For your research paper you should research some interesting topic in networking. It may not have anything to do with what you eventually decide to work on for your project. You can start by looking up interesting topics on the web, but you should eventually look in the library for good sources. The purpose of these reports is to help you find out what you are interested in. You will do a better job on your project if you pick something that is really interesting to you.
The research paper should be around a page long and should include what you found out about this interesting topic and a bibliography of the sources you used. I do not want a description of your project or things that you have thought of. I want the results of your research. What did you find out from each source? Why is this topic important?
Please email your paper to clement@cs.byu.edu. Do not send it to the TAs.
This is not a group report, each student must submit his own report on his own topic. Even if you are planning to work in a group for the class project, do not work in a group for these reports.
These reports will be graded for english and content in the same way
as your final report so that you will know what to expect. At least
80% of the words should be your own. Dont just copy things from a web
page. It is pretty easy to catch and you will fail the class if I find
this occuring.