University of Southern California CS558L, Fall 2007 Computer Science Department

Internetworking and Distributed Systems Laboratory

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CS558L: General Administrative Information

Academic Integrity

Do not cheat. I will automatically assign an F grade for anyone who is caught cheating. We have enough resources to detect cheating; the class is small, and the TA is very committed. You should be thoroughly familiar with the Academic Integrity Guide and the Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism.

Do not make it easy for others to use the results of your work. To the extent possible, do not keep data and program files in the lab machines. Students will have root access to those machines. If someone's project submission is similar to yours, I will not accept the "He/she must have looked into my files" excuse.

Mailing List

A class mailing list is created for anouncements and discussions. All students should subscribe to it to avoid lossing important class information. To subscribe go to http://netweb.usc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cs558, and follow the instructions. To send an email to the list just send it to cs558@catarina.usc.edu. You must subscribe before you can post to the list. To avoid SPAM, the list is configured to silently discard messages from non-subsrcibers. You will know your message reached the list when you receive a copy.

Lab Access

You should get a key to the building from Julieta along with the key to the lab, so you have 7/24 access. Please see Julieta if you don't have the key.

Student Responsibilities

You are responsible for turning in the lab exercises and projects on time. Late submissions will get an automatic 20% penalty per day.

Even if you have not been tasked to deliver the presentation on a given day, you are expected to at least be familiar with any reading material that has been suggested for the lecture.

You should participate actively in the class. Ask questions. This is a good way to learn, as well as a good way to catch my eye (if I remember you from class participation, I'd be more inclined to write a favorable letter, or recommend you favorably to other faculty). At the same time, don't be obnoxious, by asking too many questions -- exercise some flow control!

Come to my office hours with any questions you might have, but also try to give me quick feedback on how the class is going (e.g. if you think the exercises are too difficult, too easy, if the resources aren't enough etc.).

Check the class web page regularly. We will also post announcements about schedule changes, deadlines etc. on the main page.

Last Modified: August 23, 2007
Maintainer: Wei Ye