Purdue University · West Lafayette · Spring 2023
| Lecture (Section 037): Tue, Thu, 4:30–5:45pm in BHEE 226 |
Instructor
Vishal Shrivastav
Assistant Professor
Office: BHEE 334B
vshriva@purdue.edu
Office Hours
Tue 3–4pm in BHEE 334B
| Week | Dates | Topic |
| 1 | Jan 9 – Jan 13 | Course Introduction |
| 2 | Jan 16 – Jan 20 | Datacenter Architecture and Topology Mandatory Reading: Fattree Optional Readings: VL2, Jellyfish |
| 3 | Jan 23 – Jan 27 | Datacenter Routing and Load Balancing Mandatory Reading: FLARE Optional Readings: CONGA, Let It Flow |
| 4 | Jan 30 – Feb 3 | Datacenter Transport Mandatory Reading: DCTCP Optional Readings: pFabric, NDP |
| 5 | Feb 6 – Feb 10 | Software-defined Networking Mandatory Reading: Ethane Optional Readings: OpenFlow, SWAN |
| 6 | Feb 13 – Feb 17 | Project Milestone 1 Presentation |
| 7 | Feb 20 – Feb 24 | Programmable Data Plane Mandatory Reading: RMT Optional Readings: PIEO, MP5 |
| 8 | Feb 27 – Mar 3 | In-Network Computing Mandatory Reading: ATP Optional Readings: NetCache, SilkRoad |
| 9 | Mar 6 – Mar 10 | Multi-tenancy in the Cloud Mandatory Reading: EyeQ Optional Readings: Silo, PicNIC |
| 10 | Mar 13 – Mar 17 | Spring Break |
| 11 | Mar 20 – Mar 24 | Project Milestone 2 Presentation |
| 12 | Mar 27 – Mar 31 | RDMA inside Datacenter Mandatory Reading: FaRM Optional Readings: HERD, DCQCN |
| 13 | Apr 3 – Apr 7 | Resource Disaggregation inside Datacenter Mandatory Reading: Infiniswap Optional Readings: DDC, Shoal |
| 14 | Apr 10 – Apr 14 | Optics inside Datacenter Mandatory Reading: Helios Optional Readings: Jupiter, RotorNet |
| 15 | Apr 17 – Apr 21 | No Lecture [NSDI Conference] |
| 16 | Apr 24 – Apr 28 | Final Project Presentation |