Purdue University · West Lafayette · Spring 2025
| Lecture (Section 093): Tue, Thu, 4:30–5:45pm in BHEE 224 |
| Lecture (Section 094, EP1): Asynchronous Online |
Instructor
Vishal Shrivastav
Assistant Professor
Office: BHEE 334B
vshriva@purdue.edu
Office Hours
By Appointment via email
| Week | Dates | Topic |
| 1 | Jan 13 – Jan 17 | Course Introduction |
| 2 | Jan 20 – Jan 24 | Course Background I |
| 3 | Jan 27 – Jan 31 | Course Background II |
| 4 | Feb 3 – Feb 7 | Datacenter Architecture and Topology References: Fattree, Jellyfish |
| 5 | Feb 10 – Feb 14 | Datacenter Routing and Load Balancing References: FLARE, CONGA |
| 6 | Feb 17 – Feb 21 | Datacenter Transport References: DCTCP, NDP |
| 7 | Feb 24 – Feb 28 | Software-defined Networking References: Ethane, OpenFlow, SWAN |
| Project Milestone 1 due at 11:59pm on Feb 28 | ||
| 8 | Mar 3 – Mar 7 | Programmable Data Plane References: RMT, PIEO |
| 9 | Mar 10 – Mar 14 | In-Network Computing References: Leo, NetCache |
| Midterm Exam [Mar 13, 4:30–5:30pm in BHEE 224] |
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| 10 | Mar 17 – Mar 21 | Spring Break |
| 11 | Mar 24 – Mar 28 | Multi-tenancy in the Cloud References: EyeQ, PicNIC |
| 12 | Mar 31 – Apr 4 | Datacenter Network for RDMA References: PFC, DCQCN |
| Project Milestone 2 due at 11:59pm on Apr 4 | ||
| 13 | Apr 7 – Apr 11 | Resource Disaggregation inside Datacenter References: Infiniswap, Pond |
| 14 | Apr 14 – Apr 18 | Optics inside Datacenter References: Helios, RotorNet |
| 15 | Apr 21 – Apr 25 | Final Exam [Apr 22, 11am–12pm in BHEE 317] |
| 16 | Apr 28 – May 2 | Project Milestone 3 due at 11:59pm on May 2 |