EE323 Computer Networks

Course Description

The Internet is profoundly changing the way we conduct business, communicate socially, or find information for entertainment. In this course, we learn the fundamental concepts and principles that shape modern computer networks, understand how the Internet is designed and is being operated in practice, and think about the current issues. Class content is introduced top-down, starting with the applications that are most familiar to students, such as the Web and e-mail, before delving into lower-level details. Students gain a hands-on perspective by writing their own simplified versions of popular Internet protocols.

General Information

Lecture: Tue/Thu 13:00-14:15pm at Creative Learning Building #207.

Professor:

Name	Office Hours	Office	Tel	Email
Song Chong	TBA	Chips (N26)	042-350-3473	songchong@kaist.edu

Teaching Assistants:

Name	Office Hours	Office	Tel	Email
Jihyeong Lee	TBA	E3-3211	042-350-5486	jhlee@lanada.kaist.ac.kr

Lab machines:
- IP: TBA.
- Please change your default password on every machine (Use 'passwd' command).
- Use ssh client (e.g., PuTTY) to log into the machines.
Textbook:
- Computer Networking: A Top-down Approach (5th edition), by Jim Kurose and Keith Ross.
- References:
  - Computer Networks: A System Approach (4th edition), by Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie.
    - Covers the same content as K&R's from the networked systems design perspective. It takes the bottom-up approach as opposed to K&R.
  - TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols, by Richard Stevens.
    - Contains comprehensive and detailed explanation of popular Internet protocols.

Prerequisites

EE209 Programming Structure for EE (or equivalent CS courses).
Basic knowledge on C programming language is assumed in the course.
Familiar with Linux operating system would help, but is not required.

EE323 Mailing List

We will use our class mailing list to ask and answer questions about the course and the assignments.
If you want to send an email to the list, please use ee323@netsys.kaist.ac.kr.

Grading

10% Pop quiz
20% Mid-term exam
20% Final exam
50% Four programming assignments (12.5% each)

We will use our KAIST Learing Management System (KLMS) EE323 page for assignment submission. You should be able to check your grades there as well.

Pop Quiz

Students are expected to finish reading assignments before each class. Reading the content which will be discussed in class ahead of time should help improve the understanding of the materials and class participation. In order to help students keep up with assigned reading, a random number of pop quiz will given throughput the semester without prior notice. The quiz will cover the material in the assigned reading for the class.

Course Policies

Students are encouraged to discuss the programming assignments with other students but the solution must be written independently by each student. Please do not copy and paste someone else's code. This includes publicly available source code (e.g., Linux source code, code found by Google search, etc.). Any violation will lead to failure of the course. Students are expected to regularly check the course webpage for announcements, class schedule updates, lecture notes, programming assignments and other related course materials.

EE323 Computer Networks