CS290F: Spring '06

Course Project Requirements

You will divide into teams of two or three to carry out the term project. Your term project can be any of the following types: design/implementation, measurement studies and analysis, and simulation studies. The goal of the project is to experiment with new research ideas and solutions. Previous projects from this course have resulted in publications at top conferences and workshops, and you should aim for a project of similar quality.

I will distribute a list of possible research projects in class. However, you are encouraged to come up with your own project ideas.

Project proposal

Once you decide on your project, you will be asked to write a one page project proposal that should clearly state:

• the problem you are solving (along w/ background and related works)
• motivations (if this is your own idea) and challenges; why is this problem important and difficult?
• your proposed solution or approach and why it's new,
• your plan of attack with milestones and dates, and
• any resources you might need so we can take care of this early on in the semester.

I will provide written feedback on the project proposals either via email or in person. Feel free to drop by office hours to discuss and develop your project ideas further.

Project report

The project report should not exceed 6 two-column pages using 10pt fonts.

Note that in addition to writing the report and giving the final presentation, you will be asked to give a ten minute presentation half way through the quarter about the status of your project. The talk slides should not exceed seven minutes, with three minutes for comments and questions.

Project Groups

Project Team	Project Topic	Presentation
Bob Gilbert, Kerby Johnson (Shaomei Wu)	Wireless Routing with TARP	Thur, 6/8
Krishna Puttaswamy	Deploying Cashmere	Tues, 6/13
Kevin Hawkins, Phil Wittrock, Aram Melkoumian	Distributed Gaming on P2P	Thur, 6/8
Kyle Kakligian, Kyo Lee, Hillary Caituiro-monge	Video-on-demand on P2P	Tues, 6/13
Selim Gurun, Priya Nagpurkar	Energy-efficient Data Storage on P2P	Thur, 6/8
Lakshmi Ganesh	Disseminating Countermeasures in Structured Overlays	Tues, 6/13