Course Outline - Computer Science and Software Engineering
Course Outline - Computer Science and Software Engineering
Course Outline - Computer Science and Software Engineering
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COSC264<br />
DATA COMMUNICATIONS<br />
<strong>and</strong> NETWORKING<br />
Semester 2, 2013<br />
<strong>Course</strong> supervisor:<br />
Prof. Krys Pawlikowski<br />
Room: Erskine 301<br />
Extension: 7772<br />
Email: krys.pawlikowski@canterbury.ac.nz
COSC264<br />
Lecturer of Part 1:<br />
Email<br />
Prof. Krys Pawlikowski<br />
CSSE, room 301<br />
Lectures 1-16 July-August 2013<br />
Lecturer of Part 2:<br />
Email<br />
krys.pawlikowski@canterbury.ac.nz<br />
Dr Andreas Willig<br />
CSSE, room 310<br />
<strong>and</strong>reas.willig@canterbury.ac.nz<br />
Lectures 17-32 September-October 2013<br />
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Lectures:<br />
Monday 12:00-1:00pm in C3<br />
Tuesday 11:00am-12:00 in A2<br />
Thursday 9:00am-10:00 in E7<br />
Additional lectures may occasionally need to<br />
be scheduled if normal lecture times are<br />
disrupted, for example owing to the lecturer<br />
being unavailable.<br />
Should this occur, the lecturer involved will<br />
endeavour to give as much notice as<br />
practicable. Such lectures may be scheduled<br />
e.g. Monday-Friday at 5pm.<br />
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Tutorials/Labs<br />
One 2-hour session per week :<br />
In Term 3: from July 15, 2013<br />
Stream 01: Monday 1:00pm - 3:00 in Erskine 101<br />
Stream 02: Tuesday 9:00am – 11:00 in Erskine 445<br />
Stream 03: Friday 1:00pm - 3:00 in Erskine 445<br />
In Term 4: from TBA<br />
Stream 01: Tuesday 9:00am - 11:00 in Erskine 136, Lab4<br />
Stream 02: Monday 1:00pm – 3:00 in Erskine 136, Lab4<br />
Stream 03: Friday 1:00pm - 3:00 in Erskine 136, Lab4<br />
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Allocation of tut/lab sessions<br />
COSC264 will have three tut/lab sessions per<br />
week. Students can self-allocate to a specific<br />
session via My Timetable,<br />
https://mytimetable.canterbury.ac.nz/aplus/apstudent<br />
In case of a problem with an on-line allocation,<br />
please send an email to<br />
lab-allocs@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Your tutors:<br />
§ Jin Hong jho102@uclive.ac.nz , PhD student of CSSE<br />
Term 3 (week 3-6)<br />
§ Joshua McCulloch jmm375@uclive.ac.nz<br />
Honours student of CSSE<br />
Term 3 (week 1) & Term 4 (week 7-12)
Assessment<br />
§ Test #1 (1.5 hour, 6-8pm, 11 Sept, in A2, for 35%)<br />
§ Assignment (deadline: 11:59pm, 27 Sept., for 30%)<br />
§ Test #2 (1.5 hour, as exam in final examination period,<br />
for 35%)<br />
Test 1 <strong>and</strong> Test 2 will be “closed book” examinations, but<br />
students will be allowed to bring one A4 sheet of their own<br />
h<strong>and</strong>written notes (with notes on both sides).<br />
One dictionary of “your-preferred-language to English” will be<br />
permitted as well.<br />
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Main reference: COSC264 Lecture Notes<br />
Additional Reading:<br />
§ S. Roman. Introduction to Coding <strong>and</strong> Information<br />
Theory, Springer<br />
§ W. Stallings. Data <strong>and</strong> <strong>Computer</strong> Communications, 8th<br />
edition (or newer), Prentice Hall<br />
§ A. Tanenbaum. <strong>Computer</strong> Networks, 4th edition<br />
(or newer), Prentice Hall<br />
§ T. M. Cover <strong>and</strong> J. A. Thomas. Elements of Information<br />
Theory, 2th edition (or newer). Wiley-Interscience<br />
§ Gallager, Robert G., Principles of Digital<br />
Communication, Cambridge University Press<br />
These books are on restricted loan in the library <br />
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Recommended preparation<br />
§ Basic underst<strong>and</strong>ing of probability theory<br />
<strong>and</strong> statistics
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