COMP 361

Computer Communication Networks I [3-0-1:3]

Spring 2004

Instructor:

Dr Mordecai Golin
Dept. of Computer Science
Office: Rm. 3559
Tel. No.: 2358 6993
Fax No.: 2358 1477
Email:  golin@cs.ust.hk
 

Office Hours:

Upon appointment

Course WWW Page:

http://course.cs.ust.hk/comp361/spr2005_L1

Teaching Assistants:

Lab Section

Name

Office

Tel. No.

Email 

Office Hours

1A ZHANG Jun 4205 23583041 junalex@cs.ust.hk TBA
1B ZHOU Zhen 4209 23588834 cszz@cs.ust.hk TBA

Class Schedule:

Lectures:                         Tuesday, Thursday  12:00-13:20 , LTD

Laboratories:                   Lab 1A:  Wednesday,  14:00-14:50 Rm. 4214

                                                 Lab 1B:  Wednesday,   15:00-15:50 Rm. 4214

 

Textbook:

James Kurose and Keith Ross Computer Networks: A Top Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Third Edition, Addison Wesley, 2005

Reference Books :

L. L. Peterson and B. S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., 2000.

W. Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, 5th ed., Prentice-Hall, 1997.

F. Halsall, Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems, 4rd ed., Addison Wesley, 1996.

Janet Abbate, Inventing the Internet, MIT Press, 1999

Grading Policy: .

Small assignments   2  points

Midterm Examination

33  points 

Final Examination

45  points 

Course Project

20  points 

Tutorial/Labs

There will be a weekly tutorial/lab at which concepts taught in class will be reviewed and expanded upon by solving problems and examples.  The Lab problems will be posted in advance and you are strongly advised to try and solve the problems by yourself in advance of the lab; solutions to the problems will be available on the class web site before the lab.  You do not have to hand in solutions to the lab problems; they will not be marked and do not contribute to your overall class grade.  Solving the problems by yourself, though,  will give you a better understanding of the material taught (and also prepare you for the exams).

IMPORTANT!
Although COMP361 L1 and COMP361 L2 cover 90% of the same material they have different marking schemes (L1 has a project and L2 has assignments) and will therefore be marked separately this semester.

Cheating:

Unless otherwise stated, all work submitted by you should be your own. Copying of assignments, help taken or given in debugging programs or sharing of algorithms and results would constitute cheating. If there is any doubt about the appropriateness of your actions, please contact the instructor for explicit clarification. Cheating is an offense and will result in appropriate disciplinary action against those involved.