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18-213/18-613: Computer Systems

Spring 2023

  • 18-213 Pittsburgh: TR 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM, POS 153, Swarun Kumar
  • 18-613 Pittsburgh: TR 12:30 AM - 01:50 PM, DH A302, Gregory Kesden
  • 18-613 Silicon Valley: TR 09:30 AM - 10:50 AM (Pacific Time), B23 211, Gregory Kesden

12 units

The 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: C or better in 15-122

What's New?

  • 17 January 2023
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Getting Help

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Email Please use Piazza for help, instead of email, unless trying to contact a specific instructor.
Office Hours Instead of an office hours queue, youll be able to sign up for office hours slots:
  • Sundays - Thursdays, 6-8pm ET, Ansys A050 or via Zoom
  • Sundays - Thursdays, 8-10pm ET, Zoom-Only
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    Note: Office hours for the professors are given below.

    Course Materials

    Schedule Lecture schedule, slides, recitation notes, readings, and code
    Labs Details of the labs, due dates, and policies
    Homeworks Details of the homeworks, due dates, and policies
    Exam Information about the final exam
    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 See above
    Textbooks Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Hallaron,
    Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, Third Edition, Pearson, 2016
      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%), total homework performance (20%), small group performance (5%), and final exam performance (25%).
    Labs There are 8 labs (L0-L7), not evenly weighted. See the labs page for the breakdown.
    Exam There is a final exam, held during exam week, closed book.
    Home https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~18213
    Questions Piazza, office hours
    Canvas Canvas will be used (i) to post lecture videos, and (ii) to conduct ungraded, in-class quizzes. Your grading information will be kept up to date in Autolab, not in Canvas.
    Course Directory /afs/cs/academic/class/18213-s23/

    Instructors

    Name Swarun Kumar Greg Kesden
    Contact swarun@cmu.edu gkesden@andrew.cmu.edu
    Office CIC 4113 (PIT) HH A205 (PIT)
    Office Hours Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 in CIC 4113 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~gkesden/schedule.html