Overview

This seminar focuses on research issues in software-defined networking (SDN), which currently evolves into a paradigm shift in how we build and manage computer networks. Here are a few links to introductions:

• a definition at the Open Networking Foundation and their blog entry
• the original research paper proposing OpenFlow, the most popular SDN implementation
• Scott Shenkers presentation gives some background story and a good overview
• and a more intellectual introduction is available from ACMQueue

You will be able to practice working on current research literature, presenting a scientific topic, and your programming ability. The latter is crucial for your grade as all presentations have to be supported by an interactive visualization of an important aspect of your paper.

As a prerequisite, we assume students of the seminar have basic knowledge on computer networks and good English proficiency. Literature and presentations will be in English.

Deliverables

1) Presentation

• prepare slides for a presentation of 30 minutes (+/-2 minutes) + presenting your interactive visualization in about 5 minutes, and a Q&A of about 10 minutes (for a total of 45 minutes)
• use academic slide guidelines as in "How to prepare and deliver a presentation"
• plain, high-contrast slides, e.g., by using one of the disco templates
• spell check your English

2) Interactive Visualization

The visualization should

• focus on one (or a limited few) aspects of your paper
• be interactive
• be coded by yourself, but you may use library support without restrictions.

Here are some simple animation libraries for HTML5+JS:

• Move.js gives straightforward code for moving objects
• a piece of pure JS code, which randomly moves a dot about
• oCanvas brings object orientation to your canvas and JS, check out their example section
• EaselJS aims to simplify working with HTML5 canvases
• or, consider to plot your data with dygraphs

You may also use Java Applets/ ... whatever runs in a major browser (best case: without requiring plugins).

3) Related Work Section

• describe the context of the papers you'll present
• 1500 - 2000 words, 2-5 pages
• use the Latex IEEEtran template in the conference format (bare_conf)
• you should cite about 10-15 papers (ask your advisor)

Seminar Topics and Deadlines

Group 1 (Presentations on December 15 in 36-265)

Group 2 (Presentations on January 12 in 36-336)

Group 3 (Presentations on Januaray 19 in 36-336)

*(acc. req. uni-IP)* indicates that there is no open-access version of this paper available. The link goes to a publisher, which either requires you to pay or to use the university subscription. The later is free of charge - however, this only works if you're connecting to the server from within the university IP range (e.g., by using Eduroam WiFi, one of the terminal-room computers, or a VPN connection).