Note that this schedule may change.
| Topics | Reading (to be completed before class) |
Homework | Notes | |
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| Week 1 | ||||
| Mon 01/14 | Lab 1 released | |||
| Tue 01/15 | Introduction (notes) | CS:APP2e [Bryant & O'Hallaron]: Chapter 1 | HW1 | |
| Thu 01/17 | Processes (notes) (handout) | CS:APP2e: 8-8.4, 8.7-8.8 | ||
| Week 2 | ||||
| Mon 01/21 | Lab sh released | |||
| Tue 01/22 | Threads Homework 1 due, 8:45 AM Lab 1 due, 9:00 AM (notes) (handout) |
CS:APP2e: 8.5, 12-12.1 | ||
| Thu 01/24 | Lecture canceled | CS:APP2e: 12.3-12.3.7, 12.4-12.5 | HW2 | |
| Week 3 | ||||
| Mon 01/28 | Homework 2 due, 9:00 PM Lab sh due, 9:00 PM |
Lab 2 released | ||
| Tue 01/29 | Concurrency/synchronization I (notes) (handout) | CS:APP2e: 12.6-12.8 OSM:SCI [Hailperin]: 4.2-4.4 |
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| Thu 01/31 | Concurrency/synchronization II (notes) (handout) | OSM:SCI: 4.5-4.6 Work through the sleeping barber example question Don't look at the solutions until you've done the problem |
HW3 | |
| Fri 02/01 | ||||
| Week 4 | ||||
| Mon 02/04 | Lab 2a due, 9:00 PM Homework 3 due, 9:00 PM |
HW4 | Lab 3 released | |
| Tue 02/05 | Concurrency/synchronization III (notes) (handout) | OSM:SCI: 4.7-4.8 | ||
| Thu 02/07 | Software safety: Therac-25 (notes) (handout) | (1) Read the Therac-25 paper, following these tips. If you are off-campus, this link through the UT libraries Web proxy may be useful. (2) While you are reading, view these two helpful graphics, which nicely 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 (make sure you see the pictures). |
Lab 4 released | |
| Fri 02/08 | PC architecture, x86 programming, gcc conventions (by video) (notes) (handout) Lab 2b due, 9:00 PM |
Watch video (3 GB) or this smaller version (1.5 GB) before class on Tuesday (EID needed to gain access to the video). You may wish to print out the class notes and handout, and follow along. | ||
| Week 5 | ||||
| Mon 02/11 | Homework 4 due, 9:00 PM | |||
| Tue 02/12 | Concurrency/synchronization IV (notes) (handout) | Exercise 1 of Lab 3, PC Assembly Language (skim), "Brennans Guide to Inline Assembly" (skim) |
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| Thu 02/14 | Concurrency/synchronization V, Scheduling (notes) (handout) | OSM:SCI 3-3.4 | ||
| Fri 02/15 | Lab 3 due, 9:00 PM | |||
| Week 6 | ||||
| Tue 02/19 | Scheduling / Midterm review (notes) | |||
| Wed 02/20 | Midterm I, 7:00-9:00 PM, JGB 2.324 | Lab 5 released | ||
| Thu 02/21 | Virtual memory I: address translation and protection (notes) (handout) | chapters 5 and 6 in 80386 | HW5 | |
| Week 7 | ||||
| Tue 02/26 | Virtual memory II: paging (notes) | CS:APP2e: 9.1-9.3 | ||
| Thu 02/28 | Virtual memory III: page faults (notes) | CS:APP2e: 9.4-9.6 | ||
| Fri 03/01 | Lab 4a due, 11:59 PM | |||
| Week 8 | ||||
| Mon 03/04 | Homework 5 due, 11:59 PM | |||
| Tue 03/05 | Virtual memory IV: page faults and page replacement (notes) | CS:APP2e: 9.7-9.8 OSM:SCI: 6.4 |
Lab 6 released | |
| Thu 03/07 | Heap management (notes) | CS:APP2e: 9.9-9.12 | HW6 | |
| Fri 03/08 | Lab 4b due, 11:59 PM | |||
| Spring break | ||||
| Tue 03/12 | No class | |||
| Thu 03/14 | No class | |||
| Week 9 | ||||
| Tue 03/19 | I/O, Disks (notes) (handout) | CS:APP2e: Chapter 10 | HW7 | |
| Wed 03/20 | Homework 6 due, 11:59 PM | |||
| Thu 03/21 | More concurrency (notes) (handout) | CS:APP2e: 6.1.2--6.1.4 | ||
| Fri 03/22 | Lab 5a due, 11:59 PM | HW8 | ||
| Week 10 | ||||
| Mon 03/25 | Homework 7 due, 11:59 PM | |||
| Tue 03/26 | File systems I (notes) | OSM:SCI: 8--8.1, 8.4--8.5 | ||
| Thu 03/28 | File systems II (notes) | OSM:SCI: 8.6--8.7 | ||
| Fri 03/29 | Lab 5b due, 11:59 PM | |||
| Week 11 | ||||
| Mon 04/01 | Homework 8 due, 11:59 PM | Lab 7 released | ||
| Tue 04/02 | File systems III (logging) (notes) | OSM:SCI 5.2.3 Optional: The design and implementation of a log-structured file system. If you are off-campus, this link through the UT libraries Web proxy may be useful. |
HW9 | |
| Wed 04/03 | Midterm II, 7:00-9:00 PM, PAI 3.02 | |||
| Thu 04/04 | Client/server, RPC, NFS (notes) | OSM:SCI: 10.3 | ||
| Week 12 | ||||
| Mon 04/08 | Lab 6 due, 11:59 PM Homework 9 due, 11:59 PM |
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| Tue 04/09 | Transactions (notes) | OSM:SCI: Skim 5.1. Then: read 5.3.2, read 5.4, and look over 5.3.1. By "look over", we mean "understand what problems are being solved." |
Nice table by Don Porter showing different places transactions show up | |
| Thu 04/11 | Distributed systems I (notes) | OSM:SCI: 5.5.2 Look over chapter 7 in Concurrency Control and Recovery in Database Systems, by Bernstein, Hadzilacos, and Goodman, 1987. |
HW10 | |
| Week 13 | ||||
| Tue 04/16 | Distributed systems II (notes) | Read the MapReduce paper. Start with this reading guide. | ||
| Thu 04/18 | Networking I (notes) | OSM:SCI: Read 9--9.2, Skim 9.3, Read 9.4--9.5 | ||
| Fri 04/19 | Lab 7 due, 11:59 PM | Lab 8 released | ||
| Week 14 | ||||
| Mon 04/22 | Homework 10 due, 11:59 PM | HW11 | ||
| Tue 04/23 | Networking II (notes) | CS:APP2e: Look at the figures in 11.1--11.3. Read 11.3.3, 11.4--11.5 | ||
| Thu 04/25 | Security I (notes) (handout) | OSM:SCI: Read 11--11.3, 11.5 | ||
| Week 15 | ||||
| Mon 04/29 | Lab 8a due, 11:59 PM Homework 11 due, 11:59 PM |
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| Tue 04/30 | Security II (notes) | Read Reflections on trusting trust. 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. | ||
| Thu 05/02 | Security III (notes) | OSM:SCI: Read 11.4, 11.7-11.8 | ||
| Exam week | ||||
| Mon 05/06 | Lab 8b due, 11:59 PM (hard deadline; late labs will not be accepted). | |||
| Tue 05/07 | Study/review session, 6:00-8:00 PM, WEL 2.308 (notes) | |||
| Thu 05/09 | Final exam, 7:00 PM--10:00 PM, GSB 2.124 | |||
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