1 CPSC : Topics in Multimedia Networking Instructor: Anirban Mahanti Office: ICT Class Location: TBD Lectures:TBD

2 Your Instructor?  Dr. Anirban Mahanti (call me “Anirban”)  Education history m B.E., Birla Institute of Technology, India, 1997 m M.Sc., Univ. of Saskatchewan, 1999 Web Workload Characterization & Modeling m Ph.D., Univ. of Saskatchewan, 2004 Submitted in December 2003, defended March 2004 Multimedia Streaming  Research Interest m Multimedia systems, n/w architecture & modeling, n/w protocols, peer-to-peer streaming …

3 And You Are?  Your name is _______  Major: CS, CE, EE, ECE  Program: UG, M.Sc., Ph.D.  Background, such as m Course in Networking (CPSC 441, CPSC 641)? m Course in Simulation? m Work experience? m Research experience?  Experience using multimedia applications?

4 Tentative Topics  Empirical studies of audio/video streaming  Multicast  Content Distribution  Rate Control  QoS in the Internet  Packet Loss Recovery Techniques

5 Textbooks  No formal textbook  Readings drawn from recent literature m List of papers will be provided, a priori  I will introduce the topic  We will hold discussions in class  Class participation is essential

6 Evaluation  Critique (10%) m 2-page long; mid-semester  Class participation (5%) m Read the papers  Presentation (15%) m You also get to introduce a topic/sub-topic  Take Home Exam (30%)?  Project (40%)

7 Projects  Deliverable - A research paper m pages in length, inclusive of figures, tables, abstract, and references  To be completed individually  Your opportunity to demonstrate creativity, originality, and make contributions  Survey paper not acceptable  Start early!

8 Why take this course?  Multimedia is cool!  Multimedia networking is industry relevant  Multimedia in research m Networks, HCI, Graphics & Vision, Hardware, Software  Special topics course vs. just any other course  You need to fulfill your programs course work requirement!