Course Schedule
(This schedule will be adjusted as the semester progresses. Future topics are a best-estimate on when we expect to cover them.)
| Date | Event |
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Week 1 |
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| Jan. 26 | Course Introduction Assignments Released: |
| Jan. 28 | Basic Concepts and Systems Programming |
Week 2 |
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| Feb. 2 | The Kernel Abstraction |
| Feb. 4 | Interrupts |
Week 3 |
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| Feb. 9 | The Programming Interface Assignments Released: |
| Feb. 11 | MP1 Walkthrough, Q&A |
Week 4 |
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| Feb. 16 | Concurrency & Threads |
| Feb. 18 | Synchronization I |
Week 5 |
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| Feb. 23 | Synchronization II |
| Feb. 25 | Scheduling |
Week 6 |
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| Mar. 2 | Scheduling in Linux Assignments Released: |
| Mar. 4 | MP2 Walkthrough, Q&A |
Week 7 |
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| Mar. 9 | Memory Management I |
| Mar. 11 | Memory Management II |
Week 8 |
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| Mar. 16 | Memory Management III |
| Mar. 18 |
Midterm Exam
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Week 9 |
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| Mar. 23 | Memory Management III |
| Mar. 25 | MP3 Walkthrough, Q&A |
Week 10 |
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| Mar. 30 | Intro to Virtualization |
| Apr. 1 | Virtualization II |
Week 11 |
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| Apr. 6 | IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and more |
| Apr. 8 | Containers |
Week 12 |
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| Apr. 13 | COVID-19 Non-Lecture Spring Break Replacement Day |
| Apr. 15 | MP4 Overview |
Week 13 |
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| Apr. 20 |
Disks and Files
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| Apr. 22 |
Reliability techniques for Storage
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Week 14 |
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| Apr. 27 |
Distributed Systems
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| Apr. 29 |
Security
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Week 15 |
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| May. 4 |
Final Review, Q&A
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