Syllabus, Spring 2008

This syllabus is approximate. All readings from Saltzer and Kashoek.

Mon-Wed classes are in 151 FR 250-430; Friday meetings are in 010 WVF, 325-505 (or 325-425 for student presentation meetings).

1/7
Orientation 		1/9
No Class - POPL		 1/11
No Class - POPL
1/14
Chapter 1: Systems 		1/16
Chapter 2: Basic Abstractions 		1/18
Friday class
1/21
No Class - MLK Day 		1/23
1/25
No Class
1/28
Chapter 3: Naming 		1/30
Chapter 4: Clients and Services 		2/1
No Class
2/4
2/6
Quiz 		2/8
No Class
2/11
Chapter 5: Virtualization 		2/13
2/15
No Class
2/18
No Class - Presidents' Day		 2/20
Chapter 6: Performance 		2/22
No Class
2/25
Chapter 7: Networks 		2/27
2/29
No Class
3/3
Spring Break 		3/5
Spring Break 		3/7
Spring Break
3/10
Chapter 8: Fault Tolerance 		3/12
3/14
Student Presentations
3/17
Quiz 		3/19
Chapter 9: Atomicity 		3/21
Student Presentations
3/24
Quiz 		3/26
Chapter 10: Consistency 		3/28
Student Presentations
3/31
4/2
Chapter 11: Security 		4/4
Student Presentations
4/7
4/9
Case Studies 		4/11
Student Presentations
4/14
4/16
4/18
No Class
4/21
No Class - Patriots' Day		 4/23
Final Quiz (takehome quiz, due Tues 1159pm)

Warning: This schedule is subject to change due to weather. (It's snowed in April in the past!) If we miss a lecture due to snow, other lectures and the midterm may change dates accordingly.

Last modified: Mon Apr 14 16:54:07 EDT 2008