CSCI 4273/5273: Network Systems
Fall 2006
Department
of Computer Science, University
of Colorado at Boulder
See the Moodle class Web page at http://moodle.cs.colorado.edu
Schedule
& Location: Tues, Thurs 11-12:15 pm, ECCR 151
Course number: CSCI 4273/5273, Call # depends on ugrad/grad. See
also the CS Web
site and select Fall
2006
under the Courses option.
Prerequisites: CSCI
3753 Operating Systems, and familiarity with C
and UNIX.
Instructor: Professor Rick
Han, http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~rhan.
Office: ECCR 1B05F
Office Hours: Monday
11-12 noon and Wednesday
2-3 p.m. in ECCR 1B06 - note this is not
the same as my office. Additional appointments as
needed.
Email: rhan@cs.colorado.edu
Phone: 303-492-0914
Textbook:
Computer Networks, a Systems Approach, Third Edition, Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2003.
Other very useful references:
TA: Harshad Sane
TA Office/Hours: Wednesday 10-11 am and Friday 3:30-4:30 pm,
ECCS 122,
and contact by email
for other meetings.
TA Email: sane@colorado.edu
Grader: Harshad Sane
Web site for
class:
start at http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~rhan/CSCI_4273_5273_Fall_2006/syllabus.htm,
then go to moodle.
Grading
25%
Final exam
15% Midterm exam
45% Programming assignments
15% Problem sets/homework
All
programming assignments and homeworks are due by 11 a.m. on their
respective
due dates, unless otherwise noted. Programming
assignments and homeworks must be submitted by uploading them to the
moodle class Web page, unless otherwise noted. The
late policy for programming assignments is as follows: 10% off if
submitted within 24 hours of the due date; 20% off if submitted 24-48
hours after the due date; no credit if submitted two days or more after
the due date. Late
homeworks will not be accepted, unless otherwise noted
by the
instructor. Extensions
will not be granted except at the instructor's discretion in documented
cases of
extreme hardship.
Grading for
graduate students in 5273 will be evaluated separately from grading for
undergraduate students in 4273. As the occasion warrants, certain
assignments may have a higher degree of difficulty for graduate
students.
All
programming assignments must be written in C and compiled for execution
on the
Linux operating system in the CSEL Linux cluster, unless otherwise
noted.
Announcements
Problem sets and programming assignments will be posted on the moodle class Web page.
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Harassment Policy