CSE570S: Recent Advances in Networking - Data Center Virtualization, SDN, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things (Fall 2013)

Teaching Assistant: Paras Tiwari, pbtiwari at wustl.edu
TA Office Hours: Thursdays/Friday: 2:00PM-3:00PM

All question about the homeworks and mid-term exams 1 and 2 grading should be directed to TA.

Course Description:
This course will cover the latest advances in networking. The topics include Data center networking, Virtualization, Software Defined Networking, Cloud Computing, Big Data, and Internet of Things. Students do a project involving application of these topics.

Prerequisites: CSE 473 Introduction to Computer Networking or equivalent.

Credits:3 Units.

Time:Monday-Wednesday 2:30PM-4:00PM, Lopata 101

Reference Books:

1. G. Santana, "Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals," Cisco Press, 2013, ISBN:1587143240,
2. K. Hess, A. Newman, "Practical Virtualization Solutions: Virtualization from the Trenches," Prentice Hall, 2009, ISBN:0137142978
3. L. C. Miller, Server Virtualization for Dummies, Wiley, 2012, Oracle Special Edition, http://www.oracle.com/oms/hardware/extremeperformance/assets/ept-eb-dummies-server-1641465.pdf
4. K. Hwang, J. Dongarra, G.C. Fox, "Distributed and Cloud Computing," Morgan Kaufmann 2011, ISBN:0123858801
5. C. Poelker, A. Nikiti, "Storage Area Networks For Dummies," For Dummies, 2009, ISBN:9780470385135
6. H. Saboowala, M. Abid, S. Modali, "Designing Networks and Services for the Cloud: Delivering business-grade cloud applications and services," Cisco Press 2013, ISBN:1587142945
7. V. Josyula, M. Orr, and G. Page, Cloud Computing: Automating the Virtualized Data Center, Cisco Press, 2012, 392 pp., ISBN: 1587204347
8. J. Hurwitz, et al., Big Data for Dummies, Wiley, 2013, ISBN:978-1-118-50422-2
9. S. Azodolmolky, "Software Defined Networking with OpenFlow," Packt Publishing, October 2013, 152 pp., ISBN:978-1-84969-872-6
10. T. Nadeau and K. Gray, SDN, OReilly, 2013, 384 pp, ISBN:978-1-449-34230-2B
11. H. Zhou, "The Internet of Things in the Cloud: A Middleware Perspective," CRC Press, 2012, ISBN:1439892997

Tentative Schedule:

Grading:
Exams: 60%
Homeworks: 15%
Project: 20%
Class participation: 5%
Student Project Reports:

• Performance Comparison of Big Data Analysis using Hadoop in Physical and Virtual Servers
• A Survey of Balloon Networking Applications and Technologies
• Recent Information-Centric Networking Approaches
• Recent Advances in Named Data Caching and Routing
• Naming in the Internet of Things
• Survey of Recent Research Progress and Issues in Big Data
• Survey of Recent Research Issues in Data Center Networking
• SDN: Development, Adoption and Research Trends
• Semantic Web Core Technologies
• A Survey of Networking Issues in Smart Grid
• The Effects of the Green Networking Initiative on Power Consumption
• IP Based Smart Services
• Survey of Next-Generation Broadband Aggregation Networks
• Routing and Security in Vehicular Networking