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Syllabus)
To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we
know it. ---Aristotle
Contact Information
Instructor:
Professor Yuguang ``Michael'' Fang
435 New Engineering Building
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Unversity of Florida
Phone: 352-846-3043, Fax: 352-392-0044
Email: fang@ece.ufl.edu,
Http: www.fang.ece.ufl.edu
Office hours: 10:00-11:30am, MF or by appointment
Classroom: LAR 310
TA: Mr. Manu Chandran
Office: NEB 581
Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:00-12:00pm and Wednesdays 10:00-12:00pm
Phone: 352-846-0650
Email: manuchandran@ufl.edu
Textbook and References
- Textbook: Communications Networks: Fundamental Concepts and
Key Architectures, 2nd Edition, A. Leon-Garcia and I. Widjaja, McGraw-Hill,
2003.
- References: 1. Computer Networks, A. Tanenbaum, 3rd Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1996. 2. Data & Computer Communications, 6th Edition, William Stallings,
Prentice-Hall, 2000.
- Advanced references: Data Networks, 2nd Edition, D. Bertsekas and R. Gallager, Prentice-Hall, 1992.
Announcements
- The graded homeworks are placed outside of my office. You can pick them up if you need them. (12/13/2010)
- Seminar time change:
- Collaborative RRM for Globally Resource-optimized and Energy-Efficient Networks (GREEN) by Dr. Zhisheng Niu, Tsinghua University, 3:00-4:20, Friday, December 10, 310 Larsen Hall. (12/8/2010)
- Final exam: the final exam will be more or less the same in formatting, we have one big problem consisting of multiple questions from the whole course and will have a few multiple indepdendent problems from the second half of the course (after the mid-term coverage). You can bring one 8.5X11 crib sheet. (12/8/2010)
- Attention: To broad your knowledge, we have arranged a few seminars for our course, some of which may have been extended to the next semester. These are not required for this course, but they are very helpful for your education in Computer Communications. Here are the list:
- Storage Security in Cloud Computing by Dr. Kui Ren, Illinois Institute of Technology, 12:50-1:50, Friday, December 3, 310 Larsen Hall.
- Interference Management in Next Generation Wireless Networks by Dr. Youngchul Sung, KAIST, South Korea, 12:50-1:50, Wednesday, December 8, 310 Larsen Hall.
- Collaborative RRM for Globally Resource-optimized and Energy-Efficient Networks (GREEN) by Dr. Zhisheng Niu, Tsinghua University, 12:50-1:50, Friday, December 10, 310 Larsen Hall.
- Location Information Scrambler: for Protection of Smartphone Users' Privacy by Dr. Kang Shin, University of Michigan, 11:40-1:40, Thursday, January 20, 234 Larsen Hall.
- A seminar you may be interested in: Dr. J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves, the Jack Baskin Endowed Chair of Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, will deliver a seminar in 234 Larsen Hall on December 2 from 11:45 to 1:45pm. You can find more information about the talk with title "Routing Is Dead, Long Live Routing!" (11/29/10)
- Midterm: The mideterm will be held in the classroom on Wednesday as discussed in class. (10/18/10)
- Final exam date: A few students asked for the final exam date. It will
be on December 14, class time period in the classroom. Our final exam code
is 14C. Check all exam schedules at the Registra's webpage. (10/18/10)
- We will have a seminar in the class time on October 6 (it will start
from 12:45pm). The title of the talk will be "Re-engineering network
protocols to meet new challenges: the case of underwater communications"
given by Dr. Paolo Casari from the University of Padova, Italy. (9/29/10)
- Attention: We plan to have the mid-term test on
October 20 from 6:00-8:00pm. Please let me know if you have any problem. Our second choice would be October 19 from 6:00-8:00pm. Please try your best to select the first choice. (9/29/10)
- Do you have the prerequisites? Check this
Lecture Notes
Homeworks and Solutions for EEL5718
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