Princeton University is experimenting during the Fall semester with several courses on the coursera platform, including two from the Electrical Engineering Department: ELE475 Computer Architecture by David Wentzlaff and ELE381 Networks: Friends, Money, and Bytes by Mung Chiang. For more information about coursera, please see the Daily Princetonian article.
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Netflix, YouTube, Hulu and Skype have become household names as demand soars for movies, television shows, amateur videos, and video calls delivered via the Internet and mobile networks. As a result, this enormous thirst for moving pixels is fast outpacing the capacity to supply video to viewers' screens.
A team of Princeton researchers led by Mung Chiang, a professor of electrical engineering, is grappling with the problem by exploring ways to make global networks more efficient.
