CSE 81 - The Internet and the WWW

Announcements

• The final is on Fri 3/21, 12-2pm, in CNTR 115 (the usual classroom).
• What you need to know about Computer/Communications Networks and the Internet
• Class projects
• Class Grade Statistics

General

• The TA for the class is (Akis Margaritidis, cs81w1@ieng9.ucsd.edu).
• The tutors for this class are:
  Robert DeWitt (cs81w2@ieng9.ucsd.edu) and
  Neal Harder (neal@ucsd.edu or cs81w3@ieng9.ucsd.edu).
  Check their pages for accurate, up-to-date contact hours.
• The lab is the uAPE lab, in the basement of APM.
• OFFICE HOURS (in the lab):

Akis:   Tue, Thu 6-7:00pm
Neal:   Tue, Thu 1-2:30pm
Robert: Fri, Sun 5-7:00pm

• GCP's office hours: M, W 4:00-5:00pm (APM 4141).
• syllabus (PostScript and LaTeX are also available)
• The Internet Book
• list of pointers to student home pages for the class, compiled by Ben Eastman

Assignments

• Homework 0: you are done! (the assignement was about finding this page...).
• Homework 1: due 1pm 1/27/97
• Homework 2: due 1pm 2/12/97 (HW2 grading scheme)
• Project Proposal: due 1pm 2/12/97; not a typo, same day
• Project: due 1pm 3/5/97
  NOTE: project presentations will be made on 3/5 and 3/10 (and if needed, on 3/12)

Course Material

The WWW

• Terms, definitions, etc.
• HTML
• "Principles and Guidelines of Web Design"
  (by CarolTohsaku, instructional designer at UCSD School of Medicine)
  Learn how to create effective, professional web pages for your class project and build a dynamic web team to ensure success.
• From the presentation "44 Minutes To Become a Web Surfin' Junkie" given by Michael Robertson and adapted by Robert DeWitt.

The Internet

Please read chapters 1-6 from The Internet Book by Mon. 2/3/97.

Also, read chapters 11-17 from The Internet Book by Mon. 3/3/97.

Some slides from Yechiam Yemini's class at Columbia University (The Network Book).

• Introduction
• A Driver's-Ed Introduction to Networks
• Anatomy of the Internet
• The Application Layer Architecture
• Building Applications With Sockets

Some slides from Jim Kurose's class at UMass

On the Internet and Computer Networks

Please read the following:

• A Short History of the Internet by Bruce Sterling
• Kleinrock's history of the birth of the Internet

Related Web Pages

• Is the Internet on the verge of collapse? Bob Metcalfe vs. Scott Bradner.
• The Internet Engineering Curriculum