CS 213 Introduction to Computer Systems Course Organization David O Hallaron August 25 1998 Topics Staff text and policies Lecture topics and assignments Lab rationale class01b ppt CS 213 F 98 Teaching staff Instructors Prof Randy Bryant Tue 10 30 11 30 WeH 7128 Prof David O Hallaron Tue 10 30 11 30 WeH 8125 TA s Chris Colohan Wed 3 4 WeH 5101 Larry Greenfield Wed 12 1 WeH 3130 Kip Walker Wed 2 3 WeH 8218 Course secretary Joan Maddamma WeH 7121 Wean These are the nominal office hours Come talk to us anytime Or send email class01b ppt 2 CS 213 F 98 Textbook Brian W Kernighan and Dennis M Ritchie The C Programming Langua ge Second Edition Prentice Hall 1988 Classic K R book Partial coverage of course material Remainder will be provided in notes and handouts class01b ppt 3 CS 213 F 98 Course Components Lectures Higher level concepts Recitations Applied concepts important tools and skills for labs clarification of lectures exam coverage Labs Multi week 2 or 3 Provide in depth understanding of an aspect of systems Programming and measurement Homeworks 1 week Solving a series of smaller problems Some programming class01b ppt 4 CS 213 F 98 Getting Help Web www cs cmu edu afs cs academic class 15213 f98 www Copies of lectures assignments exams solutions Clarifications to assignments Summaries of performance on exams and assignments Newsgroup cmu cs class cs213 Clarifications to assignments general discussion Personal help Professors door open means come on in no appt necessary TAs please mail or zephyr first class01b ppt 5 CS 213 F 98 Policies Assignments Work groups You may do all labs and homeworks in groups of up to 2 Handins Basically something due every Thursday Assignments due at 12 01am on specified due date Electronic handins only Makeup exams and assignments OK but must make PRIOR arrangements with Prof O Hallaron Appealing grades Within 7 days of due date Assignments Talk to lead TA first then Prof O Hallaron Exams Talk to Prof O Hallaron class01b ppt 6 CS 213 F 98 Policies Grading Exams 50 Two in class exams 12 5 each Final 25 All exams are open book open notes Assignments 50 4 homeworks 1 week 3 5 each 4 labs 2 weeks 8 12 each Grading Characteristics Assignment scores tend to be high Serious handicap if you don t hand one in Tests have big bearing on letter grade Wider range of scores Only chance for us to evaluate individual performance class01b ppt 7 CS 213 F 98 Facilities Assignments will use Colour Machines 20 Digital Unix systems black ece white ece 433 MHz Alpha 21164 processor with 128 MB memory Fast machines with simple and regular assembly language class01b ppt 8 CS 213 F 98 Part 1 Programs 12 Topics Bits operations arithmetic assembly language programs representation of C control and data structures object files processes asynchronous processing Includes aspects of of architecture OS and compilers Assignments H1 Integer arithmetic H2 Human decompiler L1 Defusing a Binary Bomb H3 IEEE FP conversion class01b ppt 9 CS 213 F 98 Part 2 Memory 6 Topics Memory management memory technology memory hierarchy address translation Includes aspects of architecture and OS Assignments L2 Malloc Contest and Unpeeling an Onion H4 Address translation class01b ppt 10 CS 213 F 98 Part 3 Performance 5 Topics Code optimization control and data performance evaluation benchmarking Includes aspects of architecture and compilers Assignments L3 Hashing Contest class01b ppt 11 CS 213 F 98 Part 4 Networking 3 Topics Network technology protocol stacks TCP IP routing sockets Includes aspects of networking and architecture Assignments L4 Feeding a Hungry Cookie Monster class01b ppt 12 CS 213 F 98 Lab Rationale Each lab should have a well defined goal such as solving a puzzle or winning a contest Defusing a binary bomb Unpeeling an onion Winning a performance contest Feeding a cookie monster Doing a lab should result in new skills and concepts Bomb assembly language using a debugger Onion general strategies for nasty memory bugs Hash profiling measurement performance debugging Cookie packet monitors client server computing Reverse engineering is a recurring theme And a key job skill class01b ppt 13 CS 213 F 98
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