This schedule is tentative. It is likely to change as the weeks go on.
| Topics | Reading (to be completed before class) |
HW | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | ||||
| Tue 09/05 | Introduction (notes) (whiteboard) | Lab 1 released | ||
| Thu 09/07 | Processes I (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 2 4 | ||
| Week 2 | ||||
| Mon 09/11 | Review Session I (60FA C15, 6 - 7pm) | |||
| Tue 09/12 | Processes II (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 5 | HW 2 Out | |
| Wed 09/13 | HW 1 DUE, 5:00 PM ET | |||
| Thu 09/14 | Processes III, Concurrency/synchronization I (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 26 27 | Lab 2 released | |
| Fri 09/15 | LAB 1 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 3 | ||||
| Tue 09/19 | Concurrency/synchronization II (notes) (handout) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 28 29 30 | ||
| Wed 09/20 | HW 2 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Thu 09/21 | Concurrency/synchronization III (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 31, Appx D (reinforcement of monitors) | ||
| Week 4 | ||||
| Mon 09/25 | Review Session II (60FA C15, 6:30 - 7:30pm) | |||
| Tue 09/26 | Concurrency/synchronization IV (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 32 | ||
| Wed 09/27 | HW 3 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Thu 09/28 | Concurrency/synchronization V (notes) (whiteboard) | Read Coding Standards for Programming with Threads, by Mike Dahlin Bring questions about concurrency or the course generally |
Lab 3 released | |
| Fri 09/29 | LAB 2 DUE, 7:00pm | |||
| Week 5 | ||||
| Tue 10/03 | Scheduling (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 7 8 9 | ||
| Wed 10/04 | HW 4 DUE, 5:00PM | |||
| Thu 10/05 | Software safety I: Therac-25 (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | (1) Read the Therac-25 paper, following these tips. If you are off-campus, this link through the NYU libraries Web proxy may be useful. (2) Read this New York Times article and at least the first two pages of this one. |
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| Week 6 | ||||
| Tue 10/10 | Review Session III (60FA C15, 6 - 7pm) | |||
| Wed 10/11 | HW 5 DUE, 5:00PM | |||
| Thu 10/12 | Virtual Memory I (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 13 15 18 19 (Some, not all, of this will be review, given CS201.) |
Lab 4 released | |
| Fri 10/13 | LAB 3 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 7 (Midterm) | ||||
| Tue 10/17 | midterm review (whiteboard) | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | ||
| Thu 10/19 | Midterm exam | |||
| Week 8 | ||||
| Tue 10/24 | Virtual Memory II (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 20 (skip 20.2) | ||
| Wed 10/25 | HW 6 DUE, 5:00PM | |||
| Thu 10/26 | Virtual Memory III, WeensyOS (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 21 22 23 | ||
| Week 9 | ||||
| Tue 10/31 | Virtual Memory IV (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Tue 10/31 | Review Session IV (60FA C15, 7:15 - 8:15pm) | |||
| Wed 11/01 | HW 7 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Thu 11/02 | Context switches, user-level threading (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | |||
| Week 10 | ||||
| Tue 11/07 | I/O (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 36 | ||
| Wed 11/08 | HW 8 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Thu 11/09 | Disks (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 37 39 | Lab 5 released | |
| Fri 11/10 | LAB 4 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 11 | ||||
| Tue 11/14 | File systems I (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 40 | ||
| Wed 11/15 | HW 9 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Thu 11/16 | File systems II (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 41 | ||
| Week 12 | ||||
| Tue 11/21 | File systems III (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 42 | ||
| Thu 11/23 | No class (Thanksgiving) | |||
| Week 13 | ||||
| Mon 11/27 | Review Session V (60FA C15, 7:00 - 8:00pm) | |||
| Tue 11/28 | No class (Travel/Workshop) | |||
| Wed 11/29 | HW 10 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Thu 11/30 | Security I: Stack smashing (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSM:SCI 11.5 Optional: Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit (errata) |
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| Week 14 | ||||
| Tue 12/05 | Security II: Unix (notes) (whiteboard) | None | ||
| Wed 12/06 | HW 11 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Thu 12/07 | Security III: Trusting trust (notes) (whiteboard) | Read Reflections on trusting trust, by Ken Thompson. Note: this classic is only three pages, but the length is deceptive. It may take a few slow and careful readings to really see what Thompson did. Please read it several times before class; a skim will not be useful. Recently, Russ Cox found a copy of the compiler mentioned in the paper and discussed it in a blog post. We strongly recommend reading through the blog post, to better understand the paper. | ||
| Fri 12/08 | LAB 5 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 15 | ||||
| Tue 12/12 | Putting it all together (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | None | ||
| Wed 12/13 | HW 12 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Thu 12/14 | Final exam review (whiteboard) | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | ||