Syllabus calendar
Click on a day to see full information for that day, including topic
list, suggested readings, questions, and other information. This page
will be updated throughout the term.
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[no class]
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12 Jan
Introductions,
C vs C++,
printf, scanf
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14 Jan
Pointer basics,
C strings and other arrays,
Functions, pointers as out params
Lab 1 out
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| 2 |
[no class]
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19 Jan
More work with C
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21 Jan
Heap allocation in C,
Models and semantics,
System architectures
Lab 1 due
Lab 2 out
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| 3 |
24 Jan
Memory and the kernel
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26 Jan
Files and directories in C (high-level),
Kernel and system calls,
Processes
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28 Jan
fork
Lab 2 due
Lab 3 out
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| 4 |
31 Jan
C function pointers,
Events and signal handling
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2 Feb
Direct file I/O,
File descriptors, stdin, stdout
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4 Feb
Overview of IPC
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| 5 |
7 Feb
Pipes and FIFO
Lab 3 due
Proj 1 out
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9 Feb
Processes and pointers,
Memory-mapped files
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11 Feb
mmap, cont'd
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| 6 |
14 Feb
POSIX vs System V,
Message passing
Proj 1 prep due
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16 Feb
Project design
Proj 1 design due
Hwk 1 out
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18 Feb
Project design cont'd,
Shared memory
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| 7 |
21 Feb
Shared memory, cont'd
Hwk 1 due
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23 Feb
C stack/heap allocation review
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25 Feb
Semaphores, take 1,
Networking fundamentals,
TCP/IP socket programming
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| 8 |
28 Feb
Application layer protocols,
sockets, cont'd
Proj 2 out
Proj 1 due
3 Mar
Hwk 1 revision due
4 Mar
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[no class]
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[no class]
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| 9 |
[no class]
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[no class]
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[no class]
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| 10 |
14 Mar
HTTP,
DNS,
Transport layer
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16 Mar
Internet layer (IP),
Datagrams and UDP
Proj 2 prep due
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18 Mar
NAT vs IPv6
Hwk 2 out
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| 11 |
21 Mar
Project design
Proj 2 design due
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23 Mar
Project design cont'd,
Transport layer security,
Lower networking layers
Hwk 2 due
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25 Mar
Introduction to threads,
Threads demo
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| 12 |
28 Mar
Threads with arguments
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30 Mar
Returning values from threads
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1 Apr
Threads in other languages
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| 13 |
4 Apr
The problem of synchronisation
Proj 2 due
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6 Apr
Peterson's solution
Proj 3 out
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8 Apr
Synchronisation with locks,
Semaphores, take 2
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| 14 |
11 Apr
Other synchronisation abstractions,
Deadlock
Proj 3 prep due
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13 Apr
Classic sync problems
Hwk 3 out
Hwk 2 revision due
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15 Apr
Project design
Proj 3 design due
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| 15 |
18 Apr
Hwk 3 due
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[no class]
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22 Apr
Thread sync design patterns
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| 16 |
25 Apr
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27 Apr
Hwk 3 revision
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29 Apr
Proj 3 due
Exam out
Exam due
5 May
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