Seminar of Distributed Computing (2004/05)

When & Where: Tuesdays, 15:15-17:00 @ ETZ F 76.1 (room has changed)

Professor: Roger Wattenhofer

Coordinator: Pascal von Rickenbach

• Organization
• Schedule of Presentations
• Suggested Papers

Organization

As a seminar participant, you are invited to

• present a research paper, and lead the discussion;
• turn in a 1-2 page report which critically evaluates the achievement of the presented paper (flaw in the model, not exciting when compared to related work, etc.) and/or give a (small, vague) idea how to improve the paper, and/or propose what else might be studied;
• attend the other talks of the seminar and actively participate in the discussions.

Below we have a series of suggested papers which have been assigned on a first-come-first-serve basis. Please contact the mentor of the paper which you would like to present. If you want to present a paper falling into our domain that is not on the list, please contact the seminar coordinator.

Some papers are harder to understand than others. Some papers come in groups, where you need to read and compare all the papers in the group. Tough papers are marked with a star, or even two stars. (Hard papers are sometimes easier to present because not as much detail will be expected in the presentation.)

Your presentation should cover the motivation for the problem as well as some technical parts of the paper in detail. Assume that the other participants know nothing about the subject. You are not supposed to present the whole paper, but just the aspects of the paper that were most intriguing to you. We encourage you to deviate from the logical structure of the paper and strive for the most lucid presentation of the topic. It can also be helpful to go beyond the list of your papers and look at related work.

Your slides and talk should be in English. The presentation should last 45 minutes plus about 15 minutes of discussion.

For signed-up students: Please contact your mentor at the latest 2 weeks before your presentation date. You should have a thorough understanding of the paper 1 week prior to your talk. We expect an electronic copy of your slides and the report no later than 2 weeks after the presentation date.

Schedule of Presentations

Suggested Papers