6.033 | Spring 2018 | Undergraduate

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)

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