NAME:

E-MAIL ADDRESS: (this will be added to the class mailing list)



REGISTERED IN THE COURSE OR JUST ATTENDING? Please circle one.


     REGISTERED                  JUST ATTENDING


NUMBER OF YEARS AT PURDUE (INCLUDING THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR): ________


DEGREE EXPECTED: Please circle one:       MS      PHD


                 YEAR EXPECTED: _______________


BROAD TOPIC OF YOUR RESEARCH (IF DECIDED): ________________________


MAJOR:    CS

          OTHER (PLEASE SPECIFY: ___________________________)


NETWORKING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS COURSES TAKEN (INCLUDING UNDERGRADUATE):






TO AVOID OVERLAP IN PAPERS AND TOPICS, PLEASE INDICATE IF YOU HAVE TAKEN:


  CS 603 (Distributed Systems)      YES     NO


  CS 641 (Multimedia Databases)     YES     NO


  Also, please list all networking or OS-related CS 590s or CS 690s taken.
  Please indicate instructor name, and semester (if you remember :-)

  
  ______________________________________________


  ______________________________________________ 


BELOW IS THE LIST OF TENTATIVE TOPICS. Since we will not have time to
cover all these topics, please indicate your preference next to each
topic, with 1 being the most interesting to you and 10 being the least
interesting. 


_______ Multimedia formats and compression

_______ Multimedia network traffic characteristics, measurements 
        and resource management 

_______ Congestion control for multimedia traffic

_______ End system resource management and scheduling

_______ Synchronization and content processing

_______ Multicasting at the network layer and at the application layer

_______ Peer-to-peer systems and content distribution

_______ Multimedia applications

_______ Multimedia in wireless and ad hoc networks

_______ Security problems and protocols.


SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF TOPICS COVERED
IN THE COURSE (feel free to e-mail me later):







SUGGESTIONS FOR INTERESTING PAPERS/PROJECTS TO DISCUSS IN THE COURSE
(again feel free to e-mail me later):







ANY OTHER COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS: