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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Networking. The dynamically changing concept of this word in today's times has brought in so many related parallels that it is almost impossible to learn about them at once. But this interesting course taught by professors of Princeton University is one place where you can get all your networking questions answered.

The Course is a self-paced online course called Networks: Friends, Money, And Bytes by Coursera. It answers all the internet related questions one might have. Right from the CDMA doubts to how the internet works and how one can take advantage by knowing the inside functioning of these tools of the day.

The course will be extremely beneficial to those willing to open an online venture as online digital marketing is closely related to networking these days. The course offers insights on

Influencer marketing a candidate can apply in the working of his venture. It throws light on how the internet is functioning and relying on amazon reviews and ratings of NetFlix.

The Highlights

Self-paced online course.
Flexible deadlines
37 hours of video learning
Videos and course material are available to be downloaded
Subtitles to all the videos in English.
Guest lectures by experts in the field of networking.

Programme Offerings

Self paced online videos

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability
no

The course on networks: friends, money, and bytes is offered for free.

Students can enrol on the Coursera website for free.

Eligibility Criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

This course does not offer a certificate of completion.

What you will learn

Networking

After completing the Course On Networks: Friends, Money, And Bytes candidates will have insights on-

Insights on how networking today functions and key aspects of its applications.
Develop an understanding of how google ads function and the various ways Google ranks its web pages.
Using the application of these technicalities candidates can learn how to make use of these to make their content go viral or popular.
Key functioning of Youtube, Netflix, Google, Wikipedia, Facebook, and Skype.
Working knowledge of how the data on the internet gets consumed and how they can apply this information to make the best use of available bytes.
Applying all the learned emerging dynamics in the field of networking to their advantage.

Who it is for

System Security AnalystDigital Marketing ExecutiveSecurity AdministratorInformation Security Manager

The course on Networks: Friends, Money, and Bytes By Coursera is a very relevant people-oriented course that can suit a multi-disciplinary range of candidates and teach them the much-required skills at networking.

This course can be beneficial to the following candidates:

For candidates looking to open an online venture or a venture with heavy online reliance, this course can help them in promoting and expanding their business horizons and learn things for their personal knowledge as well.
Curious Candidates looking for answers related to the most burning one may encounter while working on the internet. It conveys in honest words the real truth about the internet and the functioning of the most popular platforms on the internet, people around the world use.
Professionals belonging to the field of digital marketing can benefit greatly from this Coursera programme Networks: Friends, Money and Bytes by developing an understanding of the practices used in the world to promote content and market their product.

Admission Details

The Networks: Friends, Money, And Bytes Programme admission procedure is simple. Candidates can follow these simple steps to register-

Step 1: Visit the homepage of the course at Coursera and press on the ‘Enroll.’ button.

Step 2: Create a Coursera account by registration or login in with your existing Google / Facebook account.

Step 3: You will be taken to the course page. since the course is free you can start the course right away.

Step 4: Candidates can also opt for a free 7-day trial to get access to the premium Coursera version for enrolling in other premium courses.

Step 5: When the course starts you will have access to all the video and study files.

The Syllabus

What Makes CDMA Work for My Smartphone?

Interference and Signal to Interference Ratio (SIR)
Distributed Power Control (DPC)
DPC as a Game
DPC through Optimization
Resource Allocation
Numerical Example and Summary

How Does Google Rank Web pages?

Webpages and Importance
Handling Dangling Nodes
The Google Matrix
Web graphs and the H Matrix
Numerical Example and PageRank in Practice

How Does Google Sell Ad Spaces?

Selling Ad Spaces through Auctions
Second Price Single Item Auction
Auction Definitions
Vickrey–Clarke–Groves (VCG) Auction
Generalized Second Price (GSP) Auction and Numerical Example

How Does Netflix Recommend Movies?

The Baseline Predictor
Netflix and Recommender Systems
Similarity and Neighborhood Predictor
The Netflix Prize and Its Challenges
Numerical Example and Summary

When Can I Trust an Average Rating on Amazon?

Review Systems and Challenges
Key Factors and Assumptions
The Wisdom of Crowds
Bayesian Ranking
Reverse Engineering Amazon

Why Does Wikipedia Even Work?

Voting
Wikipedia and Consensus Formation
Arrow's Axioms and Impossibility Result
Bargaining
Sen's Axioms and Numerical Examples

How Do I Viralize a Youtube Video?

Sequential Decision Making and Information Cascade
YouTube and Virilization
Tipping Models
Population Based Models
Correct vs Incorrect Cascades

Can I Really Reach Anyone in 6 Steps

Algorithmic Small World
Milgram's Experiment
Watts Strogatz Graph
Structural Small Worlds

How Do I Influence People on Facebook?

Contagion Models
Topology Based Influence Models
Infection Models
Measuring Node Importance
Infection with Topology and Case Study

Does the Internet Have an Achilles' Heel?

Graph Performance and Likelihood
Graphs and Degree Distributions
Numerical Example and Generative Models
The Internet's Reality

Why Do Mobile Carriers Charge Me $10/GB?

Migrating to Usage Based Pricing
Five Party Interactions
Utility, Demand, and Fairness
Three Reasons for Usage Based
Numerical Example and Summary

How Do I Save on Each GB?

Overview of Smart Data Pricing (SDP)
Waiting Functions and Price Optimization
Time Dependent Pricing (TDP)
Numerical Example.

How Does Traffic Go Through the Internet?

Packet Switching
Distributed Hierarchy and Routing
Distributed Routing
Bellman-Ford Algorithm
Layered Architecture

How can Skype and BitTorrent be free?

P2P and Network Scaling
Ideas Behind BitTorrent
Trees and Overlay Networks
Example and Summary

Why Doesn't the Internet Collapse Under Congestion?

Principles of Congestion Control
Capacity Allocation and Optimization
Congestion Inference
Numerical Example and Summary
Distributed Congestion Control

What's Inside the Cloud?

Large Networks from Small Switches
Clos Network and Non-blocking
Data centers and Cloud Market Segments
Comparison and Summary
Pros and Cons of Cloud

Which Way to Watch Video on the Internet?

Video on the Internet
IPTV and VoI
Video Compression
Application and Transport Layer for Video

Why is WiFi Faster at Home Than at Hotspot?

WiFi Description
Carrier Sensing Multiple Access (CSMA) and Throughput
Numerical Example and Summary
Random Access and Collisions

Why Am I Only Getting 3% of the Cellular Speed?

Root Causes
Air Interface Example
Where, When, and What Application
Backhaul Example

Is It Fair that My Neighbor’s iPad Downloads Faster?

Quantifying Fairness
Numerical Examples and Summary
Fairness-Efficiency Tradeoff
Fairness Functions and Properties

Guest Lectures

Cellular Data: Past, Present, and Future: Sundeep Rangan
Computing with Large Data Sets: Moses Charikar
The Evolution of Online Advertising: Arel Lidow
Does the Internet have an Achilles' heel? Deconstructing a popular claim: Walter Willinger
The Negative Aspects of ICT Penetration: Jake Shapiro
Pricing Broadband Networks: Victor Glass
Linux CUBIC, From Idea to Actual Deployment: Sangtae Ha
The Puzzling Nature of Success and Failure in Cultural Markets: Matthew Salganik

Instructors

Princeton University, Princeton Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: What are the advantages of Coursera?

Experts and instructors from the leading universities of the world take lessons at Coursera. They are experts in their subjects and fields and offer practical solutions and insights to make candidates learn about the pressing challenges of the present world.

2: What can be done if I do not understand a topic after the session?

Coursera offers a discussion forum for students where candidates can post queries 24x7. Also, forums are a great way to discuss and learn from peers that are attending the same course.

3: What background knowledge is compulsory to take this course?

Any candidates from any background or discipline can take this course.

4: Is the course 100% online, or do I need to attend classes?

This course on Networks: friends, money, and Bytes is a 100% online course. It is self-paced and candidates can view the lectures at their own time and pace. The course does not require any classroom visits and it is completely online.

5: Will I have to take the programme in the given order?

Yes. Coursera recommends candidates to take the course in the said order to gain a better understanding of related concepts. The course is designed with a flow of topics and ruining the order may leave you slightly confused.

6: How much time will I take to complete the course?

The course has 37 hours of online course content for candidates. They can take as much time to complete the viewing at their own pace.

7: When will a candidate have access to course materials?

This course is free and hence on registration and enrolling for the course candidates can get access to all the course videos, course materials, and assignment files.