Computer Systems

Fall Semester, 2023

CoSc 330: Syllabus
Instructor: Stan Warford
Office: RAC 112
Office hours: Monday (11:00-11:50), Tuesday (9:00-9:50), Thursday (1:00-1:50), Friday (11:00-11:50), and by appointment.
Email: Message to Warford

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, Test 1
A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, A13, A14, Test 2
A15, A16, A17, A18, A19, A20, A21, A22, A23, A24, Final


Notices

Lecture video recordings

Video recordings of all the lectures are posted on YouTube here.

Text

Computer Systems, Fifth edition, J. Stanley Warford, Jones and Bartlett, 2017.

Text rebate
As the author of our text, if you purchase it new I will personally refund on your request 15% of the retail price you paid.

Papers and links

Out of Bounds, Gerard J. Holzmann, IEEE Software, vol.32, no. 6, pp. 24-26, Nov.-Dec. 2015.
Here is an interesting wooden adding machine.
Here is a computer time line with links to computer history documents.

Intellectual property

You are free to use the material I produce in this course without my explicit permission.
License: Creative Commons, Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)

See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ for license details.

Downloads


Download Pep/9.
Download errata page for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition, first printing.
Download lecture slides, Chapter 1 for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download lecture slides, Chapter 2 for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download lecture slides, Chapter 3 for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download lecture slides, Chapter 4 for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download lecture slides, Chapter 5 for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download lecture slides, Chapter 6 for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download lecture slides, Chapter 7 for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download MapDemo IntelliJ project for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download Problem 3.57 IntelliJ project for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download Problem 3.61 IntelliJ project for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download Problem 7.15 IntelliJ project for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download Problem 7.18 IntelliJ project for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download Problem 7.19 IntelliJ project for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download Figure 7.38 source code for Computer Systems, Fifth Edition.
Download reference pages for Pep/9.

Setups

Setup for C/C++ with CLion
Setup for Java with IntelliJ
Creating a new class with IntelliJ
Oracle Java documentation for String
Oracle Java documentation for PrintString

Assignments

Programming homework policy

If your program does not compile (assemble)
 Automatic 20% of total points for that assignment
 No resubmission

Late submission
 Accepted up to the time of the following assignment
 Hand in with the following assignment
 Automatic 50% of graded score

Late submission that does not compile
 Automatic 10% of total points for that assignment

Complete assignment list

Assignment 1
Video lectures 1, 2, 3
Due Thursday, August 24

Assignment 2
Video lectures 4, 5
Due Monday, August 28

Assignment 3
Video lecture 6
Due Thursday, August 31

Labor Day, no class
Monday, September 4

Assignment 4
Video lectures 7, 8
Due Thursday, September 7

Assignment 5
Video lecture 9
Due Monday, September 11

Assignment 6
Video lectures 10, 11
Due Thursday, September 14

Assignment 7
Video lecture 12
Due Monday, September 18

Test 1
Thursday, September 21
Chapters 1 through 5.2

Assignment 8
Video lecture 13
Due Thursday, September 28

Assignment 9
Video lectures 14, 15
Due Monday, October 2

Assignment 10
Video lecture 16
Due Thursday, October 5

Assignment 11
Video lectures 17, 18
Due Monday, October 9

Assignment 12
Video lecture 19
Due Thursday, October 12

Fall break, no class
Monday, October 16

Notice
Tuesday, October 17, last day to withdraw with grade of W.

Assignment 13
Video lectures 20, 21
Due Thursday, October 19

Assignment 14
Video lectures 22, 23
Due Monday, October 23

Test 2
Thursday, October 26
Chapters 5.3, 5.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

Assignment 15
Video lecture 24
Due Monday, October 30

Assignment 16
Video lectures 25, 26
Due Thursday, November 2

Assignment 17
Video lecture 27
Due Monday, November 6

Assignment 18
Video lectures 28, 29
Due Thursday, November 9

Assignment 19
Video lecture 30
Due Monday, November 13

Assignment 20
Video lectures 31, 32
Due Thursday, November 16

Thanksgiving break
November 20 - 24

Assignment 21
Video lecture 33
Due Monday, November 27

Assignment 22
Video lectures 34, 35
Due Thursday, November 30

Notice
Friday, December 1, last day to withdraw with grade of WP/WF.

Assignment 23
Video lectures 36, 37
Due Monday, December 4

Assignment 24
Video lecture 38
Due Thursday, December 7

Final
Monday, December 11, 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Cumulative, but with emphasis on Chapters 6 and 7.