Computer System Engineering

Calendar

The course has three major components: Lectures, Recitations, and Tutorials. A variety of assignments support the objectives of the class: Quizzes, Hands-on Experiments, System Critiques, and the Design Project (“DP”).

Part I: Operating Systems

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Week 1		Recitation 1	Lecture 1	Recitation 2	Tutorial 1
					System Critique #1 assigned
Week 2	Lecture 2	Recitation 3	Lecture 3	Recitation 4	Tutorial 2
	Hands-on 1 assigned			Hands-on 2 assigned	Hands-on 1 due
Week 3		Lecture 4	Lecture 5	Recitation 5	Tutorial 3
					System Critique #1 due DP Preliminary Report assigned
Week 4	Lecture 6	Recitation 6	Lecture 7	Recitation 7	Tutorial 4
		Hands-on 2 due		Hands-on 3 assigned	System Critique #2 assigned

Part II: Networking

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Week 5	Lecture 8	Recitation 8	Lecture 9	Recitation 9	Tutorial 5
		Hands-on 4 assigned	Hands-on 3 due
Week 6	Lecture 10	No Recitation 10	Lecture 11	Recitation 11	Tutorial 6
		Hands-on 4 due Hands-on 5 assigned			System Critique #2 due
Week 7	Lecture 12	Recitation 12	Lecture 13	Recitation 13
		Hands-on 5 due			DP Preliminary Report due

Part III: Distributed Systems

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Week 8	Lecture 14	Recitation 14	Lecture 15	No Recitation 15 (prepare for Quiz 1)	Tutorial 8
				Quiz 1	DP Presentation assigned
Week 9	Lecture 16	Recitation 16	Lecture 17	Recitation 17	No Tutorial 9
		Hands-on 6 assigned
Week 10			Lecture 18	Recitation 18	Tutorial 10
			Hands-on 6 due Hands-on 7 assigned		DP Report assigned

Part IV: Security

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Week 11	Lecture 19	Recitation 19	Lecture 20	No Recitation 20	Tutorial 11
			Hands-on 7 due		Peer Review assigned
Week 12	Lecture 21	Recitation 21	Lecture 22	Recitation 22	Tutorial 12
Week 13	Lecture 23	Recitation 23	Lecture 24	Recitation 24	No Tutorial 13
	DP Report due				Peer Review due
Week 14	Lecture 25	Recitation 25	Lecture 26	Recitation 26
					Quiz 2 (during Week 15)