1. 1 CS240: Network Routing Michalis Faloutsos

2. 2 Scope Routing Basics BGP routing Ad hoc routing Security Issues Group communications: Broadcast, Multicast routing Learn how to do research For people interested in networks

3. 3 Structure First part, BGP mainly my lectures + book Second part, reading papers Project oriented Project proposal mid Feb Project delivered end of March Participation required Presentations of papers

4. 4 Picking project topics Important things in research: Asking the right questions Identifying the right topic Context of research  Motivation  Previous and related work  Importance of problem Thoroughness of work I have sample proposals on the web!

5. 5 Join the class mailing list! https://www.cs.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/cs240 Check my webpage: www.cs.ucr.edu/~michalis/240-xx/overview.html

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7. 7 Evaluation Project (50%) project proposal in mid-course (10%) Quiz (10%) Assignment (20%) Presentations (10%) research papers or your projects Participation (10%) VERY IMPORTANT