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Schedule

The schedule will remain tentative all term.

Recommended readings are generally from the textbook, CS:APP3e.

Calendar

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Week 1

8/31

Unit 1: Fundamentals
9/1 Overview & Exploring Memory
Exercise

9/2 Assignment 1 released

Week 2

9/5

9/6 Data Representation
CS:APP3e Ch 1, 2.1-2.2, 3.11
Lecture - Exercise

9/7

9/8 Undefined behavior and arenas
Lecture - Exercise

9/9

Week 3

9/12

9/13 Arenas redux
Lecture

9/14

9/15 Garbage collection
Exercise

9/16 Assignment 1 due

Week 4

9/19

Unit 2: Machine programming
9/20 Data Movement
Lecture - Exercise

9/21

9/22 Addressing Modes & Control Instructions
Lecture - Exercise

9/23

Week 5

9/26

9/27 Calling Conventions
Lecture - Exercise

9/28

Unit 3: Storage hierarchy
9/29 Processor cache & cache model
CS:APP3e 6.3-6.4
Exercise

9/30 Assignment 2 due

Week 6

10/3

10/4 Storage hierarchy and buffer cache
CS:APP3e 6.1-6.2, 10.1-10.4
Lecture - Exercise

10/5

10/6 Standard IO and single-slot cache
CS:APP3e 10.5, 10.10–10.11
Lecture - Exercise

10/7

Week 7

10/10

10/11 Data structure design
CS:APP3e 6.5-6.6
Lecture - Exercise

10/12

10/13 Midterm

10/14

Week 8

10/17

10/18 Memory-mapped I/O
CS:APP3e 9.8
Lecture - Exercise

10/19

Unit 4: Kernel programming
10/20 Virtual Memory
CS:APP3e 9.1–9.2, 9.6–9.7

10/21 Assignment 3 due (extended to Monday)

Week 9

10/24

10/25 Privilege and exceptional control flow
CS:APP3e 8.1–8.3
Lecture - Exercise

10/26

10/27 Processes and protection
CS:APP3e 8.4, 9.4–9.5, 9.8.2–9.8.3
Exercise

10/28

Week 10

10/31

11/1 Fork and process control
CS:APP3e 8.4
Lecture - Exercise

11/2

Unit 5: Process management
11/3 Subprocesses and signals
CS:APP3e 8.5–8.7
Lecture - Exercise

11/5 Assignment 4 due (extended to Saturday)

Week 11

11/7

11/8 Exec and wait
CS:APP3e 12.1
Lecture - Exercise

11/9

11/10 Pipes and redirection
CS:APP3e 8.5, 10.9
Lecture - Exercise

11/11

Week 12

11/14

11/15 Signals, race conditions, and blocking
Lecture - Exercise

11/16

11/17 Unit 6: Concurrency
Synchronization
Lecture - Exercise

11/18 Assignment 5 due

Week 13

11/21

11/22 Networking
Lecture

11/23

11/24

11/25

Week 14

11/28

11/29 Building a robust server
Exercise

11/30

12/1 Implementing synchronization
Lecture - Exercise

12/2

Reading period

12/5

12/6 Assignment 6 due

12/7

12/8

12/9

Finals week

12/12

12/13

12/14

12/15
Final (2:00pm, Lowell Lecture Hall)

12/16

Calendar