CS 7943: Networking Seminar — Spring 2021

Fridays, 2:00pm-3:30pm   Online via Zoom

Organizer: Kobus Van der Merwe


Schedule (subject to change)

Week Date Facilitator Paper
1 1/22 Kobus Van der Merwe
How to read a paper
2 1/29 JC Zhu Server-Driven Video Streaming for Deep Learning Inference
3 2/5 Ryan West Decentralized key management
4 2/12 Hao (Harry) Jiang Verifying software network functions with no verification expertise
5 2/19 Hunter Moffat An efficient defense method for compromised switch and middlebox-bypass attacks in service function chaining
6 2/26 Aashish Gottipati Edge Intelligence: Paving the Last Mile of Artificial Intelligence With Edge Computing
7 3/5 No meeting UofU non-instructional day
8 3/12 Jacob Bills IEEE 802.11bd & 5G NR V2X: Evolution of Radio Access Technologies for V2X Communications
10 3/26 Dylan Johnson Simultaneous Power-Based Localization of Transmitters for Crowdsourced Spectrum Monitoring
11 4/2 Natallie Cottrill Mobility Support in Cellular Networks: A Measurement Study on Its Configurations and Implications
12 4/9 Yingjing Wu UWB-ED: Distance Enlargement Attack Detection in Ultra-Wideband
13 4/16 Hunter Moffat Composition Kills: A Case Study of Email Sender Authentication


About the Class

The Networking Seminar (CS 7943) is offered with two primary goals.

First, to increase participants' familiarity with recent and important results in the area of networking research. Attendees will read and discuss papers from recent and imminent top-tier networking conferences: e.g., NSDI, SIGCOMM, NDSS, MobiCom, MobiSys etc. Attendees will typically discuss one paper each week.

Second, to be a venue for student presentations. Students will take turns to lead the discussion of the research paper chosen for the meeting.


Assignments and Grading

For each class meeting (except the first week), each student should submit a summary of the paper to be discussed. (I.e., no summary is required for the "How to read a paper" paper.) Paper summaries are due before the start of the next meeting. Summaries are to be submitted via the course Canvas page. Paper summaries will constitute 80% of the final grade.

Students will also receive a grade for taking their turn to lead the discussion during the meeting. This grade will constitute 20% of the final grade.


Course communication

Course communication will be done via Canvas.


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