Thrasyvoulos SPYROPOULOS

My courses

• NetMod / Fall 2016 - Network Modeling

  The goal of this course is to teach student how to model, analyze, and optimize the performance of different Networks using simple theoretical tools. The end goal is to highlight the common underlying properties, develop a strong high-level insight on the network parameters affecting network performance, and understand how to optimize a networked system. 

  Each class will be a mix of some necessary theoretical tools, and their application to real-world networks. We will consider examples from modern cellular networks (e.g., offloading and load balancing), capacity planning, MAC protocols, scheduling in computing clouds and web server farms, security (e.g. virus infections), measuring large social networks like Facebook and Twitter, search engines (e.g. Google’s PageRank algorithm), and many others. 

   Teaching and Learning Methods :Lectures, Homework, and Programming Labs (2)