Systems Programming

CS 241, Fall 2013

Course materials

Getting help

• Staff hours
• Piazza discussion board for all technical and class-related questions. You need the access code to register on Piazza.
• For private questions only, email cs241help-fa13@cs.illinois.edu. Please use Piazza if at all possible.

Schedule

 

Wk	Date	Event	Assignments	Readings and Notes
1	Mon Aug 26	Course Introduction		How to study: a brief guide
	Wed Aug 28	Introduciton to C	MP0 Released (source code)
	Fri Aug 30	C No Evil
2	Mon Sep 2	Labor Day (No classes, no office/lab hours)
	Wed Sep 4	Operating Systems	MP0 Due MP1 Released (source code)
	Thu Sep 5	Discussion Section	DS1 Released (source code)
	Fri Sep 6	Introduction to Memory
3	Mon Sep 9	Heap Memory	MP1 Due MP2 Released (source code)
	Wed Sep 11	Heap Memory II
	Thu Sep 12	Discussion Section
	Fri Sep 13	Heap Memory Wrap-Up and Paging
	Week #3 Review Questions: pdf / docx
4	Mon Sep 16	Memory: Paging II	MP2 Part 1 Due
	Wed Sep 18	Memory: Paging III
	Thu Sep 19	Discussion section	DS3 Released (source_code)
	Fri Sep 20	Memory Wrap Up
	Week #4 Review Questions: pdf / docx
5	Mon Sep 23	Processes	MP2 Part 2 Due MP3 Released (source code)
	Wed Sep 25	Processes II
	Thu Sep 26	Discussion Section	DS4 Released (source code)
	Fri Sep 27	Processes and Threads
	Week #5 Review Questions: pdf / docx
6	Mon Sep 30	Threads: pthreads	MP3 due MP4 Released (source code)
	Wed Oct 2	Threads: pthreads II
	Thu Oct 3	Discussion Section	DS5 Released (source code)
	Fri Oct 4	Scheduling
	Week #6 Review Questions: pdf / docx
7	Mon Oct 7	Preemptive Scheduling
	Wed Oct 9	Synchronization
	Thu Oct 10	Discussion section
	Fri Oct 11	Synchronization II	MP4 Due
	Week #7 Review Questions: pdf / docx
8	Mon Oct 14	Lecture: TA Review Session Midterm Exam 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location based on your last name: A-G: 103 TB H-Le: 112 TB Li-Z: 1404 SC	MP5 Released source code	Study Guide: docx, pdf Practice Exam: pdf
	Wed Oct 16	Synchronization III
	Thu Oct 17	Discussion section	DS7 Released (source code)
	Fri Oct 18	Classical Synchronization
	Week #8 Review Questions: pdf / docx
9	Mon Oct 21	Classical Synchronization II	MP6 Released source code
	Wed Oct 23	Deadlock	MP5 Due
	Thu Oct 24	Discussion section	DS8 Released (source code)
	Fri Oct 25	Deadlock Solutions
	Week #9 Review Questions: pdf / docx
10	Mon Oct 28	IPC: pipes
	Wed Oct 30	IPC II: fifos and mmap
	Thu Oct 31	Discussion section
	Fri Nov 1	IPC III: mmaps and fds
	Week #10 Review Questions: pdf / docx
11	Mon Nov 4	IPC IV: epoll	MP6 Due MP7 Released Source code for MP7
	Wed Nov 6	IPC V: shm and signal
	Thu Nov 7	Discussion section
	Fri Nov 8	Networking		MPeXam Sample
	Week #11 Review Questions: pdf / docx
12	Mon Nov 11	Networking II
	Wed Nov 13	Networking III
	Thu Nov 14	Extra Credit MP Exam (Held during discussion sections)
	Fri Nov 15	HTTP
	Week #12 Review Questions: pdf / docx
13	Mon Nov 18	MPx Review	MP7 Due MP8 Released Source code for MP8
	Wed Nov 20	HTTP and DNS
	Thu Nov 21	Discussion section	DS11 Released (source code)
	Fri Nov 22	NAT and File Systems
	Week #13 Review Questions: pdf / docx
14	Mon Nov 25	Thanksgiving/Fall Break
	Wed Nov 27
	Fri Nov 29
15	Mon Dec 2	File Systems II
	Wed Dec 4	Security		Final Exam Study Guide Final Exam Practice Exam
	Thu Dec 5	Discussion section
	Fri Dec 6	Security II
	Week #15 Review Questions: pdf / docx See also: Final Exam Study Materal (posted as notes column)
16	Mon Dec 9	Wrap-up and Beyond CS 241	MP8 Due
	Wed Dec 11	Lecture: TA Review Session
*	Fri Dec 20	Final Exam 8:00am - 11:00am Location by last name: A - Le: 1404 SC Li - Z: 151 Loomis