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 | ||||
| Mon 01/24 | Introduction (notes) (whiteboard) | Lab 1 released | ||
| Wed 01/26 | Processes I (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 2 4 | Whiteboard is corrected (original) | |
| Thu 01/27 | RS1 (logistics and registration) (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Week 2 | ||||
| Mon 01/31 | Processes II (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 5 | ||
| Tue 02/01 | HW 1 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 02/02 | Processes III, Concurrency/synchronization I (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 26 27 | Lab 2 released | |
| Fri 02/04 | LAB 1 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 3 | ||||
| Mon 02/07 | Concurrency/synchronization II (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 28 29 30 | ||
| Tue 02/08 | HW 2 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 02/09 | Concurrency/synchronization III (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 31, Appx D (reinforcement of monitors) | ||
| Thu 02/10 | RS2 (logistics and registration) (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Week 4 | ||||
| Mon 02/14 | Concurrency/synchronization IV (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 32 | ||
| Tue 02/15 | HW 3 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 02/16 | 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 02/18 | LAB 2 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 5 | ||||
| Mon 02/21 | No class (Presidents' Day) | |||
| Tue 02/22 | HW 4 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 02/23 | 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) Read this New York Times article and at least the first two pages of this one. |
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| Thu 02/24 | RS3 (logistics and registration) (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Week 6 | ||||
| Mon 02/28 | Scheduling (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 7 8 9 | ||
| Tue 03/01 | HW 5 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 03/02 | Virtual Memory I (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 13 15 18 19 (Some, not all, of this will be review, given CS201.) |
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| Fri 03/04 | LAB 3 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 7 | ||||
| Mon 03/07 | midterm review (notes) (whiteboard) | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | Lab 4 released | |
| Wed 03/09 | Midterm exam | |||
| Spring break | ||||
| Mon 03/14 | No class | |||
| Wed 03/16 | No class | |||
| Week 8 | ||||
| Mon 03/21 | Virtual Memory II (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 20 (skip 20.2) | ||
| Tue 03/22 | HW 6 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 03/23 | Virtual Memory III, WeensyOS (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 21 22 23 | ||
| Week 9 | ||||
| Mon 03/28 | Virtual Memory IV (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Tue 03/29 | HW 7 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 03/30 | I/O (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 36 | ||
| Thu 03/31 | RS4 (logistics and registration) (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Week 10 | ||||
| Mon 04/04 | Context switches, user-level threading (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | |||
| Tue 04/05 | HW 8 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 04/06 | Disks (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 37 39 | Lab 5 released | |
| Fri 04/08 | LAB 4 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 11 | ||||
| Mon 04/11 | File systems I (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 40 | ||
| Tue 04/12 | HW 9 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 04/13 | File systems II (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 41 | ||
| Thu 04/14 | RS5 (logistics and registration) (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Week 12 | ||||
| Mon 04/18 | File systems III (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 42 | ||
| Tue 04/19 | HW 10 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 04/20 | Distributed systems (NFS) (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 48 49 | ||
| Week 13 | ||||
| Mon 04/25 | Security I: Stack smashing (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSM:SCI 11.5 Optional: Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit (errata) |
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| Tue 04/26 | HW 11 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 04/27 | Security II: Unix (notes) (whiteboard) | None | ||
| Fri 04/29 | LAB 5 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 14 | ||||
| Mon 05/02 | 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 05/03 | HW 12 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 05/04 | Putting it all together (notes) (whiteboard) | None | ||
| Week 15 | ||||
| Mon 05/09 | Final exam review (notes) (whiteboard) | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | ||
| Exam period (5/11 – 5/17) | ||||
| Wed 05/11 | final exam, 4:00 – 5:50 PM, Silv 408 | |||