Not much, but a good idea to engage user feedback. I didnt think I would like this course very much going into it. Considering the instructors accent, Id suggest you print the transcripts and read them to prepare for the exams. Projects are simple, but challenging enough to those who are coming back to college after 10 years and dont know the python. There were 6 projects with 60% weight and 2 tests with 40% weight. My background is a BS in Physics and 5 YoE in tech. I learned a lot, and enjoyed the class overall. The projects were overall not too difficult and were all in python. TIPS for the CLASS: So I doubt the lectures will change much in the near future. Read the other reviews carefully about the atrocious state of the quizzes. The homeworks you can do without learning much, which is sad because they introduce you to some interesting tools. Basically, its not too difficult a class if you can get a consensus on what the questions mean, are familiar with basic linux, VMs, basic python, some general networking concepts and arent disturbed by a what feels like a beta version of the class. Overall, this was a good class. Overall the course has been awesome. The course has been revamped since. Holy mother of crappy projects, that was something to behold. Overall Review: My test average is 74 and my project average is 96. As someone with limited background knowledge, Id say the first and last parts of the course had the most interesting modules (the different network layers, and then discussing different applications like video streaming). A couple of the projects required an elementry understanding of shell scripting. On the positive side, in the first part of the course, the lectures provide a good graduate level introduction to networking. With 8 projects, 17 papers and 3 exams this course can be a little hectic at times. For the projects its important to note that the way you submit them to canvas was different for every project. The curriculum, as designed by the original Professor, was quite good, in my opinion. You need to finish three boring reports in the middle of the semester(although you can definitely earn full credits). Make sure you thoroughly go through the documents and the Ed posts to finish this project. I learned a good amount due to my non-CS background but it wasnt that exciting. Most of the comments about this class by others is accurate. Overall I think the course is poorly organized and should be re-made in the future. The project TAs also could not help much with the requirements. Learned a lot. This might be a negative for most though, depending on how you I felt like people were asking too many simple programming questions on Ed - about debugging, using python structures, etc. The projects were interesting and engaging; as always, it is best to front load. Use the weekly quizzes as main source of studying for the exams. Most arent even videos. You mostly learn an academic understanding of networks not many tools you could apply to a job. All good stuff. Head TA has a horrible attitude and is clearly on a power trip. Personally, 2 weeks was plenty of time to complete the projects. Using screen or tmux is going to help you alot too. Assignments are due almost every other week so if you finish the assignment when its released youll have at least 1 week free! Difficulty 3/5, BGP Hijacking I felt the TA staff was very good. The head TA is combative and easily frustrated. Outstanding TAs. The class felt very disorganized and the teacher only showed up twice during the semester, so youre taught exclusively by TAs. The lectures are god awful. Im quite experienced in Networking and this course was pretty easy for me. They kept saying, I emailed the prof and Ill let you know what I hear. However, starting from project 3, it goes downhill. I am highly proficient in Python and this one took the entire week for me to complete. Many of the assignments really didnt have much to do with the corresponding lectures. My goal was to have a GUI Client and Server application where on the server side you would change the Protocol and Port, If the Server App was listening on UDP Port 1234 you could change to TCP Port 8080 and clicking Listen. Work fast with our official CLI. This is NOT an easy class. But, overall good course with appropriate level of time commitment. I thought I would do alright on this project, but ended up with a 40/150. Project 6 was the most time consuming and took me about 15 hours to complete. I had to memorize a lot for the term end exams. The current instructors are not the developers of the course and in some instances have a different approach. I took this course while doing my state OCS military training (meant I have to workout 2 hours a day for the week and attend a 4 day weekend of military training every month - cut a lot into my project completion time) at the same time, I joined a new team at work and had to learn C++ amongst other infrastructure. Stacia was great, and the TAs always responded quickly. As a software engineer at my day job, I do not think I will ever use 90% of what is taught in this course unless I pivot my career to becoming a network administrator, but the topics are nonetheless interesting. Doesnt really need it. 7 projects, of which 4 are python based, need little coding (maximum I coded was maybe 3-4 pages in total for the course but you must understand python and programming to know what you are doing). The biggest headache for these was getting mini net to work properly and consistently. This strategy got me high 90s on the exams (which are really similar to the quizzes) and a 96% for the class (an A). English is not my first language, but some of the mistakes are very noticeable and that is definitely not the quality I expected from Georgia Tech. Knowledge of python is a must. If only more projects were more open ended like this one. We got 4 Homework (not graded) to prepare us for the Test. I tend to put less effort on assignments that have unclear instructions and do not provide test cases as I feel like they were designed to waste my time. But the TAs are very nice and scores are not bad. This is what has happened to this course. This was a relatively low-stress class. The assignments are basically extremely simple tutorials. The other TAs were helpful and responsive as well. Course Summary: This was one of the most straightforward courses Ive taken so far. I have been working in the networking industry since 2002 developing networking applications and protocol stacks. Closed notes. This class is a good middle of the road for how classes should be at GT. Python programming is very limited. The select all that apply multiple-choice scheme was deemed unfair by MANY students, mostly because of the way T-Square deducts points for incorrectly selected options. For the summer term, there were 4 projects (66% total worth), 10 quizzes (10% total worth, average 1 quiz a week), 2 exams (each worth 12%), and 1 extra credit assignment worth 3%. This course is poor in my opinion. If youve had no exposure to Python (like me), its a good way to get your feet wet. Hopefully the TAs held on to those projects and will distribute to later semesters. Lectures: These are good, but they are not very consistent in the amount of detail covered. And honestly in reflection, I thoroughly enjoyed it along the way. A tag already exists with the provided branch name. Learn more. Ill be lucky if I get a C. The instructions for the projects are not straightforward at all and require an insane amount of prior knowledge in the subject. He probably had 5x or more posts than all the other TAs combined. It can be tough to know what the best answer is. I disliked the SDN project the most. The content is unstructured in that the open book tests do not test the video lectures, forcing you to spend endless hours looking in the internet sewer for answers (in stead of being able to find it in the lectures or a textbook). Typically youll be met with a response of I cant tell you more because it would give away the answer, but youre on the right track. Does this really measure your knowledge of the material or is it grading how much time you have or how well you can write tests? Next time maybe give the students Wikipedia links, at least the Wikipedia pages have nice pictures and better layout. Dr. Konte isnt around, but the TAs are great. Did not know any Python and basically know about 3 commands in Linux. I made an 83% on exam 1 and a 93.5% on exam 2. Dont recommend. This severely constrained my ability to earn an A, so I strongly recommend getting ALL TESTS to pass. Useful for interviews Though I had studied Networking in my Under Graduation, its been more than 10 years. The professor, M. Konte, is a internet security researcher, and the weekly office hours are a chance to pick her brain on stuff. Exams: This class only has a Midterm and Final, the latter not being cumulative. I had little to no Computer Networks background, I work as a Software Developer (C/C++), but my undergrad was a BA in Information Science. Make sure you fully test your code out with the variety of testing sources provided Professor & lead TA were very engaged, and the Piazza community was active and for the most part helpful. . For example, exam 3 had 20 questions, 2 of which were on CBR vs VBR; not networking. =======Course stickiness======= Piazza was pretty active, and the teaching staff was quick to respond to most questions. Get an extra credit (you can get 5 points by participating some discussion threads). This course is not easy by any means. On weeks without assignment deadline, I spent about 8 hours and during difficult projects I spent about 3 to 5 days. Most of the heavy lifting is done by the projects and a great TA team. BGP Hijacking was not that hard. I recall an office hours for the first test and there was one set of discussion questions. The projects were poorly explained with some sample youtube videos that the TA tried to explain every week. However, the class is pretty active on slack and you will find most of the answers there. This is a great class to take in addition to another. I am happy to have taken this class because the TAs were appreciative. This one was a real grind. First, most of the content is poorly written, inconcise, duplicated across slides, and even conflicting across slides. Test questions lead to ambiguity and make it harder. Overall an enjoyable course. The projects are: The projects were enjoyable and low maintenance but I honestly dont think you need to watch the lectures to get them done. This is my first course in the OMSCS program and I intentionally took this course for two reasons. Now, some negatives. All the material you need for the assignments and exams is covered in the class. Quizzes were made unnecessarily difficult. Also the lectures are bad just slides and endless amount of dry content. Projects: Project 3 was probably the most difficult assignment in the course. Lecture videos contain some very good background information and theory. Others seemed downright pointless, and many never showed up in an assignment or test. I expected this class to be boring but surprisingly learned a lot, some of which was pretty interesting. This clas is easy in some way, but very difficult in others. Also the grading TA (TAs?) The amount of extra credit given was ridiculous.. really easy A because of these opportunities. No background knowledge of networking is needed. Software Defined Networking (12%) I simply had to transfer basic coding techniques from C and Java into Python syntax. The weekly quizzes are pretty easy to handle, but some of the questioning is vague and a little misleading. The projects were simple and typically didnt require much effort assuming basic Python knowledge; Less than 2 hours each. Overall, I think I learned a good bit in this course. I was able to get full credit on all the projects and got a 96% for the class. If you want to go through the material to take something away from the class it might take another 1-1.5 hours. It took me probably 10-15 hours total, most of which I did not enjoy. BGPM still needs significant refinement. For instance, ask whether the quizzes have helped in learning the material on some scale. The tests were tricky with means of 83%, 80%, and 76%. Some of the newer topics in CN covered at the end such as SDN, Video and CDN. Each project is released 2 weeks before the due date, so you can work ahead about 2 weeks. I guess a majority of students in the class must have gotten B+ and above, if not A . Projects are returned in timely manners. Though it was possible to catch up and learn quite a bit. As others have mentioned, the assignments typically had a ramp-up period but were then not too bad. It is somewhat easy class that could be taken along with a more difficult class. Projects were sporadic, so I spent 0 hours for most weeks, and maybe 5-6 hours in the weeks they were due, so I averaged to about an extra 2 hours/week. Ill preface by saying, I got a top grade in this class (like many others Id assume). In any case, the study guide (given to you on the first day of the course) will serve you extremely well as a foundation for studying for exams in this class. The journal articles are dry but at least somewhat interesting. Its not an easy class, even with programming background, you have to spend time doing projects and reading lots of papers. This course has some videos, but most of materials are only text-based which means you will have to read those materials. This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository. The instructional staff did add a bunch of non-evaluative practice quizzes through the material this semester, so it is a good sign that they are making improvements. Grading for the homework is sometimes nonsensical as well. HUGE thank you to the TAs for this, they made the course more enjoyable and less stressful. I had taken IOS in a previous semester. Id say the class is easy in that it does not require too much prior CS knowledge to succeed. The TAs (and Maria) were pretty responsive on Piazza, and held weekly office hours. In general, what was required for the course was clearly spelled out but there were some oddities (like the quiz naming mentioned above). Conclusion: I am coming out of this course with a great deal of knowledge regarding Computer Networks and fully expect to receive an A, so part of me is glad that I took this course. The only project I disliked was the last. The course is one of the very well organised ones here in OMSCS. The exams were a bit challenging, but not impossible. Lets start with the course material if you took an undergrad CN course like I did, this is pretty much a refresher on that with a few more interesting details sprinkled on top. This ought to be a second year undergraduate course, if that. I got my hopes up after it, thinking that it was representative of what was to come, but sadly, the assignment quality went down from there. Quizzes: Assignments: The tests are 40% of your grade. Some projects can be challenging, had to work more than 12 hours on some of them, the most challenging are in descending order Project 2 - Project 3 - Project 7 - Project 6. As someone with no background in Computer Networks, I found this course to be a decent introduction to it. After that the class went a little numb for a while. However, there was no change of redemption for the rest of the semester and my grades were reflective of that one error. Coming from a non CS background, I found the course very interesting. If you have programming experience in Python, it is pretty easy. This would be a good course to take over the summer or pair up with another. Some of the TAs were supportive, available and responsive. The multi-select questions on the tests were extremely tough as many of the possible answers seemed applicable. However lessons itself are structured well and keep you engaged with quizzes. If you find yourself confused by the lecture content, the book is available as a PDF online. One big warning, I think theyve revamped this course in the last semester or two, because it was fairly challenging (especially the tests) and took a decent amount of time each week. If you take the course with the expectation that its easy youll be wasting money if you are withdrawing from it. Otherwise, the focus lies on how these protocols have evolved into making the network more efficient, ranging from looking at the Border Gateway Protocol to software-defined networks. Also, since this was the first semester they were running the re-done course, there were mistakes here and there and some unclear parts of assignments and exams. I actually spent more time on the other projects, especially the ones which required a writeup. Also on the negative side, the quizes were poorly written, not particularly challenging and often contained errors. I guess I just had a better day on exam 2. Read all the posts on Piazza. There were repetitions, grammatical mistakes and references to things that werent even explained at all. The projects are sometimes based on the papers and need to be properly understood. I recommend it as a first course. Perfect class to pair with GA. TAs are very engaged and helpful. I found the lectures very informative, the quizzes at their best made you go learn new things and at their worst confused the heck out of you with vague and imprecise language. I ultimately expect an A in the course, but you never know with that project. I learned a good bit and while I wouldnt necessarily use the information I gained in real-world scenarios, I enjoyed everything. Though I thoroughly tested the code, there were some surprises on the auto grader and got a few failed test cases. These people arent going to make it in courses like ML, where everything is vague. The coursework descriptions have pages and pages of detail on exactly what steps need to be followed to get the result. Overall, I recommend the course to anyone interested in Computer Networks as an operational discipline. I found the reviews for this class deceiving. The programming assignments gave you most of the code and had TODO comments on where you had to write a line or two. The assignments arent hard, assuming you know some Python, but studying for the quizzes and exams will be a bit rough (as in mentally) because, if you have no interest in the subject matter, it will just be pure memorization followed by instantly forgetting the material. Had an extra credit task (3%). Very beta quality. The quizzes are easy. In lessons, the 6th edition is referenced mostly. Exams are worth 12% each. For me, I had ongoing notes based on the study guide questions where Id rephrase the instructor notes for my own understanding. I really enjoyed this course and was exposed to a lot of new networking concepts, especially WAN and Internet related things. The class had an active Piazza and students were very willing to help with questions If you spend the week or so before hand studying and read all the papers you should do fine. For anyone who is planning on taking this, please strengthen your basics on Computer Networks, and for sure make sure that you are very comfortable with algorithms and coding, because that is what you are going to need the most. Frankly, the TA team should be ashamed about how they handled this project. I believe this will help move the project in a better direction for future semesters. I find this claim ridiculous at best. There were three, and only the first seemed to do a good job asking interesting questions that required advanced thinking about the concepts; the other two were filled mostly with what seemed like arbitrary tidbits from the readings and lectures, and were sometimes ambiguously worded. Some of the module content reading can get boring. I enjoyed them overall, but there were a few issues that Ill describe below in a bit more detail. curriculum at any level, let alone Georgia Techs. I did read through all the lectures as they were assigned while taking notes, and then just reviewed my notes to answer the helpful study guide questions the TAs provided for a couple of hours before taking the tests. Mistakes happen, but after all the anguish displayed about how hard exams are to make, it doesnt seem like enough review time was given to any of them. That said, not sure if I would recommend the course. The weekly quizzes were initially proctored (first 2), then changed to open book which reduced the stress for the students. Which means that 6-question quizzes essentially entail digging for minutia in order to discount even a single potential response. From what I could tell, the TAs did the best they could, given the professors absence. I was surprised at the number of people complaining about this project. 10 line changes, could do it in a day. The only concern is that you are more worried about loosing the points than earning points. Its really not that much material and the exams arent cumulative, so you can cram if you really need to (although I would never recommended procrastinating anything in omscs). The second half wasnt as good, with more configuration style projects, rather than real coding. I learned a lot, and found the things I learned to be relevant and empowering. I would also recommend brushing up on some of the networking fundamentals, but thats not strictly necessary. Overall they were great and I thought this was a good class. Make sure your code pass all the test cases that are provided by TA or classmates. If they could make that available, this class would be perfect: you get to learn a lot (of interesting stuff imo) and also get an easy A. Are you sure you want to create this branch? I didnt know python going in, and it was easy to pick up, so dont worry if you dont know it before hand. I wonder what sort of ethics investigations would be levied against me if I turned in such blatant copying. in Fall 2014 80% of the student got an A. Python is enough for this class. what is the relationship between angle 1 and angle 7; hamilton beach replacement blender cup; chrome native recent tabs; computer lab cad block elevation; weight gain interactive game; reactelement vs reactnode; where is the pch prize patrol right now. My 5 hours is a guess; I didnt keep track. The programming projects are usually broken. Suggestion to all future students of this class would be to study Python and become quite proficeint prior to taking the class. My background is in Civil/Environmental Engineering, so I did not have any previous knowledge in computer networks. For the summer semester, there were 5 projects and 2 tests. Be wary of the BGP measurements project. The lectures are poorly organized and the lecturer buries the lead a lot. Please find below the detailed distribution of marks -, Internet-Wide Events Extra Credit 3% (Total 1 project), Simulating Networks Project #1 (Spanning Tree Protocol): A project that requires you to implement the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) from (relative) scratch. Head TA Stacia runs the class extremely well and is great about holding regular office hours and preparing review material. Exams 3 proctored exams, all closed-notes. Good course if you want to learn about computer networks. Projects also felt disconnected from the original course vision. The 4th I wont harp on as its already been done. TAs very unresponsive, project documentation is lacking, oh and they revised the project several business days after releasing it after they emphasized starting projects early. This felt unfair when you have the knowledge to describe the algorithm, what it does, how it does it, and what its weakness is, but cannot recall the specific wording used in the course. Professor rarely dropped by but her absence was never felt thanks to the TAs. Once you do that its really not too difficult. Its challenging and you learn a ton, but its not frustrating the way some other classes can be. Projects are the majority of the grade and are definitely the highlight of the course. Agree with all of the above statements. The easiest course I have taken in this program. Tactically, theyre all python, but not complex python so no great study of the language is required. I had a friend (very competent person who would have done well in this course) drop solely because of the VM issues during the first project and how unhelpful the TAs were. The course is really more of a survey course with really simple projects which individually dont take more than a nights of work. My fellow classmates have summarized it pretty well in their earlier reviews. I did find myself doing relatively well in this class despite my lack of understanding in some of the course content. The tests are a bit harder than I expected, but its more than compensated for by extra credit opportunities.
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