15-213/15-513/14-513 Introduction to Computer Systems: Schedule

Notes on links

pptx links are to Powerpoint versions of the lectures
pdf links are to Adobe Acrobat versions of the lectures
code links are to directories containing code used for class demonstrations
tar links are to archive files in TAR format. Use the tar command on a linux machine to unpack these

15-213 lectures are presented by Prof. Brian Railing (bpr) or Prof. Phillip Gibbons (pg) as indicated in the schedule.
14-513 lectures are presented by Prof. Taha Khan (tk)
15-513 students should watch the lecture videos posted on canvas. Note: This has been delayed due to legal issues, but will soon be available.
Bootcamps 5-6 will be presented live by the TAs, at a room TBD.
For Bootcamps 1-4, we will post videos of prior bootcamps, along with slides and handouts.

All times (unless otherwise noted) are in Eastern Time.

Schedule (subject to change)

		Lecture/Recitation	Instructors	Reading	Labs

Aug	26	Overview (pdf, pptx, L0-writeup, L0-tar-file)	bpr/pg, tk	1	L0 (cprogramminglab) out
Aug	28	Bits, Bytes, & Integers (pdf, pptx)	pg, tk	2.1-2.3	L1 (datalab) out
Aug	29	Recitation 1: Introduction, Datalab (pdf, slides, soln)

Aug	31	Bootcamp 1: Linux, Command Line, Git (slides, handout, tar)
Sep	02	Machine Programming (Part I) (pdf, pptx, activity, soln)	bpr, tk	3.1-3.6	L0 due
Sep	04	Machine Programming (Part II) (pdf, pptx, activity, soln)	bpr, tk	3.6-3.7	L2 (bomblab) out
Sep	05	Recitation 2: Bomb Lab (slides, pdf)

Sep	07	Bootcamp 2: Debugging & GDB (slides, handout, tar)
Sep	09	Machine Programming (Part III) (pdf, pptx, activity, soln)	pg, tk	3.7-3.9	L1 due
Sep	11	Machine Programming (Part IV) (pdf, pptx, activity, soln)	pg, tk	3.10-3.11
Sep	12	Recitation 3: Bomb Lab part 2 (pdf, slides)

Sep	16	Linking (pdf, pptx, activity, activit-soln)	bpr, tk	7	L2 due, L3 (attacklab) out
Sep	18	Design and Debugging (pdf, pptx)	bpr, tk	9.10-9.12
Sep	19	Recitation 4: Attack Lab and Stacks (slides, handout)

Sep	21	Bootcamp 3: GCC & Build Automation (slides, handout)
Sep	23	The Memory Hierarchy (pdf, pptx)	pg, tk	6.1-6.3
Sep	25	Cache Memories (pdf, pptx)	pg, tk	6.4-6.7	L3 due, L4 (cachelab) out
Sep	26	Recitation 5: Caches and C Review (slides)

Sep	28	Bootcamp 4: C Programming (slides, handout)
Sep	30	Virtual Memory: Concepts (pdf, pptx)	bpr, tk	9.1-9.6
Oct	02	Virtual Memory: Details (pdf, pptx)	bpr, tk	9.7-9.8
Oct	03	Recitation 6: Caches & Blocking (slides)

Oct	07	Dynamic Memory Allocation: Basic (pdf, pptx)	bpr, tk	9.9
Oct	09	Dynamic Memory Allocation: Advanced (pdf, pptx)	bpr, tk	9.10-9.12	L4 due, L5 (malloclab) out
Oct	10	Recitation 7: Malloclab (Part I) (slides, handout)

Oct	14	No class—fall break
Oct	16	No class—fall break
Oct	17	No recitation—fall break

Oct	21	In-class Midterm
Oct	23	Code Optimization	bpr, tk	5
Oct	24	Recitation 8: Malloclab (Part II)

Oct	26	Bootcamp 5: Post-checkpoint Malloc
Oct	28	Processes and Multitasking	bpr, tk	8.1-8.4	L5a (malloc checkpoint) due
Oct	30	Exceptional Control Flow	bpr, tk	8.5-8.8
Oct	31	Recitation 9: Processes and Shells

Nov	04	No class—Democracy Day			L5b (malloc final) due, L6 (tshlab) out
Nov	06	System Level I/O and File Systems	pg, tk	10
Nov	07	Recitation 10: Tshlab

Nov	11	File Systems / Network Programming (Part I)	pg, tk	11.1-11.4
Nov	13	Network Programming (Part II)	pg, tk	11.4-11.6
Nov	14	Recitation 11: Networking and Proxies

Nov	18	Concurrent Programming	pg, tk	12.1-12.3	L6 due, L7 (proxylab) out
Nov	20	Synchronization: Basic	pg, tk	12.4, 12.5.1-3
Nov	21	Recitation 12: Synchronization

Nov	25	Synchronization: Advanced	pg, tk	12.5.4-5, 12.7-8	L7 due, L8 (sfslab) out
Nov	27	No class—Thanksgiving
Nov	28	No recitation—Thanksgiving

Dec	02	Thread-Level Parallelism	pg, tk	12.6
Dec	04	Frontiers of Computing			L8 due
Dec	05	Recitation 13: Exam Review

Dec	07	Bootcamp 6: Exam Review