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This schedule, and the links contained in it, are subject to change during the semester. Exam dates, however, are final.
Reading assignments are generally from one of the required
textbooks:
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Topic |
Suggested Readings |
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Mon | Jan 9 | |
Reading: OSTEP: Chapter 2, except 2.6 | |
Wed | Jan 11 | |||
Fri | Jan 13 | Attend discussion section Problem Set 0 due 10:59p (Electronic Submission through Canvas) |
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Mon | Jan 16 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
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Wed | Jan 18 | Reading:
OSTEP: The
Process,
Process
API,
and
Limited Direct Execution up to 6.3 Project 0 available |
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Fri | Jan 20 | Section 1 Problem Set due in
section Shell Group Planning and Reflections document due at 11:59p |
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Mon | Jan 23 | |
Reading:
OSTEP: CPU
Scheduling and The Multi-Level Feedback Queue |
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Wed | Jan 25 | |
Reading: OSTEP: Concurrency and Threads API (up to 27.3) | |
Fri | Jan 27 | Project 0 Design Doc rough draft due in section Project 0 Code due at 5:59p Project 0 Design Doc due at 10:59p |
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Mon | Jan 30 | Reading:
OSTEP:
Locks (skip 28.8-28.11) and Semaphores (up to 31.5) Project 1 available Project 1 group registration due 10:59p |
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Wed | Feb 1 | Reading:
OSTEP:
Common Concurrency Problems, pages 1-11 (stop at "Deadlock
Avoidance via Scheduling"), and Monitors |
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Fri | Feb 3 |
Section 3 Problem Set due in
section Threads Group Planning and Reflections document due at 11:59p | ||
Mon | Feb 6 | |
Reading:
MH:
Atomic Transactions: Intro and Durability (5.1 and 5.4) |
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Wed | Feb 8 |
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Fri | Feb 10 | Project 1 Design Doc rough draft due in section Project 1 Code due at 5:59p Project 1 Design Doc due at 10:59p |
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Mon | Feb 13 | Project 2 group registration due 10:59p | ||
Wed | Feb 15 | Exam 1 7p-9p in UTC 2.102A | ||
Fri | Feb 17 | Discussion Section Special Event |
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Mon | Feb 20 | Reading:
OSTEP:
Address Spaces and Mechanism: Address Translation Project 2 Stack Check Due |
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Wed | Feb 22 | |
Reading:
OSTEP:
Paging: An Introduction |
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Fri | Feb 24 | |
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Mon | Feb 27 | |
Reading: OSTEP:
Paging: Smaller Tables and
Swapping: Policies |
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Wed | Mar 1 | |
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Fri | Mar 3 | Project 2 Code due at 5:59p |
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Mon | Mar 6 | Reading: OSTEP:
Memory:API Project 2 Code Reviews begin Project 3 group registration due 10:59p |
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Wed | Mar 8 | |||
Fri | Mar 10 | No discussion sections |
Project 3 Data Structures due at 10:59p |
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Mon-Fri | Mar 13-Mar 17 | Spring Break! | ||
Mon | Mar 20 | Reading:
OSTEP:
I/O Devices,
Hard Disk Drives, and
SSDs |
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Wed | Mar 22 | Reading:
OSTEP:
Files and Directories, File System Implementation, and Locality and The Fast File System |
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Fri | Mar 24 |
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Mon | Mar 27 | Reading: OSTEP:
Crash
Consistency: FSCK and Journaling |
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Wed | Mar 29 | Exam 2 7p-9p in UTC 2.102A | ||
Fri | Mar 31 | No Discussion Sections | Project 3 Code due at 5:59p Project 3 Design Doc due at 10:59p |
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Mon | Apr 3 | Reading: An Introduction to Computer
Networks,
Chapter 1, sections 1-1.3, 1.9-1.14, by Peter L. Dordal Project 4 group registration due 10:59p |
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Wed | Apr 5 | |||
Fri | Apr 7 |
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Mon | Apr 10 |
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Reading: OSTEP:
Multiprocessor Scheduling Distributed Systems for Fun and Profit, by Mikito Takada, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 |
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Wed | Apr 12 | Reading: NFS The Google File System |
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Fri | Apr 14 | |
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Mon | Apr 17 | |
Reading: OSTEP:
Why Security, Introduction to OS Security, and Authentication |
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Wed | Apr 19 | |
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Fri | Apr 21 | No discussion sections |
Project 4 Code due at 5:59p Project 4 Design Doc due at 10:59p No slip days! |
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Mon | Apr 24 | |||
Final Exam is
at the time and location scheduled by the registrar NOT at the time given on the registrar's tentative schedule, but at a uniform time with my other sections of CS439. The registrar typically publishes the final exam schedule in early April. The exam may be as late as Monday, May 1st. |
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