CMSC 15400 Introduction to Computer System, Spring 2010

Announcements:

[5/29] Final exam: Friday June 11, from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM in Ryerson 251.

[5/25] Project 5 (Proxy Server) assigned. If you're graduating, its due Wed June 2 9pm. If not, its due Tue June 8 9pm

[5/10] Project 4 (Building a shell) assigned, due Sunday May 23 at 9pm

[4/15] Project 3 (The Buffer Bomb) due Tuesday May 11 9pm. Project status page here. Necessary binaries are in buflab-handout.tar.gz, to be run on

• ficus-02.cs.uchicago.edu
• ficus-03.cs.uchicago.edu
• ficus-04.cs.uchicago.edu

[4/23] Midterm April 28: Taken during, and located according to, your lab times:
AA=Wed 1:00pm-2:20pm : Wieboldt 230
BB=Wed 3:30pm-4:50pm : Cobb 116
CC=Wed 5:00pm-6:20pm : Cobb 107
Open book, open notes, don't go crazy printing stuff. Material covered: Chap 1, 2, 3 (except 3.6.6 conditional moves and 3.14 FP instructions), Projects 1 and 2, HW #1--#6

[4/15] Project 2 (Defusing a Bomb) due Tuesday April 27th at 9pm

[4/2] Project 1 (Bit Manipulation) due Tuesday April 13th at 9pm

[3/29] Make sure you signed up for a lab time with Margaret Jaffey margaret@cs.uchicago.edu

Texts

• Required: Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition) by Randal E. Bryant & David R. O'Hallaron; NOTE ERRATA
• Recommended: either The C Programming Language, Second Edition by Brian W. Kernighan & Dennis M. Ritchie, or: C, A Reference Manual, Fifth Edition by Samuel P. Harbison III & Guy L. Steele Jr.

Staff

• Instructor: Gordon Kindlmann (glk at uchicago)
  Office Hours: Tuesday 11:00am-noon, Wednesday & Friday 10:30am-11:30am, and by appointment, Ryerson 161-B
• Teaching Assistant: Howard Liu (zhliu at cs dot uchicago)
  Office Hours: Thursday 3-5pm Ryerson 162 ("Theory Lounge")
• Teaching Assistant: Pratik Worah (pworah2 at gmail)
  Office Hours: Friday 2-4pm Ryerson 178.
• Lab Instructor: Lars Bergstrom (larsberg at cs dot uchicago)
  No additional hours outside of lab times.

Programming Projects

1. Project 1 (Bit Manipulation) due Tuesday April 13th at 9pm
2. Project 2 (Defusing a Bomb) due Tuesday April 27th at 9pm. Lists of usable hosts here
3. Project 3 (The Buffer Bomb) due Tuesday May 11 9pm. Project status page here. Necessary binaries are in buflab-handout.tar.gz, to be run on
   • ficus-02.cs.uchicago.edu
   • ficus-03.cs.uchicago.edu
   • ficus-04.cs.uchicago.edu
4. Project 4 (Building a shell), due Sunday May 23 at 9pm
5. Project 5 (Proxy Server). If you're graduating, its due Wed June 2 9pm. If not, its due Tue June 8 9pm

Labs

Calendar of readings and homeworks

Homeworks (HW) are indicated on the dates they are due. When homework is handed in on paper, please clearly write your name and CNetID in the upper right corner.

March and April Calendar

Mon May 3 Read: 5:12-5.15	Wed May 5 Read: 8.1-8.2	Fri May 7 Read: 8.3-8.4 HW #7: Problems 5.19 in 5.22 in book, plus this third problem.
Mon May 10 Read: 8.5 (Project 3 due Tuesday May 11 9pm)	Wed May 12 HW #8: Problems in book: 8.9, 8.13, 8.21	Fri May 14 HW #9 See PDF Read: 11.1--11.3
Mon May 17 Read: 11.4, 11.5	Wed May 19 (Read: 11.6)	Fri May 21 Read: 12.1--12.3 (Project 4 due Sunday May 23 9pm)
Mon May 24	Wed May 26 HW #10: See assignment here, note due time is 9pm	Fri May 28
Mon May 31	Wed June 2 HW #11: See assignment here, note due time is Noon.	Fri June 4 (Reading Period)
Mon June 7 (Exam Week)	Wed June 9 (Exam Week)	Fri June 11 (Exam Week) Final Exam: 8:00-10:00 a.m., Ryerson 251