Provisional Schedule - D100 - Joseph
Course Schedule for Spring 2026 D100 - Joseph Lunderville (Burnaby)
This schedule, especially the lecture topics, may be updated through the term. Significant corrections and changes to important due date will be communicated through Piazza; minor corrections and updates, such as the sequencing of lecture content, may not be announced.
Readings are from
- TLPI - The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook, Michael Kerrisk, 2010, or
- OSTEP - Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau
| Week | Date | Work Due | Presenting/Notes | Optional Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 6 | Welcome to CMPT 201 | TLPI Chap. 1 - 3 | |
| Jan 8 | Tour of Computer Systems; Jan 8 Recording | |||
| Jan 11 | Lab 0 | Suggested completion -- no submission | ||
| 2 | Jan 13 |
sleep()
; Jan 13 recording |
TLPI Chap. 6, 23 - 27 | |
| Jan 15 | fork() and exec(); Jan 15 recording |
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| Jan 16 | A0, A1, A2 | Push final A0, A1, A2 commits to GitHub | ||
| Jan 16 | Lab 1 | Submit code on CourSys | ||
| 3 | Jan 20 | wait() and errno; signals; Jan 20 recording |
TLPI Chap. 20 - 22 | |
| Jan 22 | Signals (continued from Jan 20); scheduling; Jan 22 recording | OSTEP Chap. 7-9 | ||
| Jan 23 | A3, A4 | Push final A3, A4 commits to GitHub | ||
| Jan 23 | Lab 2 | Submit code on CourSys | ||
| 4 | Jan 27 | Quiz rescheduled | Scheduling (continued from Jan 22); memory management; Jan 27 recording | TLPI Chap. 6.3-6.5, 7; OSTEP Chap. 13-15 |
| Jan 29 | A0-A4 Quiz | Memory management (continued from Jan 27); Jan 29 recording | ||
| Jan 30 | A5, A6 | Push final A5, A6 commits to GitHub | ||
| Jan 30 | Lab 3 | Submit code on CourSys | ||
| 5 | Feb 3 | Memory management (continued from Jan 29); virtual memory; Feb 3 recording | OSTEP Chap. 13, 15, 16, 18 | |
| Feb 5 | Virtual memory (continued from Feb 3); Feb 5 recording | |||
| Feb 6 | A7 | Push final A7 commits to GitHub | ||
| Feb 6 | Lab 4 | Submit code on CourSys | ||
| 6 | Feb 10 | A5-A7 Quiz | Threads; Feb 10 recording | TLPI Chap. 29; OSTEP Chap. 26, 27 |
| Feb 12 | Threads (continued from Feb 10); midterm review; Feb 12 recording | TLPI Chap. 30; OSTEP Chap. 28, 30-32 | ||
| Feb 13 | A8 | Push final A8 commits to GitHub | ||
| Feb 13 | Lab 5 | Submit code on CourSys | ||
| 7 | Feb 16 | Family day -- reading break starts | ||
| 8 | Feb 24 | Midterm, A8 Quiz | Midterm will cover lectures 1-11 and A8 | |
| Feb 26 | Synchronization: Mutex; Feb 26 recording | |||
| Feb 27 | A9 | Push final A9 commits to GitHub | ||
| Feb 27 | Lab 6 | Submit code on CourSys | ||
| 9 | Mar 3 | A9 Quiz | Check-in; Mar 3 recording | TLPI Chap. 4, 13-15; OSTEP Chap. 36, 39, 40 |
| Mar 5 | Synchronization: Patterns; Mar 5 recording | |||
| Mar 6 | Lab 7 | Submit code on CourSys | ||
| 10 | Mar 10 | File I/O | ||
| Mar 12 | Filesystems | TLPI Chap. 56-61, 63 | ||
| Mar 13 | A10 | Push final A10 commits to GitHub | ||
| Mar 13 | Lab 8 | Submit code on CourSys | ||
| 11 | Mar 17 | A10 Quiz | Networking: Sockets | |
| Mar 19 | Networking: AF_INET, Networking: Multiple Clients | |||
| Mar 20 | Lab 9 | Submit code on CourSys | ||
| 12 | Mar 24 | IPC: Pipes | TLPI Chap. 43, 44, 49, 51, 52 | |
| Mar 26 | IPC: Shared Memory | |||
| Mar 27 | A11 | Push final A11 commits to GitHub | ||
| Mar 27 | Lab 10 | Submit code on CourSys | ||
| 13 | Mar 31 | A11 Quiz | Cryptography: Algorithms | OSTEP Chap. 56; Coursera course: Cryptography I |
| Apr 2 | Cryptography: Applications | |||
| Apr 3 | Lab 11 | Submit code on CourSys | ||
| 14 | Apr 7 | RPC? | ||
| Apr 9 | Final review, ask me anything | |||
| Apr 10 | A12 | Push final A12 commits to GitHub | ||
| -- | Apr 13 | Exam period starts |