Computer System Engineering

Resource Index

This resource index gives users access to most of the course resources in a single location.

INSTRUCTOR INSIGHTS VIDEO

View full video Infusing Active Learning into 6.033 Recitations View by chapter Supporting Staff as a Group Active Learning Activity: Group Work to Class-wide Discussion Active Learning Activity: Debates Active Learning Activity: Drawing Pictures Active Learning Activity: Acting Things Out Did Active Learning Work? What is Active Learning? Unique Aspects of the Course Why Infuse Active Learning into 6.033 Recitations? Getting Everyone on Board The Importance of Extensive Planning Supporting Staff as Individuals

TITLE	RECITATIONS	LECTURES	READINGS	TUTORIALS	ASSIGNMENTS
Week 1: Operating Systems Part I	Recitation 1: Worse is Better Recitation 2: We Did Nothing Wrong	Lecture 1: Coping with Complexity Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 1: Sections 1.1–1.5 and 4.1–4.3	Tutorial 1: Introduction to 6.033 Communication	System Critique Assignment 1
Week 2: Operating Systems Part II	Recitation 3: Domain Name System Recitation 4: UNIX Part 1	Lecture 2: Naming in Systems Notes | Slides (PDF) Lecture 3: Operating Systems + Virtual Memory Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 2: Sections 2.2 and 3.1 Lecture 3: Sections 5.1, 5.3, and 5.4	Tutorial 2: Consensus and Critique
Week 3: Operating Systems Part III	Recitation 5: UNIX Part 2	Lecture 4: Bounded Buffers + Locks Notes | Slides (PDF) Lecture 5: Threads Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 4: Section 5.2 Lecture 5: Sections 5.5 and 5.6	Tutorial 3: Design Project Discussion	Design Project Preliminary Report (DPPR) Assignment (PDF)
Week 4: Operating Systems Part IV	Recitation 6: Eraser Recitation 7: MapReduce	Lecture 6: Operating Systems Structure + Virtual Machines Notes | Slides (PDF) Lecture 7: Performance Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 6: Section 5.8 Lecture 7: Chapters 17–18 of the 6.02 notes	Tutorial 4: Writing the Critiques & Introduction to Collaboration	System Critique Assignment 2
Week 5: Networking I	Recitation 8: The Design Philosophy of the DARPA Internet Protocols Recitation 9: Landmark Routing	Lecture 8: Intro to Networking Notes | Slides (PDF) Lecture 9: Routing  Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 8: Section 7.2 Lecture 9: Chapters 17–18 of the 6.02 notes	Tutorial 5: Collaboration and Figures
Week 6: Networking II	No Recitation 10 Recitation 11: RON	Lecture 10: BGP Notes | Slides (PDF) Lecture 11: Transport Layer Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 10: BGP Tutorial (PDF) Lecture 11: Chapter 19 of the 6.02 notes	Tutorial 6: Assembling the DPPR
Week 7: Networking III	Recitation 12: DCTCP Recitation 13: CDNs	Lecture 12: In-Network Resource Management Notes | Slides (PDF) Lecture 13: P2P Networks + Content Distribution Networks Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 12: No readings assigned Lecture 13: No readings assigned	No Tutorial 7
Week 8: Distributed Systems I	Recitation 14: Distributed Storage No Recitation 15	Lecture 14: Reliability via Replication Notes | Slides (PDF) Lecture 15: Introductions to Transactions Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 14: Sections 8.1–8.3 Lecture 15: Sections 9.1, 9.2.1, and 9.2.2	Tutorial 8: DP Presentation	Quiz 1 Design Project Presentation Assignment (PDF) & Evaluation Guide (PDF)
Week 9: Distributed Systems II	Recitation 16: Log-Structured File System (LFS) Recitation 17: Databases	Lecture 16: Atomicity via Logging Notes | Slides (PDF) Lecture 17: Fault Tolerence Isolation Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 16: Section 9.3 Lecture 17: Sections 9.4 before 9.4.1 and 9.5	No Tutorial 9
Week 10: Distributed Systems III	Recitation 18: Consistency Guarantees	Lecture 18: Distributed Transactions Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 18: Section 9.6	Tutorial 10: Analysis and Evaluation	Design Project Report (DPR) Assignment (PDF) & Rubric (PDF)
Week 11: Security I	Recitation 19: Raft No Recitation 20	Lecture 19: Availability via Replication Notes | Slides (PDF) Lecture 20: Intro to Security Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 19: No readings assigned Lecture 20: Section 11.1	Tutorial 11: Peer Review	Design Project Peer Review Assignment (PDF)
Week 12: Security II	Recitation 21: Why Cryptosystems Fail Recitation 22: DNSSEC	Lecture 21: Authentication and Passwords Notes | Slides (PDF) Lecture 22: Secure Channels Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 21: Section 11.2 Lecture 22: Sections 11.3–11.5	Tutorial 12: Final DP Report
Week 13: Security III	Recitation 23: Botnets Recitation 24: Memory Corruption	Lecture 23: Network Security and DDoS Attacks Notes | Slides (PDF) Lecture 24: Bitcoin Notes | Slides (PDF)	Lecture 23: No readings assigned Lecture 24: No readings assigned	No Tutorial 13
Week 14: Security IV	Recitation 25: Meltdown Recitation 26: Trusting Trust	Lecture 25: Tor Notes | Slides (PDF) Lecture 26: Policy vs Mechanism Slides (PDF)	Lecture 25: No readings assigned Lecture 26: “The Night Watch (PDF)” by James Mickens	No Tutorial 14	Quiz 2