Course Material
Lecture slides are in the style of "1 picture or 3 sentences per slide". Details can be found in the lecture note.
| Question | Date | Topic | TA | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 19, 2011 | Introduction: 20 Questions about networked life [slides] | |||
| Q1 | Sept 21, 2011 | What makes CDMA work for my cell phone? [slides] [notes] | Jiasi | |
| Q2 | Sept 26, 2011 | How does Google sell ad spaces? [slides] [notes] | Kevin | Homework 1 out |
| Sept 28, 2011 | Guest Lecture: Billions at auction: Real-time target ad matching Arel Lidow '05, AppNexus [slides] | |||
| Q3 | Oct 3, 2011 | How does Google rank webpages? [slides] [notes] | Felix | Homework 1 due Homework 2 out |
| Q4 | Oct 5, 2011 | How does Netflix recommend movies? [slides] [notes] | Felix | |
| Q5 | Oct 10, 2011 | When can I trust product ratings on Amazon? [slides] [notes] | Jiasi | |
| Q6 | Oct 12, 2011 | Why does Wikipedia even work? [slides] [notes] | Kevin | Homework 2 due Homework 3 out |
| Oct 17, 2011 | Guest Lecture: Wireless cellular revolution Professor Sundeep Rangan, NYU Poly, formerly Flarion Technologies [slides] | |||
| Oct 19, 2011 | Tools Tutorial [cvx slides][NodeXL slides][Sharing-Mart slides] | Jiasi, Felix, Kevin, Chris L. | Homework 3 due | |
| Q7 | Oct 24, 2011 | How to viralize a Youtube video and tip a Groupon deal? [slides] [notes] | Felix | Homework 4 out |
| Q8 | Oct 26, 2011 | Twitter and Facebook: How to influence people online? [slides] [notes] | Felix | |
| Q9 | Nov 7, 2011 | Can I really reach anyone in 6 steps? [slides] [notes] | Felix | Homework 4 due Homework 5 out |
| Q10 | Nov 9, 2011 | Does the Internet have an Achilles heel? [slides] [notes] | Jiasi | |
| Nov 11, 2011 | Midterm review session | Felix, Jiasi, Kevin | Homework 5 due at 5pm | |
| Nov 12, 2011 | Take-home midterm | |||
| Q11 | Nov 14, 2011 | Why does AT&T and Verizon wireless charge me $10 a Gigabyte? [slides] [notes] | Kevin | Homework 6 out |
| Q12 | Nov 16, 2011 | How can I pay less for my Internet connection? [slides] [notes] (slides combined with Q11) | Kevin | |
| Q13 | Nov 21, 2011 | How does traffic get through the Internet? [slides] [notes] | Jiasi | Homework 6 due Homework 7 out |
| Q14 | Nov 23, 2011 | Why doesn’t the Internet collapse under congestion? [slides] [notes] | Jiasi | |
| Q15 | Nov 28, 2011 | How can Skype and BitTorrent be free? [slides] [notes] | Felix | |
| Q16 | Nov 30, 2011 | What’s inside the Cloud of iCloud? [slides] [notes] | Kevin | Homework 7 due Homework 8 out |
| Q17 | Dec 5, 2011 | Netflix, iTunes, IPTV: Which way to watch video? [slides] [notes] | Jiasi | |
| Q18 | Dec 7, 2011 | Why is iPad’s WiFi faster at home than at a hotspot? [slides] [notes] | Felix | Homework 8 due Homework 9 out |
| Q19 | Dec 12, 2011 | Why am I only getting a few % of advertised 3/4G speed? [slides] [notes] | Jiasi | |
| Q20 | Dec 14, 2011 | Is it really fair that my neighbor’s iPhone download faster? [slides] [notes] | Kevin | Homework 9 due Homework 10 out |
| Jan 9, 2011 Jan 16, 2011 | Mini-project presentation session | Homework 10 due | ||
| Jan 18, 2011 11:30am-1pm EQuad F218 | Final review session | |||
| Jan 21, 2011 1:30pm Friend 006 | Final |