Schedule:

Note: This is just a tentative schedule and will be changed during the semester!

I will post here the slides that I will use in class. Also the homework assignments and solutions will be posted here.

Dates Topic

Assignment

Assignment Due

Jan. 7

Introduction

 

 

Jan. 9

Introduction / Convex set & functions

    

Jan. 12

Convex set & functions

   

Jan. 14

Convex functions / Inequalities

   

Jan. 19 No Class  (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)  
 

Jan. 21

Inequalities via convex function

  

 

Jan. 26

Inequalities via convex function

 
 

Jan. 28

Introduction to Large Deviation   
 

Feb. 2   Introduction to Optimization  
  

Feb. 4

    Introduction to Optimization  
 

Feb. 9 Lagrange Duality    HW #1
 

Feb. 11

   KKT condition     

Feb. 16

   TCP intro

 

 

Feb. 18

Utility Maximization and Fairness   
  

Feb. 23    Lyapunov Stability Supplementary note (Proof)  

Feb. 25

   Congestion Control : Primal Algorithm    

Mar. 2 No Class (Spring Break)    

Mar. 4

No Class (Spring Break)    
 

Mar. 9   Congestion Control: Primal-Dual Algorithm     HW #1 Solution

Mar. 11

TCP Design  (Router Buffer Sizing)    

Mar. 16 Network Topology: Introduction  
  

Mar. 18

 Erdos-Renyi Random Graph supplementary note1   

Mar. 23 Power-Law Graph: Barabasi model supplementary note2  

Mar. 25

Fluid vs. Stochastic / Epidemics: Introduction     

Mar. 30  Epidemics on Graph: Spatial Stochastic Process   
 

Apr. 1

Mobility, link metrics, and performance in MANET / DTN  
 

Apr. 6 Mobility, link metrics, and performance in MANET / DTN    

Apr. 8

 No Class  
 

Apr. 13  Student Presentation  
   

Apr. 15

  Student Presentation    
  

Apr. 20   Student Presentation    

Apr. 22

  Student Presentation