15-213/15-513 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 Profs. David Andersen (dga), Nathan Beckmann (beckmann) or Ranysha Ware (rware) as indicated in the schedule.
  • All times (unless otherwise noted) are in Eastern Time.

Schedule (subject to change)

Date Lecture/Recitation Instructors   Reading   Labs

Jan 14 Overview (pdf, pptx, L0-writeup) dga 1 L0 (cprogramminglab) out
Jan 16 Bits, Bytes, & Integers (pdf, pptx) dga 2.1-2.3 L1 (datalab) out
Jan 17 Recitation 1: Introduction, Datalab (pdf, slides, soln)

Jan 19 Bootcamp 1: Linux, Command Line, Git (slides, handout, tar)
Jan 21 Machine Prog: Basics (pdf, pptx, activity, soln) rware 3.1-3.5 L0 due
Jan 23 Machine Prog: Control (pdf, pptx, activity, soln) rware 3.6 L2 (bomblab) out
Jan 24 Recitation 2: Bomb Lab (pdf, slides)

Jan 26 Bootcamp 2: Debugging & GDB (slides, handout, tar)
Jan 28 Machine Prog: Procedures (pdf, pptx, activity, soln) rware 3.7 L1 due
Jan 30 Machine Prog: Data (pdf, pptx, activity, soln) rware 3.8-3.9, 3.11
Jan 31 Recitation 3: Bomb Lab part 2

Feb 04 Machine Prog: Advanced rware 3.10
Feb 06 Design and Debugging dga 9.10-9.12 L2 due, L3 (attacklab) out
Feb 07 Recitation 4: Attack Lab and Stacks

Feb 09 Bootcamp 3: GCC & Build Automation
Feb 11 The Memory Hierarchy dga 6.1-6.3
Feb 13 Cache Memories dga 6.4-6.7 L3 due, L4 (cachelab) out
Feb 14 Recitation 5: Caches and C Review

Feb 16 Bootcamp 4: C Programming
Feb 18 Virtual Memory: Concepts beckmann 9.1-9.6
Feb 20 Virtual Memory: Details beckmann 9.7-9.8
Feb 21 Recitation 6: Caches & Blocking

Feb 25 Dynamic Memory Allocation: Basic dga 9.9
Feb 27 Dynamic Memory Allocation: Advanced dga 9.10-9.12 L4 due, L5 (malloclab) out
Feb 28 Recitation 7: Malloclab (Part I)

Mar 04 No class—spring break
Mar 06 No class—spring break
Mar 07 No recitation—spring break

Mar 11 Code Optimization dga 5
Mar 13 Linking dga 7
Mar 14 Recitation 8: Malloclab (Part II)

Mar 16 Bootcamp 5: Post-checkpoint Malloc
Mar 18 Processes and Multitasking beckmann 8.1-8.4 L5a (malloc checkpoint) due
Mar 20 Exceptional Control Flow beckmann 8.5-8.8
Mar 21 Recitation 9: Processes and Shells

Mar 25 System Level I/O and File Systems rware 10 L5b (malloc final) due, L6 (tshlab) out
Mar 27 File Systems / Network Programming (Part I) rware 11.1-11.4
Mar 28 Recitation 10: Tshlab

Apr 01 Network Programming (Part II) rware 11.4-11.6
Apr 03 No class—spring carnival
Apr 04 Recitation 11: Networking and Proxies

Apr 08 Concurrent Programming beckamnn 12.1-12.3 L6 due, L7 (proxylab) out
Apr 10 Synchronization: Basic beckamnn 12.4, 12.5.1-3
Apr 11 Recitation 12: Synchronization

Apr 15 Synchronization: Advanced beckamnn 12.5.4-5, 12.7-8 L7 due, L8 (sfslab) out
Apr 17 Thread-Level Parallelism beckamnn 12.6

Apr 22 TBD TBD
Apr 24 Frontiers of Computing beckamnn L8 due
Apr 25 Recitation 13: Exam Review

Apr 27 Bootcamp 6: Exam Review