This schedule is tentative. It is likely to change as the weeks go on.
| Topics | Reading (to be completed before class) |
Practice Questions | Notes | |
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| Week 1 | ||||
| Wed 01/22 | Introduction (notes) (whiteboard) | HW1, Soln | Lab 0 and Lab 1 released | |
| Week 2 | ||||
| Mon 01/27 | Processes I LAB 0 DUE, 11:59 PM |
OSTEP 2 4 | HW2, Soln | |
| Tue 01/28 | RS1: Lab 1 and setup (logistics and registration) Complete HW1 (notes) |
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| Wed 01/29 | Processes II (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 5 | Lab 2 released | |
| Fri 01/31 | LAB 1 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Week 3 | ||||
| Mon 02/03 | Concurrency/synchronization I (notes) (handout) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 26 27 | HW3, Soln | |
| Tue 02/04 | Complete HW2 | |||
| Wed 02/05 | Concurrency/synchronization II (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 28 29 30 | ||
| Thu 02/06 | RS2 (lab 2) (logistics and registration) (notes) | |||
| Week 4 | ||||
| Mon 02/10 | Concurrency/synchronization III (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 31, Appx D (reinforcement of monitors) | HW4, Soln | |
| Tue 02/11 | Complete HW3 | |||
| Wed 02/12 | Concurrency/synchronization IV (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 32 | Lab 3 released | |
| Thu 02/13 | RS3 (lab 2,3) (logistics and registration) (notes) | |||
| Fri 02/14 | LAB 2 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Week 5 | ||||
| Mon 02/17 | No class (Presidents' Day) | |||
| Tue 02/18 | Complete HW4 | HW5, Soln | ||
| Wed 02/19 | Concurrency/synchronization V (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | Read Coding Standards for Programming with Threads, by Mike Dahlin Bring questions about concurrency or the course generally |
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| Thu 02/20 | RS4: Lab 3 (logistics and registration) (notes) | |||
| Week 6 | ||||
| Mon 02/24 | 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. |
HW6, Soln | |
| Tue 02/25 | Complete HW5 | |||
| Wed 02/26 | Scheduling (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 7 8 9 | Lab 4 released | |
| Fri 02/28 | LAB 3 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Week 7 | ||||
| Mon 03/03 | Virtual Memory I (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 13 15 18 19 (Some, not all, of this will be review, given CS201.) |
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| Tue 03/04 | RS5: Lab 4 (logistics and registration) (notes) | |||
| Wed 03/05 | Virtual Memory II (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 20 (skip 20.2) | ||
| Fri 03/07 | Complete HW6 | |||
| Week 8 | ||||
| Mon 03/10 | midterm review (notes) | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | HW7, Soln | |
| Wed 03/12 | Midterm exam | |||
| Week 9 | ||||
| Mon 03/17 | Virtual Memory III (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 21 22 23 | HW8, Soln | |
| Tue 03/18 | Complete HW7 | |||
| Wed 03/19 | Virtual Memory IV, WeensyOS (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | |||
| Thu 03/20 | RS6: Lab 4 (logistics and registration) (notes) | |||
| Spring break | ||||
| Mon 03/24 | No class | |||
| Wed 03/26 | No class | |||
| Week 10 | ||||
| Mon 03/31 | I/O (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 36 | HW9, Soln | |
| Tue 04/01 | Complete HW8 | |||
| Wed 04/02 | Context switches, user-level threading (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | Lab 5 released | ||
| Thu 04/03 | Disks (3:30 - 4:45 PM, signup) (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 37 39 | ||
| Fri 04/04 | LAB 4 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Week 11 | ||||
| Mon 04/07 | File systems I (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 40 | HW10, Soln | |
| Tue 04/08 | Complete HW9 | |||
| Wed 04/09 | File systems II (notes) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 41 | ||
| Thu 04/10 | RS7: Lab 5 (logistics and registration) (notes) | |||
| Week 12 | ||||
| Mon 04/14 | File systems III (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSTEP 42 | HW11, Soln | |
| Tue 04/15 | Complete HW10 | |||
| Wed 04/16 | How debuggers work (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | None | Demo of ptrace() functionality | |
| Week 13 | ||||
| Mon 04/21 | Security I: Stack smashing (notes) (handout) (whiteboard) | OSM:SCI 11.5 Optional: Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit (errata) |
HW12, Soln | |
| Tue 04/22 | Complete HW11 | |||
| Wed 04/23 | Security II: Unix (notes) (whiteboard) | None | ||
| Fri 04/25 | LAB 5 DUE, 11:59 PM | |||
| Week 14 | ||||
| Mon 04/28 | 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 04/29 | Complete HW12 | |||
| Wed 04/30 | Putting it all together (notes) (whiteboard) | None | ||
| Week 15 | ||||
| Mon 05/05 | Final exam review | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | ||
| Exam period (5/08 – 5/14) | ||||
| Mon 05/12 | final exam, 4:00 – 5:50 PM | |||