15-213 (18-213/15-513): Introduction to Computer Systems (ICS)

Spring 2015

15-213/18-213 Lecture 1: TR 1:30-2:50, GHC 4401, Seth Goldstein and Franz Franchetti

15-213/18-213 Lecture 2: TR 6:30-7:50, WeH 7500, Greg Kesden

15-513: Panopto via Blackboard (Class materials on Blackboard will be updated soon!)

12 units (6 - 12 units for 15-513)

The ICS course provides a programmer's view of how computer systems execute programs, store information, and communicate. It enables students to become more effective programmers, especially in dealing with issues of performance, portability and robustness. It also serves as a foundation for courses on compilers, networks, operating systems, and computer architecture, where a deeper understanding of systems-level issues is required. Topics covered include: machine-level code and its generation by optimizing compilers, performance evaluation and optimization, computer arithmetic, memory organization and management, networking technology and protocols, and supporting concurrent computation.

Course Syllabus

Prerequisites: 15-122

What's New?

May 4^th - May 8^th: Final Exam. Sign ups are NOT available yet

Getting Help

Email	15-213-staff@cs.cmu.edu
Tutoring:	Drop in tutoring at Mudge Reading room (Sunday: 8:30-11pm, Tuesday: 8:30-11pm)
Office Hours	WeH 5207, Sunday-Thursday, 5pm-9pm (5:30pm on Thursday)
Sunday	Amanda (5-8pm), Felipe (6-9pm), Peter (6-9pm)
Monday	Aditya (5-8pm), Vishvesh (6-9pm), Vinay (6-9pm), TJ (6-9pm)
Tuesday	TJ (5-8pm), Thomas (6-9pm), Peter (6-9pm)
Wednesday	Rohith (5-8pm), Aishwarya (6-9pm), Jack (6-9pm), Shailin (6-9pm)
Thursday	Jimmy (5:30-9pm), Felipe (5:30-9pm), Amanda (5:30-9pm), Mukund (5:30-9pm)

Course Materials

Schedule	Lecture schedule, slides, recitation notes, readings, and code
Assignments	Details of assignments, due dates, and policies
Exams	Information about quizzes, exams, and final
Lab Machines	Instructions for using the lab machines
Resources	Additional course resources

Course Information

For details	See the course syllabus for details (below is just a few overview bits).
Lectures	TR 1:30-2:50 GHC 4401 TR 6:30-7:50, WeH 7500
Recitations	Section A: Mon 9:30-10:20, WEH 5302, Shailin Desai (Tue) Section B: Mon 10:30-11:20, WEH 5302, Jack Biggs (Wed) Section C: Mon 11:30-12:20, WEH 5302, Thomas Klein (Tue) Section D: Mon 12:30-1:20, WEH 5302, Rohith Jagannathan (Wed) Section E: Mon 1:30-2:20, WEH 5302, Jimmy Jin (Thur) Section J : Mon 1:30-2:20, DH 1217, Aishwarya Renu (Wed) Section F: Mon 2:30-3:20, WEH 5302, Mukund Tibrewala (Thur) Section G: Mon 3:30-4:20, WEH 5302, Aditya Gupta (Mon) Section H: Mon 4:30-5:20, WEH 5302, Peter Pearson Felipe Vargas (Sun) Section I: Mon 9:30-10:20, WEH 5302, Vinay Venkatesh (Mon) Section K: Mon 3:30-4:20, SH 214, Vishvesh Selvakumaar (Mon) TJ O'Connor (Mon)
Textbooks	Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Hallaron, Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2011
	Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, The C Programming Language, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1988
Credit	12 units
Grading	Composed from total lab performance (50%) and total exam performance (50%).
Labs	There are 7 labs, not evenly weighted. See the assignments page for the breakdown.
Exams	There is one midterm exam, in class, closed book (20%). There is a final exam, in class, closed book (30%).
Home	http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~213
Questions	Email to 15-213-staff@cs.cmu.edu. Visit office hours (see above)
Blackboard	We are not using Blackboard for this course.
Course Directory	/afs/cs/academic/class/15213-s15/

Instructors

Name	Franz Franchetti	Seth Goldstein	Greg Kesden
Contact	franzf@ece.cmu.edu, x8-8297	seth@cs.cmu.edu, x8-3828	gkesden@cs.cmu.edu, x8-1590
Office	HH A-312	GHC 7111	GHC 7711
Office Hours	Thu 3:30-4:30 (or by appt)	Wed 10:00-11:00am (or by appt)	See schedule (or by appt)

ECE Course Hub (HH 1112)

The ECE Course Hub, in HH 1112, will have copies of all uncollected exams. They are open 9am-5pm Monday-Friday.