CSCI 4273/5273: Network Systems

Spring 2006

Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder

See the Moodle class Web page at http://systems.cs.colorado.edu/moodle/

Schedule & Location: Tues, Thurs 11-12:15 pm, ECCR 1B51
Course number: CSCI 4273/5273, Call # depends on ugrad/grad.  See also the CS Web site and select Spring 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: Tues, Wed 2-3 pm 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: 

• Unix Network Programming, Vol. 1: The Sockets Networking API, Third Edition, by W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, Andrew M. Rudoff, Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; October 22, 2003.
  
• TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, The Protocols, W. Richard Stevens, Addison Wesley, 1994

TA: Carl Hartung
TA Office/Hours: Thursday 1-2 pm, ECCS 122, and contact by email for other meetings.
TA Email: carl.hartung@colorado.edu
Grader: TBD

Web site for class:
start at http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~rhan/CSCI_4273_5273_Spring_2006/syllabus.htm, then go to moodle.

Grading

20% Final exam
15% Midterm exam
50% Programming assignments
15% Problem sets/homework

Plagiarism policy.

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, unless otherwise noted..

Announcements

Problem sets and programming assignments will be posted on the moodle class Web page.

Disability Policy

Religious Observances Policy