EECS 3214 - Computer Network Protocols and Applications
Winter 2018
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University (Toronto, Canada)
NEWS
Remediation Exam: Friday, August 24, 2018, from 19:00 to 22:00, in DB-0013.
May 1:
Click here to view on ePost the finale exam marks (MCQ, SAQ and total) and overall grades (percentage and letter grade). Use your EECS login ID for ePost.
Office hour to view final exam papers: Thursday, May 3, 12pm - 1pm, LAS-2024.
Here are the updated raw scores of all assignments, quizzes and midterm test (password protected) after all work was graded.
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Quizzes: The sum of the quizzes is taken from the best 5 out of 6 quizzes. The lowest score is discarded.
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All assignments have the same weight, although their raw scores are different.
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Empty cells or 0.01: work not submitted.
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Yellow cells: re-grading was requested and marks have been corrected.
April 28:
Please check raw scores of all assignments, quizzes and midterm test (password protected). Report errors ASAP or Monday noon (April 30) at the latest. Take photos of work and marks related to the errors and email them to me.
April 16:
- Upcoming TA office hour: Tuesday, April 17, 12pm-1pm, in LAS-3033. Students can pick up Assignments 3 and 4 (theory questions), request for re-marking of any assignments, and ask questions about course material.
- Upcoming instructor office hour: Wednesday, April 18, 11am-1pm, in LAS-2024. Students can request for re-marking of quizzes and the midterm test, and ask questions about course material.
April 7:
- Solutions to the theory questions of assignment 3 and
assignment 4 (password protected) have been posted.
- Upcoming office hour: Monday, April 9, 2pm-4pm
April 2: Click here to view the scantron solution sheet from the midterm test. Check the solution against your answers and mark your incorrect answers; then come to the office hours to view the questions and correct answers.
Solutions to assignments 3 and 4 will be posted on April 6.
March 29: Today's office hour is moved to 1:30pm-2:30pm. Information about the final exam has been posted. There will be a quiz on April 3. April 3 is also the last lecture of the course.
March 22: Assignment 4 has been posted.
March 20:
- Today's office hour is cancelled.
- Assignment 3 due date is extended to March 22, 10AM.
- Assignment 4 will be posted on March 22.
- There will be a quiz on March 22.
March 8: All marks have been posted:
midterm test,
quizzes and assignments (password protected).
March 6:
- Click here to view multiple-choice question marks (password protected) using the last 4 or 5 digits of student IDs.
- All marks (quizzes 1-3, assignments 1-2, midterm test) will be posted by Thursday.
- To have short-answer questions on the midterm test remarked, please complete this form, attach it to your test paper, and bring both to the instructor's office hours within the next 2 weeks.
- There will be a quizz on March 8.
March 5: During the strike, lectures and instructor office hours will be held as usual. There will be no TA office hours though, starting today, until the strike is over. For help with assignments, please come to instructor office hours.
March 3:
In the event of a CUPE strike, EECS3214 lectures, assignments and quizzes will continue as usual. Dates of quizzes will be announced in advance (here on this page).
Complete assignment 3 has been posted.
February 27: Assignment 3 has been posted. Midterm test will be returned on March 6.
February 18: No office hour during the Reading Week. Happy Family Day.
February 12: Today's TA office hour starts at 3PM (from 3PM to 4PM), in HNE-101.
February 6: Information about the midterm test has been posted.
Solutions to the theory questions of Assignment 1 has been posted.
February 1: The location for TA office hours starting from Feb. 1 is HNE-101.
Assignment 2 has been posted.
January 22: TA office hour schedule has been posted. See below, under the heading "Teaching Assistants". For Jan. 23 and 29, the location is LAS-3033 (Lassonde Building).
January 16: Assignment 1 has been posted.
January 4: Welcome to the first lecture of EECS 3214.
The first set of lecture notes has been posted.
Lecture Schedule
Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 - 11:30, in LSB-106
Prerequisites
General prerequisites and LE/EECS1030 3.00 or LE/EECS2030 3.00
Topics
- Introduction to computer networks
- Application layer
- Transport layer
- Network layer
- Data link layer
- Introduction to network security
Instructor
Uyen Trang Nguyen
Office: LAS-2024 (Computer Science & Engineering Building)
Phone: (416) 736-2100 ext. 33274
Email: utn @ cse . yorku . ca
Web: www.cse.yorku.ca/~utn
Office hours:
- Tuesday and Thursday, 11:30 - 12:30
- By appointment in special cases
Teaching Assistants
Shadi Sadeghpour (tutor and grader)
Joseph Sanu (grader)
TA office hours: alternate between
- Tuesday, 12pm-1pm (Jan. 23, Feb. 6, Feb. 27, Mar. 13, Mar. 27)
- Monday, 4pm-5pm (Jan. 29, Feb. 12, Mar. 5, Mar. 19, Apr. 2)
Location: HNE-101
Textbook
Computer Networks: A Top-Down Approach (7th edition)
by James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross
Published by Pearson
References
Data and Computer Communications, William Stallings (Pearson)
Computer Networks: Fundamental concepts and key architecture, A. Leon-Garcia and I. Widjaja (McGraw Hill)
UNIX Network Programming, W. Richard Stevens (Addison Wesley)
Grading Scheme
- 10% - Quizzes
- 15% - Assignments
- 30% - Midterm test
- 45% - Final exam
Conversion from numeric to letter grade is applied to the overall mark only in accordance with the following departmental standard:
F |
E |
D |
D+ |
C |
C+ |
B |
B+ |
A |
A+ |
<40 |
>=40 |
>=50 |
>=55 |
>=60 |
>=65 |
>=70 |
>=75 |
>=80 |
>=90 |
Important Dates
- January 4: Winter classes start.
- February 15: Midterm test (tentative)
- February 17-23: Reading week
- March 9: Last date to drop a course without receiving a "W" grade
- April 3: Last EECS 3214 lecture
- April 6: Winter classes end.
- April 9-23: Winter examinations
Test and Exam Policy
- You are allowed to miss a test/exam only under extraordinary circumstances.
- If the reason is sickness, your doctor must fill in the
Attending Physician's Statement form. Only this form, completely and properly filled, will be accepted.
- The weight of the midterm test, if missed, will be transferred to the final exam.
- In this course, all assignments, tests and exam are individual work. Plagiarism and cheating are not tolerated.
Academic Honesty Guidelines
"Academic honesty is essentially giving credit where credit is due. And not misrepresenting what you have done and what work you have produced. When a piece of work is submitted by a student it is expected that all unquoted and uncited ideas and text are original to the student. Uncited and unquoted text, diagrams, etc., which are not original to the student, and which the student presents as their own work is considered academically dishonest."
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Academic Honesty Guidelines
For more information about Academic Honesty Guidelines, check the above link.
Useful Suggestions
- When sending emails to the instructor or TA, please indicate "EECS 3214" in the subject line (e.g., "EECS 3214 - Lecture notes unreadable"), or they may be deleted by mistake as spam. Include your name and student ID in the email.
- For questions related to course materials, it is best to ask during lectures or office hours. Email is usually not a good way to explain course materials.
- Attend the lectures! The lecture notes give only outlines of the lectures. Details and additional information will be discussed in class.
- Read the lecture notes and textbook before and again right after each lecture.
- Ask questions! Come to office hours.