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15-213/14-513/15-513: Introduction to Computer Systems (ICS)
Spring 2023
12 units
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?
- First day of class is Tuesday, January 17th.
Getting Help
| Piazza |
Piazza |
| Email |
Please use Piazza for help, instead of email.
Posts to Piazza are private by default. |
| Tutoring |
TBD |
| Office Hours |
TA office hours use an online queue
for both in-person and remote office hours.
- In person: Please specify a room number when adding yourself to the queue.
- Remote: Please specify a Zoom meeting ID and select the REMOTE tag in the queue.
- If you are remote but do not select the tag, we reserve the right to kick you from the queue as we cannot filter your question to the remote TA's.
Faculty office hours will be at the
locations and times listed at the bottom of this page.
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Course Materials
| Schedule |
Lecture schedule, slides, recitation notes, readings, and code |
| Labs |
Details of the labs, due dates, and policies |
| Assignments |
Details of the written assignments, 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 |
| 15-213 Recitations |
| Section A: | Mon 09:00AM – 09:50AM | GHC 4301 |
| Section B: | Mon 10:00AM – 10:50AM | BH 235B |
| Section C: | Mon 11:00AM – 11:50AM | WEH 5302 |
| Section D: | Mon 12:00PM – 12:50PM | WEH 4625 |
| Section E: | Mon 01:00PM – 01:50PM | WEH 4625 |
| Section F: | Mon 02:00PM – 02:50PM | WEH 4625 |
| Section G: | Mon 10:00AM – 10:50AM | DH 1112 |
| Section H: | Mon 04:00PM – 04:50PM | DH 1112 |
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| Textbooks |
Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Hallaron,
Computer Systems: A
Programmer's Perspective, Third Edition, Pearson, 2016
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Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie,
The C Programming Language, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1988
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| Credit |
12 units |
| Grading |
Composed from total lab performance (50%), total written assignment performance (20%) and final exam performance (30%).
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| 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/~213 |
| Questions |
Piazza, office hours |
| Canvas |
Canvas will be used (i) to handin written assignments, (ii) to post lecture videos, and (iii)
to conduct ungraded, in-class quizzes. Your grading information will be kept up to date
in Autolab, not in Canvas.
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| Course Directory |
/afs/cs/academic/class/15213-s23/ |
Instructors
| Name |
David Andersen |
Zack Weinberg |
Brian Railing |
| Contact |
dga@cs.cmu.edu |
zackw@cmu.edu |
bpr@cs.cmu.edu |
| Office |
GHC 9109 (PIT) |
GHC 4124 (PIT) |
GHC 6005 (PIT) |
| Office Hours |
Mon 3pm–4:30pm, GHC 9109, plus TBD |
Wed 2pm–4pm, GHC 4124 |
Thu 12-2pm, GHC 6005 |
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