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 | ||||
| Mon 01/22 | Introduction (notes) (whiteboard) | Lab 1 released | ||
| Wed 01/24 | Processes I (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 2 4 | ||
| Thu 01/25 | RS1: Lab 1 and setup (logistics and registration) (notes) | |||
| Week 2 | ||||
| Mon 01/29 | Processes II (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 5 | ||
| Tue 01/30 | HW 1 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 01/31 | Processes III, Concurrency/synchronization I (notes) (handout) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 26 27 | Lab 2 released | |
| Thu 02/01 | RS2: Command line and infrastructure (logistics and registration) (notes) | |||
| Fri 02/02 | LAB 1 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 3 | ||||
| Mon 02/05 | Concurrency/synchronization II (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 28 29 30 | ||
| Tue 02/06 | HW 2 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 02/07 | Concurrency/synchronization III (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 31, Appx D (reinforcement of monitors) | ||
| Thu 02/08 | RS3: Lab 2 pointers (logistics and registration) (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Week 4 | ||||
| Mon 02/12 | Concurrency/synchronization IV (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 32 | ||
| Tue 02/13 | HW 3 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 02/14 | Concurrency/synchronization V (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | Read Coding Standards for Programming with Threads, by Mike Dahlin Bring questions about concurrency or the course generally |
Lab 3 released | |
| Fri 02/16 | LAB 2 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 5 | ||||
| Mon 02/19 | No class (Presidents' Day) | |||
| Tue 02/20 | HW 4 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 02/21 | 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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| Thu 02/22 | RS4: Lab 3 pointers(logistics and registration) (notes) | |||
| Week 6 | ||||
| Mon 02/26 | Scheduling (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 7 8 9 | ||
| Tue 02/27 | HW 5 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 02/28 | Virtual Memory I (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 13 15 18 19 (Some, not all, of this will be review, given CS201.) |
Lab 4 released | |
| Fri 03/01 | LAB 3 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 7 | ||||
| Mon 03/04 | Virtual Memory II (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 20 (skip 20.2) | ||
| Tue 03/05 | RS5: Virtual memory and Lab 4 (logistics and registration) (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Wed 03/06 | Virtual Memory III, WeensyOS (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 21 22 23 | ||
| Thu 03/07 | HW 6 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Week 8 | ||||
| Mon 03/11 | midterm review (notes) (whiteboard) | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | ||
| Wed 03/13 | Midterm exam | |||
| Spring break | ||||
| Mon 03/18 | No class | |||
| Wed 03/20 | No class | |||
| Week 9 | ||||
| Mon 03/25 | Virtual Memory IV (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Tue 03/26 | HW 7 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 03/27 | I/O (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 36 | ||
| Thu 03/28 | RS6: Lab 4 (logistics and registration) (notes) | |||
| Week 10 | ||||
| Mon 04/01 | Context switches, user-level threading (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | |||
| Tue 04/02 | HW 8 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 04/03 | Disks (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 37 39 | Lab 5 released | |
| Fri 04/05 | LAB 4 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 11 | ||||
| Mon 04/08 | File systems I (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 40 | ||
| Tue 04/09 | HW 9 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 04/10 | File systems II (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 41 | ||
| Thu 04/11 | RS7: Lab 5 (logistics and registration) (notes) (whiteboard) | |||
| Week 12 | ||||
| Mon 04/15 | File systems III (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 42 | ||
| Tue 04/16 | HW 10 DUE, 5:00 PM RS8: Lab 5 (logistics and registration) (notes) (whiteboard) |
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| Wed 04/17 | File systems IV and RPC/NFS (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 48 49 | ||
| Fri 04/19 | ||||
| Week 13 | ||||
| Mon 04/22 | No class (rescheduled to 4/30) | |||
| Tue 04/23 | HW 11 DUE, 5:00 PM | |||
| Wed 04/24 | Security I: Stack smashing (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSM:SCI 11.5 Optional: Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit (errata) |
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| Fri 04/26 | LAB 5 DUE, 7:00 PM | |||
| Week 14 | ||||
| Mon 04/29 | Security II: 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 04/30 | Security III: Unix (signup) HW 12 DUE, 5:00 PM (notes) (whiteboard) |
None | ||
| Wed 05/01 | Putting it all together (notes) (whiteboard) | None | ||
| Week 15 | ||||
| Mon 05/06 | Final exam review (notes) (whiteboard) | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | ||
| Exam period (5/08 – 5/14) | ||||
| Mon 05/13 | final exam, 2:00 – 3:50 PM | |||