CSE570S: Recent Advances in Networking (Data Center Virtualization, SDN, Big Data, Internet of Things) (Fall 2015)

Teaching Assistant:Siddhant Sirohi, s.sirohi (at) Wustl.edu
TA Office Hours: Friday/Sunday: 1:00PM-2:00PM

All question about the homeworks and mid-term exams 1 and 2 grading should be directed to TA.

Course Description:
This course covers the latest advances in networking. The topics include Networking Trends, Data Center Network Topologies, Data Center Ethernet, Server Virtualization, Storage Virtualization, Carrier Ethernet, Application Delivery Networking, Virtual Bridging, Big Data, Networking Issues for Big Data, LAN Extension and Virtualization using Layer 3 Protocols, Multi-Tenant Isolation and Network Virtualization in Cloud Data Centers, OpenFlow, OpenFlow Controllers and Tools, Software Defined Networking (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Internet of Things (IoT), Networking Protocols for IoT. Students do a project involving application of these topics. Pre-requisite: CSE 473 or equivalent.

Prerequisites: CSE 473 Introduction to Computer Networking or equivalent.

Credits:3 Units.

Time:Monday-Wednesday 2:30PM-4:00PM, Sever 102

Reference Books:

1. G. Santana, "Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals," Cisco Press, 2013, ISBN:1587143240,
2. K. Hess, A. Newman, "Practical Virtualization Solutions: Virtualization from the Trenches," Prentice Hall, 2009, ISBN:0137142978
3. L. C. Miller, Server Virtualization for Dummies, Wiley, 2012, Oracle Special Edition, http://www.oracle.com/oms/hardware/extremeperformance/assets/ept-eb-dummies-server-1641465.pdf
4. K. Hwang, J. Dongarra, G.C. Fox, "Distributed and Cloud Computing," Morgan Kaufmann 2011, ISBN:0123858801
5. C. Poelker, A. Nikiti, "Storage Area Networks For Dummies," For Dummies, 2009, ISBN:9780470385135
6. H. Saboowala, M. Abid, S. Modali, "Designing Networks and Services for the Cloud: Delivering business-grade cloud applications and services," Cisco Press 2013, ISBN:1587142945
7. V. Josyula, M. Orr, and G. Page, Cloud Computing: Automating the Virtualized Data Center, Cisco Press, 2012, 392 pp., ISBN: 1587204347
8. J. Hurwitz, et al., Big Data for Dummies, Wiley, 2013, ISBN:978-1-118-50422-2
9. S. Azodolmolky, "Software Defined Networking with OpenFlow," Packt Publishing, October 2013, 152 pp., ISBN:978-1-84969-872-6
10. T. Nadeau and K. Gray, SDN, OReilly, 2013, 384 pp, ISBN:978-1-449-34230-2B
11. H. Zhou, "The Internet of Things in the Cloud: A Middleware Perspective," CRC Press, 2012, ISBN:1439892997

Tentative Schedule:

Student Projects:

• Networking Protocols and Standards for Internet of Things
• A Survey on Cloud Computing Security: Issues, Challenges, and Solutions
• IoT Security: A Survey
• A Survey of Machine Learning Applications to Cloud Computing
• Comparison of Internet of Things (IoT) Datalink Protocols
• Recent Machine Learning Applications to Internet of Things (IoT)
• On Securing Multi-Clouds: Survey on Advances and Current Challenges
• SDN for 5G
• IoT Security