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 | ||||
| Tue 09/02 | Introduction (slides) | HW1, Soln | Lab 0, Lab 1 released | |
| Thu 09/04 | Processes I (handout) (slides) | OSTEP 2 4 | Quiz 0. | |
| Week 2 | ||||
| Mon 09/08 | LAB 0 DUE, end of the day |
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| Tue 09/09 | Processes II (handout) (slides) | OSTEP 5 | HW2, Soln | |
| Thu 09/11 | Processes III, Concurrency (handout) (slides) | OSTEP 26 27 | Quiz 1, Lab 2 released | |
| Fri 09/12 | LAB 1 DUE, end of the day |
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| Week 3 | ||||
| Mon 09/15 | Add/Drop Deadline | |||
| Tue 09/16 | Concurrency/synchronization II (handout) (slides) | OSTEP 28 29 30 31, Appx D (reinforcement of monitors) | HW3, Soln | |
| Thu 09/18 | Concurrency/synchronization III (slides) | Coding Standards for Programming with Threads by Mike Dahlin | Quiz 2 | |
| Week 4 | ||||
| Tue 09/23 | Concurrency/synchronization IV (handout) (slides) | OSTEP 32 | HW4, Soln | |
| Thu 09/25 | Concurrency/synchronization V (handout) (slides) | OSTEP 32 | Quiz 3, Lab 3 released | |
| Fri 09/26 | LAB 2 DUE, end of the day | |||
| Week 5 | ||||
| Tue 09/30 | Software safety I: Therac-25, Scheduling (handout) (slides) | (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 (NYU provides free NYT subscriptions). OSTEP 7 |
HW5 | |
| Thu 10/02 | Scheduling | OSTEP 8 9 | Quiz 4 | |
| Week 6 | ||||
| Tue 10/07 | Virtual Memory I | OSTEP 13 15 18 19 (Some, not all, of this will be review, given CS201.) |
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| Thu 10/09 | Virtual Memory II | OSTEP 20 (skip 20.2) | Quiz 5 | |
| Fri 10/10 | LAB 3 DUE, end of the day |
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| Week 7 | ||||
| Tue 10/14 | Legislative Monday No class | |||
| Thu 10/16 | Virtual Memory III, WeensyOS | OSTEP 21, 22 | No Quiz | |
| Week 8 | ||||
| Tue 10/21 | Midterm review | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | ||
| Thu 10/23 | Midterm exam | |||
| Week 9 | ||||
| Tue 10/28 | I/O | OSTEP 36 | ||
| Thu 10/30 | Context switches, user-level threading | No Quiz | ||
| Week 10 | ||||
| Tue 11/04 | Disks | OSTEP 37 39 | ||
| Thu 11/06 | File systems I | OSTEP 40 | Quiz 6 | |
| Week 11 | ||||
| Tue 11/11 | File systems II | OSTEP 41 | ||
| Thu 11/13 | File systems III | OSTEP 42 | Quiz 7 | |
| Fri 11/14 | LAB 4 DUE, end of the day | |||
| Week 12 | ||||
| Tue 11/18 | File systems IV and RPC | OSTEP 48 | ||
| Thu 11/20 | How debuggers work | Quiz 8 | ||
| Week 13 | ||||
| Mon 11/24 | Last Day to Request Pass/Fail/Withdraw Deadline | |||
| Tue 11/25 | Security I: Stack smashing | "OSM:SCI 11.5", (Optional) Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit (errata) | ||
| Thu 11/27 | Thanksgiving Recess No class | |||
| Week 14 | ||||
| Tue 12/02 | Security II: 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. | ||
| Thu 12/04 | Security III: Unix | None | Quiz 9 | |
| Fri 12/05 | LAB 5 DUE, end of the day | |||
| Week 15 | ||||
| Tue 12/09 | Putting it all together | None | ||
| Thu 12/11 | Final exam review | Bring questions; most of the class will be Q&A | ||
| Final Exam Week (12/15 - 12/19) | ||||