CIS5930 Interconnection Networks Instructor: Xin Yuan, 259 Love, xyuan@cs.fsu.edu, 4-9133 Office hour: 1:00pm-3:00pm Tuesday and Thursday, or by appointment Course website: blackboard and http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~xyuan/cis5930/index.html CIS5930 Interconnection Networks Florida State University

Course objectives Bringing the students up-to-speed in research in the interconnection networks area Discuss challenges and current proposals in the area Practice tools and techniques used in the research At the end of the course, the students should be able to Explain research issues and proposals in the interconnection networks area Write simulators in different levels for interconnection networks Do research in this area CIS5930 Interconnection Networks Florida State University

Topics covered Interconnection Network basics Topology, switching, routing. New networking technologies InfiniBand, 100G Ethernet Software defined networks Modeling and simulation methods Performance Power Resilience/Security CIS5930 Interconnection Networks Florida State University

Textbook and course materials Required: none Course materials Mostly papers from recent top conferences in PDS or HPC Some from online tutorials CIS5930 Interconnection Networks Florida State University

Prerequisite You should have one of the following (not official, but …) CDA5125 COP5570 CNT5505 CIS5930 Interconnection Networks Florida State University

Grading Always groups of 2 students for everything unless you prefer to do it by yourself 10 % - homework, assignments, critics 40% - classroom participation Read the papers before coming to class. 5% - classroom presentation 40% - course project 5% - final exam (a critic) CIS5930 Interconnection Networks Florida State University

Course policies Attendance: required. Late assignments: not accepted without a valid excuse. Missed exam: following the university rules. Let me know when you need to miss an exam ASAP. Incomplete grade: Miss the final with an accepted excuse Due to extraordinary circumstances with appropriate documentation. CIS5930 Interconnection Networks Florida State University

Academic Integrity Violation No copying from anywhere Don’t ask others for solutions and don’t give solutions to others. Violation The university requires all violations to be reported. First violation with level 1 agreement: 0 for the particular assignment/exam and the lowering of one letter (A->B) for course final grade. Second violation: resolved through the office of the Dean and the Faculties CIS5930 Interconnection Networks Florida State University

Accommodation for Disabilities Register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC). Bring a letter to me from the SDRC `indicating you need academic accomodations. This should be done within the first week of class CIS5930 Interconnection Networks Florida State University