This schedule is tentative. It is likely to change as the weeks go on.
| Topics | Reading (to be completed before class) |
HW | Notes | |
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| Week 1 | ||||
| Tue 01/28 | Introduction (notes) | Lab 1, Lab 2 released | ||
| Thu 01/30 | Processes I (notes) (handout) | OSTEP 2 4 | ||
| Week 2 | ||||
| Mon 02/03 | HW 1 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Tue 02/04 | Processes II (notes) (handout) | OSTEP 5 | ||
| Thu 02/06 | Concurrency/synchronization I (notes) (handout) | OSTEP 26 27 | ||
| Fri 02/07 | LAB 1 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 3 | ||||
| Mon 02/10 | HW 2 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Tue 02/11 | Concurrency/synchronization II (notes) (handout) | OSTEP 28 29 30 | ||
| Thu 02/13 | Concurrency/synchronization III (notes) (handout) | OSTEP 31, Appx D (reinforcement of monitors) | Lab 3 released | |
| Week 4 | ||||
| Mon 02/17 | HW 3 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Tue 02/18 | Concurrency/synchronization IV (notes) (handout) | OSTEP 32 | ||
| Thu 02/20 | Software safety I: Therac-25 (notes) (handout) | (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) While you are reading, view these two helpful graphics (requires Flash), which illustrate linear accelerators and problems that they have caused. (3) Read this New York Times article and at least the first two pages of this one. |
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| Fri 02/21 | LAB 2 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 5 | ||||
| Mon 02/24 | HW 4 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Tue 02/25 | Scheduling (notes) | OSTEP 7 8 9 | ||
| Thu 02/27 | Virtual Memory I (notes) | OSTEP 13 15 18 19 (Some, not all, of this will be review, given CS201.) |
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| Week 6 | ||||
| Mon 03/02 | HW 5 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Tue 03/03 | Virtual Memory II (notes) (handout) | OSTEP 20 (skip 20.2) | ||
| Thu 03/05 | Virtual Memory III (notes) | OSTEP 21 22 23 | ||
| Fri 03/06 | LAB 3 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 7 | ||||
| Mon 03/09 | HW 6 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Tue 03/10 | midterm review (notes) | |||
| Thu 03/12 | Midterm exam | |||
| Spring Break | ||||
| Tue 03/17 | No class | |||
| Thu 03/19 | No class | |||
| Week 8 | ||||
| Tue 03/24 | I/O, WeensyOS (notes) (handout) | OSTEP 36 | Lab 4 released | |
| Thu 03/26 | I/O continued, Context switches (notes) (handout) | None | ||
| Week 9 | ||||
| Mon 03/30 | HW 7 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Tue 03/31 | Context switches, mmap(), Disks (notes) (handout) | OSTEP 37 | ||
| Thu 04/02 | File systems I (notes) | OSTEP 39 40 | ||
| Week 10 | ||||
| Mon 04/06 | HW 8 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Tue 04/07 | File systems II (notes) | OSTEP 41 | ||
| Thu 04/09 | File systems III (notes) (handout) | OSTEP 42 | ||
| Week 11 | ||||
| Mon 04/13 | HW 9 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Tue 04/14 | Distributed systems I (NFS) (notes) | OSTEP 47 48 | Lab 5 released | |
| Wed 04/15 | LAB 4 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Thu 04/16 | NFS (continued) and Debugging I (notes) (handout) | None | ||
| Week 12 | ||||
| Mon 04/20 | HW 10 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Tue 04/21 | Debugging II (notes) | None | ||
| Thu 04/23 | Security I: Stack smashing (notes) (handout) | OSM:SCI 11.5 Optional: Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit (errata) |
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| Week 13 | ||||
| Tue 04/28 | Security II: Unix (notes) | None | ||
| Wed 04/29 | LAB 5 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Thu 04/30 | Security III: Trusting trust (notes) | 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. | ||
| Week 14 | ||||
| Mon 05/04 | HW 11 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Tue 05/05 | Putting it all together (notes) (handout) | None | ||
| Thu 05/07 | Final exam review (notes) | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | ||
| Exam period (5/13-5/19) | ||||
| Mon 05/18 | final exam, 2:00--3:50 PM, logistics TBD | |||