CSE 565M
Fall 2005 Acceleration of Network Gaming
Algorithms in Reconfigurable Hardware J. W. Lockwood

Course Schedule

Thr. Sep. 1, 2005
- First day of class: (11:30am in Urbauer 116)
- Welcome to the course (Prof. John W. Lockwood)
- Review of Course Information
Tue. Sep. 6, 2005
- The Field Programmable Port Extender (FPX) Platform
- Lecture 1: Hardware Accelerated Protocol Wrappers (Lockwood)
Thr. Sep. 8, 2005
- Lecture 2: Language-based hardware design and
  Finite State Machines (FSMs) (Lockwood)
- Homework 1 Assignment Discussion
Tue. Sep. 13, 2005 :
- Business Overview of Gaming Industry (Blake Ashby)
- Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer
Thr. Sep. 15, 2005 :
- Introduction to the Video Game Industry (Darrell Gentry)
Tue. Sep. 20, 2005
- Lecture 3: Laboratory Configuration for MP1
- Homework 2 Assignment Discussion
Thr. Sep. 22, 2005
- Lecture 4: MP1 Tentative Team Assignments (Lockwood)
- Lecture 5: Logic Cores, Alliance Cores, and OpenCores.org (Lockwood)
- Lecture 6: CVS (version control system) and Cygwin (Lockwood)
Tue. Sep. 27, 2005
Thr. Sep. 29, 2005
- Machine Problem 1 Discussion
- Business Plan Discussion (Blake, Darrell, Gil, Lockwood, Class..)
Tue. Oct 4, 2005
- Work on Machine Problem 1
  (Work with your teams and have questions ready for Abdel)
Thr. Oct 6, 2005
- Temp_Buffer Design Guidelines (Abdel)
- Temp_Buffer Example Design
- Each group presents design plan for MP1
  - Upload PowerPoint Files by Wednesday night at 11:55pm
Tue. Oct 11, 2005
- Project Management (Guest lecture by Gary Brandenburger)
Thr. Oct 13, 2005
- Semantic Processing of TNL Traffic Discussion(Rigumye)
- Description of Statistics Module used in MP1
Tue. Oct 18, 2005
- Work on MP1, Part 2 (Due Monday, Oct 24, 11:55pm)
Thr. Oct 20, 2005
- Work on MP1, Part 2 (Due Monday, Oct 24, 11:55pm)
Tue. Oct 25, 2005
- Review MP1 part 2 status with Abdel
Thr. Oct 27, 2005
- Assign Final Project
  - Provide CSE565 Project Template
- Assign Measurement-based Characterization of a Collection of On-line Games paper
  - From IMC 2005
Tue. Nov 1, 2005
- Discuss Final Projects
  - Review Deadlines for Final Project
  - Discuss Four Project Ideas Discussed
    - Voice Chat
    - Object Ghosting
    - Overlay Network
    - Measurement Study
  - Email to contact team leaders or mentors to Self-organize teams
  - Final Project Template included at the end of this presentation
Thr. Nov 3, 2005
- Sign up for Final Project Team
- Discussion of Machine Problem 1, Part 3
- Lecture TNL Ghosting Intrinsics (Abdel Rigumye)
Tue. Nov 8, 2005
- Project Proposal Due by Student Groups
- Show Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) with Post-It notes and barcharts in : Project Management Lecture
- Submit PowerPoint slides to Gradebot and present to class
- Firing Squad Presentation: Present slides to class and discuss
Nov 15
- Status Report #1 Due
- Identify status on milestones from timeline
- Submit PowerPoint slides to Gradebot and present to class
Nov 17
- Status Report Presentations
- Overall Objective Game Bypass Network
Nov 22
- Work Session
Nov 29 (Tue)
- Present Status Report #2 to Lockwood
- Submit updated PowerPoint slides to Gradebot
Dec 1 (Thr)
- Finish Status Report presentations with Abdel
- In class work session
Dec 2 (Fri, by 11:55pm)
- Upload draft of Project Report to Gradebot
Dec 6 (Tue)
- Abdel available in Bryan 420 lab for hardware testing
  of MP and Final Projects
- Meet with team members outside of class
  (Urbauer 116 occupied by workshop)
Dec 8 (Thr)
- Abdel available in Bryan 420 lab for hardware testing
  of MP and Final Projects
- Meet with team members outside of class
  (Urbauer 116 occupied by workshop)
Dec 13 (Tue)
- Zap party in class
- Test bitfiles
- Upload MP1.3
Dec 16 (Friday, 11:55pm)
- Submit Final project writeup to Gradebot
Dec 20
- Final Project Presentation and Demonstration
- Time: 1:00PM - 4:00PM
- Place: Urbauer 116 (regular classroom)
- Submit updated PowerPoint slides to Gradebot