1. CS144K An Introduction to Computer Networks
First Lecture Logistics
Nick McKeown, Lisa Yan

2. Why take CS144?
Isn’t it really hard….?

3. TCP/IP Header Formats in Lego

4. CS144K students are studnets.
Goals
To learn how the Internet works.
To learn why the Internet was designed this way.
To learn how to use the Internet.
To build some significant pieces of the Internet.
To learn the underlying principles and technologies of networking.
CS144K students are studnets.

5. How each week goes
Each week is devoted to a particular topic. E.g. the 1st week is about Basic Principles, the 2nd week is about Packet Switching.
For each week
Several videos: You watch these on your own time
A short set of graded questions per unit (at the end of each week)
A lecture by Nick or Lisa on Tuesday and Thursday

6. How we calculate your grade
Class Attendance and Participation 10%
Programming assignments 45%
Lab 1: 15% get started!!!!
Lab 2: 10%
Lab 3: 15%
Lab 4: 5%
Quizzes & Exams 45%
End-of-unit quizzes 10% (one per week)
Midterm: 15% (in-class)
Final: 20% (in scheduled slot)

7. Exam Policy
Exams are closed-book, closed-note, closed-laptop etc. But you may bring 2 double-sided sheets of 8.5” x 11” paper of your own design to the Midterm and Final.

8. Labs
Programming is in C
CS110 is a (soft) prerequisite.

9. Workload
This is a 4-unit workload, which means a workload of about 12hrs/week
Our estimate based on previous years
Videos and quizzes: 2hrs/week
Class time: 3hrs/week
Labs and preparing for exams: Avg 6hrs/week
Average overall 11-12hrs/week
By Lab: 20hrs, 10hrs, 15hrs, 2hrs.

10. Contact The class is small, so we will use email instead of Piazza.
For anything non-private:
(to be activated after final class deadline, next Friday)
Until then,  both *and*
If private: and

11. The Honor Code
Permitted Collaboration: The following items are encouraged and allowed at all times for all students in this class:
Discussion of material covered during lecture, problem sessions, or in handouts
Discussion of the requirements of an assignment
Discussion of the use of tools or development environments
Discussion of general approaches to solving problems
Discussion of general techniques of coding or debugging

12. The Honor Code
Unpermitted Collaboration: All submissions must represent original, independent work. Some examples of activities that do not represent original work include:
Copying solutions from others or knowingly allowing others to copy your solution.
Use of solutions posted to websites is prohibited.
Placing your source code in a public repository where others can copy it is unpermitted collaboration.
Debugging code for someone else.
Collaborating on or discussing the online graded quizzes before you have completed them.

13. What to do next
Look around and get familiar with
Watch videos 1-0 to 1-7 before Thursday’s class. These videos are quite simple and descriptive and should be a quick watch; 1.5-2x speed-up should work well.
Start reading and preparing for Programming Assignment #1