CPSC 313 Introduction to Computer Systems

CPSC 313
Introduction to Computer Systems
Spring 2009 (Section 502)

Week	Date	Topic	Reading	Homework	Labs
Week 1	Jan 20	Logistics; Introduction; History	Ch 1		MP1 out
Week 1	Jan 22	Introduction; Architecture Level Support	Ch 1
Week 2	Jan 27	OS Structures	Ch 1
Week 2	Jan 29	Processes/Threads	Ch 2/3
Week 3	Feb 3	Processes/Threads	Ch 2/3	HW1 out
Week 3	Feb 5	CPU Scheduling
Week 4	Feb 10	POSIX Threads	Ch 12	HW1 due
Week 4	Feb 12	Process Synchronization	Ch 13/14		MP1 due MP2.1 out
Week 5	Feb 17	Process Synchronization	Ch 13/14
Week 5	Feb 19	POSIX Threads Synchronization	Ch 13/14
Week 6	Feb 24	UNIX I/O	Ch 4	HW2 out
Week 6	Feb 26	TEST 1
Week 7	Mar 3	Files and Directories	Ch 5/6	HW2 due
Week 7	Mar 5	Unix Special Files	Ch 5		MP2.1 due MP2.2 out
Week 8	Mar 10	POSIX IPC	Ch 15
Week 8	Mar 12	POSIX IPC	Ch 15
Week 9	Mar 17	No Class. Spring Break
Week 9	Mar 19	No Class. Spring Break
Week 10	Mar 24	Case Study: Producer Consumer	Ch 16	HW3 out
Week 10	Mar 26	Asynchronous Events: Signals	Ch 8		MP2.2 due MP2.3 out
Week 11	Mar 31	Time and Timers	Ch 9/10	HW3 due
Week 11	Apr 2	Network Programming Intro	Ch 18
Week 12	Apr 7	TEST 2
Week 12	Apr 9	Sockets: The TCP/UDP/IP API	Ch 18
Week 13	Apr 14	Sockets	Ch 18
Week 13	Apr 16	Server Design	Ch 22		MP2.3 due MP3 out
Week 14	Apr 21	Security Overview
Week 14	Apr 23	Introduction to Crypto		HW4 out
Week 15	Apr 28	Security, Authentication, Authorization
Week 15	Apr 30	Security cont. Final review		HW4 due
Week 16	May 5	Redefined day (as Friday) NO class			MP3 due
Week 16	May 8	FINAL (12:30-2:30 p.m.)

Updated: 04/27/2009