General questions
about the course
Professor in charge for the course.
Prof. Luca Becchetti.
Who can attend this course. This 12
credits course is for the students of the
Laurea Magistrale in
Ingegneria Informatica (Facolta' di Ingegneria dell'Informazione)
and the
Master in
Computer Engineering (School of Information Engineering) of the
Sapienza Universita' di Roma. The course is taught in English, and
there
will be no edition in Italian. For the Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria
Informatica, this course is one of the characterizing courses of the
section "Computer Networks" (indirizzo "Reti"). This course is also for
students of the PhD program in
Ingegneria
Informatica (Computing Engineering). Typically, such students will
attend only one or two sections.
Course structure. The course consists
of 4 sections, described below. Each section corresponds to 3 credits
and consists of approximately 30 lectures, each taught by an
instructor in a given semester (note that different sections may be
taught in different semesters). Students will have to pass an exam for
each section, for each section following the indications given in the
web page for the section. The final exam will be registered by the
course coordinator (Prof. Luca Becchetti), and the grade will depend on
the grades obtained in the various sections. Not all student will take
all sections of this course. For example, a student may have passed a 6
credit exam in a previous Corso di Laurea that has been approved
by the Consiglio d'Area as corresponding to 6 credits in elective. In
this case, s/he will only need to take further 6 credits for this
course, and therefore attend only 2 sections. When a student has passed
the exams for all required sections, s/he should send a message to
Prof. Luca Becchetti (luca.becchetti [at] dis.uniroma1.it), asking to
register the exam. Please, check the news section of this page for the
dates when registration is scheduled.
Which sections should I follow? A
student has to take at least 6 CFUs from Sections 1 to 3 of the
Elective in Computer Networks. Other credits can be chosen by the
student according to the following rules: If a
student has to take 12 CFUs in Elective, then s/he will take
at least 6 CFUs from Sections
1 to 3 of the Elective in Computer Network. The other 6 CFUs can be
covered either by choosing two more Sections (possibly from
other Elective courses) or a 6 CFU course
from the Master degree. In this case, the student
should contact Prof. Becchetti (luca.becchetti [at]
dis.uniroma1.it) to agree on the course to follow. If a student
has to take less
than 12 CFUs,
at least 6
CFUs should be
from Sections 1, 2 or 3. So for example, a student who has to
take 6 CFUs
cannot
take Section 4.
Important notice: you cannot
choose a 6 CFU course that is from the undergraduate degree or that you
are going to take as part of your
curriculum.
How should I register the exam if I take a 6 CFU
course? Prior to giving the exam, you should inform the
teacher of the course that your exam is taken as part of the Elective
in Computer Networks. When you pass the exam, the teacher should send
an email to
Prof. Luca Becchetti (luca.becchetti [at] dis.uniroma1.it), notifying
that you passed the exam and the grade you received. Please r
emind the teacher that your exam
should not be registered in the usual way, only the
aforementioned email should be sent.
When are the lectures of the different sections
scheduled? For the current Academic Year, Sections 1, 2 and
3 are scheduled in the second semester, whereas Section 4 is free from
all Elective sections . Follow the "additional information" link of
each section (see below) for the exact schedule of the corresponding
lectures.
What to do to follow this course.
Just follow the rules listed above. You only have to contact the
teacher
(luca.becchetti [at]
dis.uniroma1.it) within December 15th in case if you want to
replace 6 CFUs with a 6 CFU from the master degree or if your situation
does not match any of the examples above.
When should I complete all exams for the course.
All exam's section
for the academic year 2011/2012 shoul be completed by the September
2012 exam session.