Sukumar Ghosh, 201P Maclean Hall, 319-335-0738, ghosh@cs.uiowa.edu
Class meeting time: 9:30P - 10:45P TTh 74 SH
Semester hours: 3
Office hours: 11:00-12:00 PM TTh

There is no textboook for this course. We will read a collection of original papers. Below is a tentative list of readings for this course:

TENTATIVE LIST OF READINGS

LIST OF PROJECTS

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems are an exciting development in Internet information systems and its popularity is growing. In addition to common examples of file sharing, P2P systems are also deployed for distributed computation, long-term file storage, chatting etc. This course will address the evolution of P2P networks, the early and the modern trends, and some of the major issues in this area. Topics will include:

• Introduction to P2P networks
• First generation networks: Napster, Gnutella
• Unstructured vs. structured networks
• Second generation networks: KaZaA, Chord, Pastry, BitTorrent
• The small-world phenomenon and social networks
• Skip graph and skip net
• Important issues in P2P networks: self-organization, routing, replication, fault tolerance, free riding, security
• Open issues

22C:031 (Algorithms), a course in systems (22C:060 or 22C:112 or 22C:113), and some interest in networking.

Tentatively, there will be one midterm (30%), 2-3 assignments (30%), a project (30%) and class presentation (10%). There is no final examination.

MIDTERM EXAM ON MARCH 9 in CLASS

Homework 1 (Assigned 2/9 due 2/16)
Homework 2 (Assigned 2/25 due 3/4)
Homework 3 (Assigned 4/8 due 4/15)

SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS

Lecture Notes