to get your copies.

Course in the spring 2005

During spring 2005 the seminar on Internetworking will focus on peer-to-peer systems. Recent years have seen the success of various distributed protocols for sharing and discovering information between a highly dynamic set of peers. The peer-to-peer model differs from the traditional client-server model, because each peer exhibits both client and server functionality. Peer-to-peer systems, such as Gnutella, Kazaa, and Akamai that are used for file sharing and content distribution, have appeared in numerous headlines and peer-to-peer and overlay networks are an active research area. Overlay networks are routing systems that run on top of another network, such as the Internet. Peer-to-peer systems and overlay networks typically have several desirable characteristics, namely scalability, resilience, high availability, and they tolerate frequent peer connections and disconnections.

This seminar focuses on different aspects of peer-to-peer systems, for example: applications of peer-to-peer systems, media and content-delivery, algorithms for routing and discovery, peer-to-peer security, ad hoc systems and mobility support, implications to network layer like multicast, and peer- to-peer business eco-systems.

General information

• Prerequirements and content
• Introduction to the topics
• Sign up
• Course Schedule
• Carrying out the course
• Papers
• Seminar Schedule
• Newsgroup for the course: opinnot.tik.internetworking
• E-mail address for the course: iwork@tml.hut.fi
• Course staff:
  • Antti Ylä-Jääski
  • Nadja Kasinskaja
  • Sanna Liimatainen

Scientific writing

• Instructions for writing research papers
  • The layout
  • Building a list of references
  • Referring to sources

    (Note that our template renders in-text citations and bibliographies automatically, but you still need to know where to place the references and what information to include in your bibliography (also known as the "list of references")).

• If you need more information, these could help:
  • Tips on finding and using source material
  • On citations: International Standard ISO690:1987, Information and documentation -- Bibliographic references - Content, form and structure: Excerpts regarding citations
    
  • On electronic documents: Excerpts from International Standard ISO 690-2: Information and documentation - Bibliographic references - Part 2: Electronic documents or parts thereof
  • Hannu Kari's template for writing a Master's Thesis
  • More training on writing in English: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Course previously

• 2004: Routing - from baseline to state-of-the-art
• 2003: Mobile networks based on IP protocols and unlicensed radio spectrum
• 2002: Internet Protocols for Mobile Computing (fall term 2002)
• 2001: Working and Studying on the Internet
• 2000: Ad Hoc Networking
• 1999: Internet, the next generation public telecommunication network
• 1998: Fast IP routing, switched IP and other new technologies
• 1997: The use of Internet for collaborative work and human to human connections
• 1996: IPv6, routing and routing combined with IP/ATM word

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