Course Schedule

Please note that this schedule is subject to change.

Lecture 1: Course Overview

Monday, January 7, 2019

Slides (pptx)

Lecture 2: Web Optimizations

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

R. Netravali et al., Polaris: Faster Page Loads Using Fine-grained Dependency Tracking, NSDI 2016
V. Ruamviboonsuk et al., Vroom: Accelerating the Mobile Web with Server-Aided Dependency Resolution, SIGCOMM 2017
Presenter: Ravi
Paper presentation preferences due by 10pm

Lecture 3: Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)

Monday, January 14, 2019

E. Nygren et al., The Akamai Network: A Platform for High-Performance Internet Applications, ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review 2010
D. Berger et al., AdaptSize: Orchestrating the Hot Object Memory Cache in a Content Delivery Network, NSDI 2017
Presenters: Nikhil and Kenneth
Project groups due tomorrow at 10pm

Lecture 4: Video Streaming

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

X. Yin et al., A Control-Theoretic Approach for Dynamic Adaptive Video Streaming over HTTP, SIGCOMM 2015
H. Mao et al., Neural Adaptive Video Streaming with Pensieve, SIGCOMM 2017
Presenters: Lana and Kenneth

MLK Day–No Class

Monday, January 21, 2019

Project Discussions

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

No papers! Each group will meet with the staff to discuss their project ideas.

Lecture 5: Video Conferencing

Monday, January 28, 2019

K. Winstein et al., Stochastic Forecasts Achieve High Throughput and Low Delay over Cellular Networks, NSDI 2013
S. Fouladi et al., Salsify: Low-Latency Network Video through Tighter Integration between a Video Codec and a Transport Protocol, NSDI 2018
Presenters: Qiqi and Trevor

Lecture 6: Video Analytics

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

H. Zhang et al., Live Video Analytics at Scale with Approximation and Delay-Tolerance, NSDI 2017
J. Jiang et al., Chameleon: Scalable Adaptation of Video Analytics, SIGCOMM 2018
Presenters: Qiqi and Yuanqi

Lecture 7: Mobile Sensing Applications

Monday, February 4, 2019

S. Shen et al., I am a Smartwatch and I can Track my User’s Arm, MobiSys 2016
H. Wang et al., MoLe: Motion Leaks through Smartwatch Sensors, MobiCom 2015
Presenters: Pradeep and Siva
Project proposals due by 10pm

Lecture 8: Mobile Offloading

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

M. Satyanarayanan et al., The Case for VM-based Cloudlets in Mobile Computing, IEEE Pervasive Computing 2009
E. Cuervo et al., MAUI: Making Smartphones Last Longer with Code Offload, MobiSys 2010
Presenters: Pradeep, Siva, and Gopi

Lecture 9: Application-specific Offloading

Monday, February 11, 2019

T. Chen et al., Glimpse: Continuous, Real-Time Object Recognition on Mobile Devices, SenSys 2015
E. Cuervo et al., Kahawai: High-Quality Mobile Gaming Using GPU Offload, MobiSys 2015
Presenters: Zeina, Nikhil, and Claudia

Lecture 10: Security within Applications

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

D. Stefan et al., Protecting Users by Confining JavaScript with COWL, OSDI 2014
W. Enck et al., TaintDroid: An Information-Flow Tracking System for Realtime Privacy Monitoring on Smartphones, OSDI 2010
Presenters: Shuyang and Zeina
Topic suggestions due

President's Day–No Class

Monday, February 18, 2019

Lecture 11: Network Security for Applications

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

J. Sherry et al., BlindBox: Deep Packet Inspection over Encrypted Traffic, SIGCOMM 2015
D. Naylor et al., Multi-Context TLS (mcTLS): Enabling Secure In-Network Functionality in TLS, SIGCOMM 2015
Presenters: Trevor and Shuyang

Lecture 12: IoT

Monday, February 25, 2019

D. Vasisht et al., FarmBeats: An IoT Platform for Data-Driven Agriculture, NSDI 2017
J. Wilson et al., Trust but Verify: Auditing the Secure Internet of Things, MobiSys 2017
Presenters: Claudia, Kehkashan, and Yuanqi

Lecture 13: Wireless Applications

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

D. Vasisht et al., In-body Backscatter Communication and Localization, SIGCOMM 2018
F. Adib et al., See Through Walls with Wi-Fi!, SIGCOMM 2013
Presenters: Gopi and Siva

Lecture 14: Class-Suggested Topic(s)

Monday, March 4, 2019

B. Choi et al., APPx: An Automated App Acceleration Framework for Low Latency Mobile App, CoNEXT 2018
A. Sivakumar et al., NutShell: Scalable Whittled Proxy Execution for Low-Latency Web over Cellular Networks, MobiCom 2017

Project Discussions

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

No papers! Open office hours in 482 EVI to discuss project presentations and writeups.

Final Project Presentations

Monday, March 11, 2019

Final Project Presentations

Wednesday, March 13, 2019