CSCI 2330
Foundations of Computer Systems
Fall 2022
Instructor: Sean Barker
The course schedule is tentative and subject to change. This page will be updated frequently to reflect the most up-to-date schedule. Chapter sections refer to the Computer Systems textbook.
| Date | Class | Topic | Readings | Slides | Exercises | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed | Aug 31 | 1 | Introduction, Lab 0 | Ch. 1 (skim) | Intro Slides | |
| Fri | Sep 2 | 2 | Numbering Systems | Ch. 2.1 | Representation Slides | Binary Exercises |
| Mon | Sep 5 | 3 | Bitwise Operators | Ch. 2.2 | ||
| Wed | Sep 7 | 4 | Integer Representations | Ch. 2.3 | Representation Exercises | |
| Fri | Sep 9 | 5 | Bit Puzzles, Lab 1 | Bitpuzzle Exercises | ||
| Mon | Sep 12 | 6 | Integer Logic, Floating-Point Basics | Logic Exercises | ||
| Wed | Sep 14 | 7 | Floating-Point Representations | Ch. 2.4 | Float Exercises | |
| Fri | Sep 16 | 8 | Memory and Endianness | Memory Slides | ||
| Mon | Sep 19 | 9 | Pointers | Pointers tutorial | Pointer Exercises | |
| Wed | Sep 21 | 10 | Arrays and Strings | Array Exercises | ||
| Fri | Sep 23 | 11 | Memory Allocation, Lab 2 | |||
| Mon | Sep 26 | 12 | Debugging, Lab D | |||
| Wed | Sep 28 | 13 | x86-64 ISA, Data Movement | Ch. 3.1-3.4 | x86-basics Slides | |
| Fri | Sep 30 | 14 | x86 Arithmetic | Ch. 3.5 | Operand Exercises | |
| Mon | Oct 3 | 15 | Condition Codes & Conditionals | Ch. 3.6 | x86-control Slides | |
| Wed | Oct 5 | 16 | Loops, Reverse Engineering | Assembly Exercises | ||
| Fri | Oct 7 | No Class: Work on labs | ||||
| Mon | Oct 10 | No Class: Fall Break | ||||
| Wed | Oct 12 | 17 | Reverse Engineering, Lab 3 | GDB Reference | Gdb Exercises | |
| Fri | Oct 14 | 18 | Switches & Jump Tables | |||
| Mon | Oct 17 | 19 | Procedures & Stacks | Ch. 3.7 | x86-procedures Slides | |
| Wed | Oct 19 | Midterm Exam | ||||
| Fri | Oct 21 | 20 | Procedure Memory | |||
| Mon | Oct 24 | 21 | Arrays & Structs | Ch. 3.8-3.9 | x86-structures Slides | |
| Wed | Oct 26 | 22 | Buffer Overflows | Ch. 3.10 | Buffers Slides | |
| Fri | Oct 28 | 23 | Code Injection Attacks, Lab 4 | |||
| Mon | Oct 31 | 24 | Return-Oriented Programming | |||
| Wed | Nov 2 | 25 | Caching & Cache Designs | Ch. 6.1 | Caching Slides | |
| Fri | Nov 4 | 26 | Direct-Mapped Caches | Ch. 6.4 | Caching Exercises | |
| Mon | Nov 7 | 27 | Associative Caches | Associative Exercises | ||
| Wed | Nov 9 | 28 | Locality, Lab 5 | Ch. 6.2-6.3, 6.5 | ||
| Fri | Nov 11 | No Class: Instructor away | ||||
| Mon | Nov 14 | 29 | The Memory Hierarchy, Processes | Ch. 8.2 | Process Slides | |
| Wed | Nov 16 | 30 | Exceptional Control Flow | Ch. 8.1 | ||
| Fri | Nov 18 | 31 | Process Control & Shells | Ch. 8.3 | Fork Exercises | |
| Mon | Nov 21 | 32 | Lab 5 Discussion | |||
| Wed | Nov 23 | No Class: Thanksgiving break | ||||
| Fri | Nov 25 | No Class: Thanksgiving break | ||||
| Mon | Nov 28 | 33 | Process Control & Signals | Ch. 8.4-8.5 | ||
| Wed | Nov 30 | 34 | Zombies, Lab 6 | |||
| Fri | Dec 2 | No Class: Instructor away | ||||
| Mon | Dec 5 | 35 | Concurrency & Threads | |||
| Wed | Dec 7 | 36 | Lab 6 Discussion | |||
| Fri | Dec 9 | 37 | Virtual Memory & Wrap-up | Ch. 9.1 | Vm-wrapup Slides | |