This schedule is tentative. It is likely to change as the weeks go on.
| Topics | Reading (to be completed before class) |
Homework | Notes | |
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| Week 1 | ||||
| Wed 09/03 | Introduction (notes) (whiteboard) | HW1, Soln | Lab 1 released | |
| Thu 09/04 | RS1 (lab 1) (notes) | |||
| Week 2 | ||||
| Mon 09/08 | Processes I Quiz 1 LAB 0 DUE, 11:59 PM |
OSTEP 2 4 | HW2, Soln | |
| Tue 09/09 | HW1 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Wed 09/10 | Processes II Quiz 2 (notes) |
OSTEP 5 | ||
| Thu 09/11 | RS2 (productivity) (notes) | |||
| Fri 09/12 | LAB 1 DUE, 11:59 PM | Lab 2 released | ||
| Week 3 | ||||
| Mon 09/15 | Concurrency/synchronization I (notes) (handout) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 26 27 | HW3, Soln | |
| Tue 09/16 | HW 2 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Wed 09/17 | Concurrency/synchronization II Quiz 3 (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) |
OSTEP 28 29 30 | ||
| Thu 09/18 | RS3 (lab 2) (notes) | |||
| Week 4 | ||||
| Mon 09/22 | Concurrency/synchronization III (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 31, Appx D (reinforcement of monitors) | HW4, Soln | |
| Tue 09/23 | HW 3 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Wed 09/24 | Concurrency/synchronization IV (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 32 | ||
| Fri 09/26 | LAB 2 DUE, 11:59 PM | Lab 3 released | ||
| Week 5 | ||||
| Mon 09/29 | Concurrency/synchronization V (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | Read Coding Standards for Programming with Threads, by Mike Dahlin | HW5 | |
| Tue 09/30 | HW 4 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Wed 10/01 | Software safety I: Therac-25 Quiz 4 (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 10/02 | RS4 (lab 3) (logistics and registration) | |||
| Week 6 | ||||
| Mon 10/06 | Scheduling | OSTEP 7 8 9 | ||
| Tue 10/07 | HW 5 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Wed 10/08 | Virtual Memory I Quiz 5 |
OSTEP 13 15 18 19 (Some, not all, of this will be review, given CS201.) |
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| Fri 10/10 | LAB 3 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Week 7 | ||||
| Mon 10/13 | No class (fall break) | |||
| Tue 10/14 | Legislative Monday Virtual Memory II HW 6 DUE, 11:59 PM |
OSTEP 20 (skip 20.2) | ||
| Wed 10/15 | Virtual Memory III | OSTEP 21 22 Optional: 23 |
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| Week 8 | ||||
| Mon 10/20 | Midterm review | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | ||
| Wed 10/22 | Midterm exam | |||
| Week 9 | ||||
| Mon 10/27 | Virtual Memory IV, WeensyOS | None | ||
| Tue 10/28 | HW 7 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Wed 10/29 | I/O Quiz 6 |
OSTEP 36 | ||
| Thu 10/30 | RS5 (lab 4a) (logistics and registration) | |||
| Week 10 | ||||
| Mon 11/03 | Context switches, user-level threading | None | ||
| Tue 11/04 | HW 8 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Wed 11/05 | Disks | OSTEP 37 39 | ||
| Thu 11/06 | RS6 (lab 4b) (logistics and registration) | |||
| Week 11 | ||||
| Mon 11/10 | File systems I | OSTEP 40 | ||
| Tue 11/11 | HW 9 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Wed 11/12 | File systems II Quiz 7 |
OSTEP 41 | ||
| Fri 11/14 | LAB 4 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Week 12 | ||||
| Mon 11/17 | File systems III | OSTEP 42 | ||
| Tue 11/18 | HW 10 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Wed 11/19 | How debuggers work | None | ||
| Thu 11/20 | RS7 (lab 5) (logistics and registration) | |||
| Week 13 | ||||
| Mon 11/24 | Security I: Stack smashing | OSM:SCI 11.5 Optional: Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit (errata) |
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| Tue 11/25 | HW 11 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Wed 11/26 | No class (legislative Friday) | |||
| Week 14 | ||||
| Mon 12/01 | Security II: Unix Quiz 8 |
None | ||
| Tue 12/02 | HW 12 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Wed 12/03 | Security III: Trusting trust | 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. | ||
| Fri 12/05 | LAB 5 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Week 15 | ||||
| Mon 12/08 | Putting it all together | None | ||
| Wed 12/10 | Final exam review | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | ||
| Exam period (12/15 – 12/19) | ||||