George Kesidis received his B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1988, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in EECS from U.C. Berkeley in 1990 and 1992, respectively. He was a professor in the E&CE Dept. of the University of Waterloo, Canada, from 1992 to 2000. Since April 2000, he has been a professor in both the CSE and EE departments of the Pennsylvania State University. He has served as TPC co-chair of IEEE INFOCOM and is currently an IEEE Senior Member. His research on networking, including this, his third short book, has been generously supported by the National Science Foundation and Cisco Systems.

• Networking overview.- Graphs.- Games.- Search in structured networks.- Search in unstructured networks.- Transactions, reputations, and referrals.- False Referrals.- Peer-to-peer file sharing.- Consensus in dynamical belief systems.- Byzantine consensus.- Epidemics.

George Kesidis received his B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1988, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in EECS from U.C. Berkeley in 1990 and 1992, respectively. He was a professor in the E&CE Dept. of the University of Waterloo, Canada, from 1992 to 2000. Since April 2000, he has been a professor in both the CSE and EE departments of the Pennsylvania State University. He has served as TPC co-chair of IEEE INFOCOM and is currently an IEEE Senior Member. His research on networking, including this, his third short book, has been generously supported by the National Science Foundation and Cisco Systems.

• Networking overview.- Graphs.- Games.- Search in structured networks.- Search in unstructured networks.- Transactions, reputations, and referrals.- False Referrals.- Peer-to-peer file sharing.- Consensus in dynamical belief systems.- Byzantine consensus.- Epidemics.

George Kesidis received his B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1988, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in EECS from U.C. Berkeley in 1990 and 1992, respectively. He was a professor in the E&CE Dept. of the University of Waterloo, Canada, from 1992 to 2000. Since April 2000, he has been a professor in both the CSE and EE departments of the Pennsylvania State University. He has served as TPC co-chair of IEEE INFOCOM and is currently an IEEE Senior Member. His research on networking, including this, his third short book, has been generously supported by the National Science Foundation and Cisco Systems.

• Networking overview.- Graphs.- Games.- Search in structured networks.- Search in unstructured networks.- Transactions, reputations, and referrals.- False Referrals.- Peer-to-peer file sharing.- Consensus in dynamical belief systems.- Byzantine consensus.- Epidemics.