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