Project Requirements

Due date

Three types of projects are appropriate for this course:

A comprehensive survey on a new topic of current interest in queueing related areas, preferrably on networking research, with the following requirements
- Choose at least TWO (2) technical journal or conference papers representing the original contributions in the field and write a report on them.
- Reports on further discussions from the lectures (research or standards) are also acceptable, this must be approved by the Instructor.
- No survey on surveys or no duplicate of a survey is allowed. If found, the project may be nullified!
Further research on a known research problem of sufficient importance in the current literature
- Repeat analytical or simulation study on a technical paper and verify the reported results done by the paper.
- Improve analytical results with certain originality (can earn bonus points).
- Give new solutions to a known important problem
- Any innovative attempts to (partially) unsolved open problems or any novel generalizations to current solved problems are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. Bonus may be earned on this project.
Own project topic (must be approved by the instructor)

All project must have a written plan, which must be approved before midterm
Group size: no more than TWO (2) students in a group. One-student team is possible ONLY for research oriented project, but must be approved by the instructor. The group is self-organized, a student who cannot find a team must inform the instructor in order to help you form a team.
Each project should be presented in class or some chosen form. The presentation should contain technical details about the papers.

The following list of journals and conferences are recommended. Other journals and conferences must be approved by the instructor.