CS 791J  Game Theory: Applications to Computer Networks

Overview Schedule and Reading Resources Technical

Professors: Don Towsley, UMass Amherst;  Edmundo A. de Souza e Silva, UFRJ, Brazil
Time: Friday meetings 9am - 11:30am, Wednesday meetings 12pm - 2pm, all Amherst times
Room: Computer Science 142
Course Mailing List: cs791j@cs.umass.edu

Time.

April 7, 2006. Amherst is now in Eastern Daylight-Saving (Summer) Time (EDT). 9:00am EDT is 8:00am EST (Eastern Standard Time).
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Overview

The Internet has emerged from complicated interactions among many independent and self-interested economic agents, such as service providers, network operators, users, etc. Game theory provides us with a set of effective tools to understand these interactions. In this seminar we will survey recent research at the interface between game theory and computer networks, with a focus on problems arising in the context of the Internet. Students will be introduced to key concepts from game theory and their applications in computer networks such as routing, congestion control, overlay networks, wireless and sensor networks, network formation, mechanism design, security, etc. In this seminar, we will also try to identify open research challenges and directions.

Seminar Requirements

This course can be taken for either 1 credit or 3 credits. In the latter case, a semester project will be required. Prerequisites include a previous course in computer networks. The course will also require some level of mathematical sophistication.
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Last Updated: January 31, 2006 by Honggang Zhang. Please send your comments to honggang@cs.umass.edu.