
Out of the so many playlists/videos for Computer Networks (listed in description), which one do you recommend for in-depth understanding to a student who wants to go into academia, research in related domains?
These are all the courses/videos recommended on various subs, apart from ones which are intended for network administrators or people interested in cyber security (application side of things):
- CS 144: Introduction to Computer Networking
- Stanford
- Video Lectures by Philip Levis and Nick McKeown from 2012
- With many videos hidden: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEAYkSg4uSQ2dr0XO_Nwa5OcdEcaaELSG
- Full: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6RdenZrxrw9inR-IJv-erlOKRHjymxMN
- Full: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1wt41167iN/
- Computer Networking: a Top-Down Approach
- Lectures by Jim Kurose (Author of the book with the same name)
- https://gaia.cs.umass.edu/kurose_ross/lectures.php
- MIT 6.858 Computer Systems Security, Fall 2014
- MIT 6.033 Computer System Engineering, Spring 2005
- https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/118791
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6535748F59DCA484 (Few lectures missing.)
- CS 340 Intro to Computer Networking, Fall 2020
- Northwestern University
- Steve Tarzia
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=PLWl7jvxH18r3nnotitKkyAjq268PQGc0-
- CS 168: Introduction to the Internet: Architecture and Protocols, Spring 2025
- CMU 18-740 Computer Architecture, Fall 2015 (Few lectures missing)
- CMU 14-740 Fundamentals of Computer Networks, Fall 2020
- The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking by Google
- Networking Fundamentals - Practical Networking
- Computer Networks - Neso Academy
Which one do you recommend for in-depth understanding, to a student who wants to go into academia, research in domains related to Networking?