Syllabus calendar

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Wk	M	W	F
1	[no class]	13 Jan Introductions, C vs C++, printf, scanf	15 Jan Pointer basics, C strings and other arrays, Functions, pointers as out params Lab 1 out
2	[no class]	20 Jan More work with C Lab 1 due	22 Jan Models and semantics, System architectures
3	25 Jan Heap allocation in C, Memory and the kernel Lab 2 out	27 Jan Files and directories in C (high-level), Kernel and system calls, Processes	29 Jan C function pointers, Events and signal handling Lab 2 due Lab 3 out
4	1 Feb Direct file I/O, File descriptors, stdin, stdout, Overview of IPC	3 Feb Pipes and FIFO	5 Feb Lab 3 due
5	8 Feb Memory-mapped files Proj 1 out	10 Feb mmap, cont'd	12 Feb POSIX vs System V, Message passing, Shared memory Proj 1 prep due
6	15 Feb Project design Proj 1 design due	17 Feb Project design cont'd	19 Feb Semaphores, take 1, Networking fundamentals
7	22 Feb Application layer protocols, HTTP	24 Feb DNS	26 Feb TCP/IP socket programming
8	[no class]	3 Mar Transport layer Proj 1 due	5 Mar Internet layer (IP)
9	8 Mar Transport layer security Hwk 1 out	10 Mar Datagrams and UDP, NAT vs IPv6 Proj 2 out	12 Mar Lower networking layers Hwk 1 due
10	15 Mar Introduction to threads Proj 2 prep due	17 Mar Project design Proj 2 design due	19 Mar Project design cont'd, Threads demo
11	22 Mar Threads with arguments	24 Mar Returning values from threads	26 Mar Threads in other languages Proj 2 notes
12	29 Mar The problem of synchronisation	31 Mar Proj 2 due	[no class]
13	5 Apr Synchronisation with locks, Semaphores, take 2 Proj 3 out	7 Apr Other synchronisation abstractions, Deadlock	9 Apr Classic sync problems Proj 3 prep due Hwk 2 out
14	12 Apr Project design Proj 3 design due	[no class]	16 Apr Hwk 1 revision due Hwk 2 due
15	19 Apr	21 Apr	23 Apr
16	26 Apr Proj 3 due Exam out Exam due 6 May	[no class]	[no class]