Today Dr. Ebrahimi has discussed about his academic life experience. He briefly explained in how he has learned the programming languages and the techniques he used in order to become a very successful professional in computer science field.

There are a couple of Networking books that could be helpful in the network part of your projects.

Books:- Networking 101 by Uyless Black

            How Networks Work by Frank J. Derfler, Jr. & Les Freed

            Web Search Engines by Randolph Hock Forwarded by Paula Berinstein

Discussing the search engine base on Sorting and Hash.

Hashing is by applying the formula to generate a number.  That number should have a slot. The search is one shot. Today search engines are not like that. If you build a "One Shot" search you deserve a Nobel Prize.

Using hash in a trees. The most difficult part of hashing is, it has no collision.

The Internet II Project
Led by more than 200 U.S. universities, working with industry and government, Internet2 develops and deploys advanced network applications and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.

:- What does Internet II has to offer? Accuracy.

Nanotechnology Versus Microtechnology