PENG9630 Internet Architecture and Measurements Course description

All obligatory exercises must be completed to take the final exam. The final exam is a written examination with invigilation, 4 hours. One internal and one external examiner will assess the answer papers submitted by all candidates.

Passed first year of the programme or equivalent.

Grades are awarded on the basis of pass or fail.

Knowledge

On successful completion of the course, the student:

• has an overview of the different elements that comprise the architecture of today’s internet.
• has a good understanding about the approaches for conducting internet measurements and the latest advances in this field.
• be familiar of a broad set of tools that can help analyzing Internet measurments. Of a particular relevance here are tools that originate in other disciplines like Machine Learning and Statisitcal Physics. This will not only expand the available toolset but also increases the potential for interdisciplinory collaboration going forward.

Skills

On successful completion of the course, the student can:

• plan and carry out state-of-the-art measurement tasks
• can formulate research questions on the robustness and performance of operational networks, and design measurements for evaluating these questions.
• will have a general practical understanding of how different parts of the internet's architecture interplay to offer a performant end-to-end service.

General competence

On successful completion of the course, the student can:

• participate in debates and present aspects of his/her expertise in a way that promotes such discussions.
• drive innovation

Module 1 will take the form of lectures. Module 2 will take the form of lab and homework assignments. Module 3 will take the form of seminars. In module 3, the student will present a case to the other students. We will also invite guest lecturers from research groups that focuses on machine learning and network science to introduce the students to potential tools and analysis methods.

Practical training

The students will participate in lab experiments to explore how once can measure various aspects of internet's robustness and performance. The students will write a summary of one of the tools that were introduced in the lab and discuss its benefits and limitations.

This course is primarily aimed at PhD candidates admitted to the PhD programme in Health Sciences and PhD students from Memorial University, Newfoundland. General terms for admission to the course is a completed master's degree in molecular biology or equivalent qualification (e.g. completed MABIO4400). Priority will be given to PhD candidates from HIOA and Memorial University, Newfoundland.

Note that all students must have a laptop not more than 2 years old (windows 7 or more recent or mac with OS X). The laptop must be able to connect to wireless network.

The course can also be offered to students who have been admitted to the "Health Science Research Programme, 60 ECTS", by prior approval from the supervisor and based on given guidelines for the research programme.

Both the presentation of the case in Module 3 of the course and the tool summary document in the practical training part the course will form basis of assessment.

Both exams must be passed in order to pass the course.

The oral presentation cannot be appealed.

All aids are permitted.

This module looks at how we can become more aware of, and attentive to cultural dimensions when working as designers. It examines how such awareness can help to influence and form the basis for design processes and their outcomes. The module is intended to help students establish a general level of cultural understanding through approaching objects and design as forms of cultural expression, as well as looking at our projects and their roles in relation to broader cultural contexts and societal perspectives. The module aims to give students experience and knowledge in analyzing the different cultural contexts products are a part of, and how these in turn serve to influence design processes. The module also addresses communication, and the importance of this in terms of design processes, products and their dissemination.

The presentation will be assessed by the course leader, whereas the tool summary document will be assessed by the course leader together with an additional examiner. External examiner is used periodically.