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ECE 374 (Spring 2015) Computer Networks & Internet |
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MoWeFri 12:20PM - 1:10PM
ELab, Room 303
Overview: This course
provides an introduction to fundamental concepts in computer
networks, including their design and implementation. Topics
covered include the Web and other applications, transport
protocols (providing reliability and congestion control),
routing, and link access. Special attention is also paid to
wireless networks and security. Homework assignments involve
programming and written tasks.
Prerequisites: E&C-ENG
122 (or CMPSCI 121) & E&C-ENG 242 (or CMPSCI 187)
Instructor: Mike Zink
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
zink"at"ecs.umass.edu
413-545-4465
KEB 209F
Class meeting time:
MoWeFri 12:20PM-01:10PM Elab 303. See schedule
for exact dates.
Office hours: Mondays
4PM-5PM in KEB 310
Wednesdays 4PM-5PM in KEB 209D
Thurdays
4PM-5PM
in
KEB 209F
Teaching Assitants: Ye
Xu, yxu@ecs.umass.edu
Divyashri Bhat,
divyashri.bhat@gmail.com
Course Materials:
- Text book: Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach, 6th edition, J.F. Kurose & K.W. Ross. Published by Pearson/Addison-Wesley.
- Class notes: Will be
posted on the schedule
page.
All assignments (written homeworks, Wireshark labs) are posted on the schedule page.
All assignments have a due date (generally a day when we have class) at 11PM, and have to be submitted in moodle.
Policy on late homework submissions:
up to 24 hours late: 10% deduction
up to 48 hours late: 30% deduction
> 48 hours late 100% deduction
Please send questions regarding labs and homework to ece374ta@ecs.umass.edu!
Exam Information:
There will be two midterm exams and one (optional) final exam.
The dates for the two midterms are:
- First midterm exam: February 25th, 7PM - 9PM, Hasbrouck
room 134
- Second midterm exam: April 8th, 7PM - 9PM, Goessman room
20
Date for the final:
- Final exam: Thursday May 7th, 1:00PM - 3:00PM, Goessman
Laboratory Room 20
The midterms and the final exam will be closed-book and closed notes.
Grade: The final grade for this course will be determined as follows:
| Coursework |
Amount |
% Grade |
| Written Homework |
5 |
25% |
| Lab Assignment |
5 |
25% |
| 1st Midterm |
15%* |
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| 2nd Midterm |
15%* |
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| Final |
20% |
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| Extra Credit |
2 |
20%** |
*25% if you don't
take the final.
** This can be taken as an alternative to the final.
Academic Honesty Policy:
- Exams are closed-book and no outside help is allowed. Any cheating on an exam will result in an F for the course.
- You may discuss homework and final project with
other students, in fact I encourage this as a learning
experience. But again, the writeup must be your work. Copying
is not allowed, and collaboration so close that it looks
like copying is not allowed. (In general, if I get two
identical homeworks we will accept neither of them (i.e., both
get F's) and I will report this action to the Academic Honesty
Board.) Please contact me in any case of uncertainty!
A good practice is to divide your work into an "ideas phase" where you collaborate and a "writeup phase" where you work alone -- enter the writeup phase with notes, but not written solutions. - If you make use of a printed or on-line source for the homework, other than specific course materials such as the textbook or web site, please mention it in your writeup. Of course copying a solution to a problem from the web is cheating, and this is easier for us to detect than you might think.