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 | ||||
| Wed 09/08 | Introduction (notes) (whiteboard) | HW1 | Lab 1 released | |
| Week 2 | ||||
| Mon 09/13 | Processes I (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 2 4 | HW2 | |
| Tue 09/14 | RS1 (logistics and registration) HW 1 DUE, 5:00 PM |
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| Wed 09/15 | Processes II (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 5 | ||
| Fri 09/17 | LAB 1 DUE, 7:00 PM |
Lab 2 released | ||
| Week 3 | ||||
| Mon 09/20 | Processes III, Concurrency/synchronization I (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 26 27 | HW3 | |
| Tue 09/21 | HW 2 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 09/22 | Concurrency/synchronization II (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 28 29 30 | ||
| Thu 09/23 | RS2 (logistics and registration) | |||
| Week 4 | ||||
| Mon 09/27 | Concurrency/synchronization III (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 31, Appx D (reinforcement of monitors) Read Coding Standards for Programming with Threads, by Mike Dahlin |
HW4 | |
| Tue 09/28 | HW 3 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 09/29 | Concurrency/synchronization IV (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 32 | Lab 3 released | |
| Fri 10/01 | LAB 2 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 5 | ||||
| Mon 10/04 | Concurrency/synchronization V (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | HW5 | ||
| Tue 10/05 | HW 4 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 10/06 | 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) 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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| Thu 10/07 | RS3 (logistics and registration) | |||
| Week 6 | ||||
| Mon 10/11 | No class | |||
| Tue 10/12 | Virtual Monday Scheduling (notes) (whiteboard) |
OSTEP 7 8 9 | ||
| Wed 10/13 | Virtual Memory I HW 5 DUE, 5:00 PM (notes) (whiteboard) |
OSTEP 13 15 18 19 (Some, not all, of this will be review, given CS201.) |
HW6 | |
| Fri 10/15 | LAB 3 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 7 | ||||
| Mon 10/18 | Virtual Memory II (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 20 (skip 20.2) | ||
| Tue 10/19 | HW 6 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 10/20 | Virtual Memory III (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 21 22 23 | HW7 | Lab 4 released |
| Week 8 | ||||
| Mon 10/25 | midterm review (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Wed 10/27 | Midterm exam | |||
| Week 9 | ||||
| Mon 11/01 | Virtual Memory IV, WeensyOS (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 36 | HW8 | |
| Tue 11/02 | HW 7 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 11/03 | I/O (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Thu 11/04 | RS5 (logistics and registration) | |||
| Week 10 | ||||
| Mon 11/08 | Context switches, user-level threading (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | HW9 | ||
| Tue 11/09 | HW 8 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 11/10 | Disks (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 37 39 | ||
| Week 11 | ||||
| Mon 11/15 | File systems I (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 40 | HW10 | |
| Tue 11/16 | HW 9 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 11/17 | File systems II (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 41 | Lab 5 released | |
| Fri 11/19 | LAB 4 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 12 | ||||
| Mon 11/22 | File systems III (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 42 | HW11 | |
| Tue 11/23 | RS6 (logistics and registration) HW 10 DUE, 5:00 PM |
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| Wed 11/24 | Distributed systems (NFS) (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 48 49 | ||
| Thu 11/25 | Thanksgiving | |||
| Week 13 | ||||
| Mon 11/29 | Security I: Stack smashing (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSM:SCI 11.5 Optional: Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit (errata) |
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| Wed 12/01 | Security II: Unix (notes) (whiteboard) | None | ||
| Fri 12/03 | LAB 5 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 14 | ||||
| Mon 12/06 | 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. | ||
| Tue 12/07 | HW 11 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 12/08 | Putting it all together (notes) (whiteboard) | None | ||
| Thu 12/09 | RS7 (logistics and registration) | |||
| Week 15 | ||||
| Mon 12/13 | Final exam review (notes) (whiteboard) | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | ||
| Exam period (12/16 – 12/22) | ||||
| Mon 12/20 | final exam, 6:00 – 7:50 PM, GCASL C95 | |||