Class Schedule
Lab meetings are on Monday of the week, unless otherwise noted.
| Date | Week | Lecture Topics | Activity | Due | Reading |
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| Jan 14, 16 | 1 | Course Overview | Performance metrics | ||
| Jan 21, 23 (no classes Jan 21) |
2 | Basic performance analysis | Lab #1: Sorting (lab meeting Wed) |
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| Jan 28, 30 | 3 | Workload identification | Workloads activity |
Lab #2: Recursion Lab meeting Monday Sep Jan 28 |
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| Feb 4, 6 | 4 | Queuing theory | Lab #3: Native Library Bindings (first week) | A Dash of Queuing Theory Queuing Theory Cheat Sheet (updated Feb 13, 2019) |
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| Feb 11, 13 | 5 | Queuing theory | Lab #3: Native Library Bindings (full report) | ||
| Feb 18, 20 | 6 | Queuing theory |
Queuing Theory practice quizzes on myCourses (3 quizzes total) Pen-and-paper practice quiz (answers) |
Lab #4: Multiprocessing | |
| Feb 25, 27 | 7 | Queuing Theory | Lab #5 Multithreading | ||
| Mar 4, 6 | 8 | Databases: Overview, ACID | Exam 1: Queuing Theory & Workloads Monday Mar 4
Database Query Intro |
(No lab due this week) | |
| Spring Break Mar 10-17 | |||||
| Mar 18 | 9 | Databases: Query execution, indexes | Exam 1 answers | (no lab due Monday) | |
| Mar 25, 27 | 10 | Databases: Relational | Meta Study: Labs 1-5 | ||
| Apr 1, 3 | 11 | Databases: Non-Relational | Lab #6 Database indexing Strategies (DUE WEDNESDAY) | ||
| Apr 8, 10 | 12 | Compilers: Overview, Optimizations | (none) | ||
| Apr 15, 17 | 13 | Compilers: Optimizations | Lab #7 Compiler optimization detection | ||
| Apr 22, 24 | 14 | Web Applications | Exam 2: Wednesday | (no lab due this week) | |
| Apr 29 | 15 | Web Applications | Preparation for finale | Lab #8: Revisit | |
| Final "Exam" Wednesday May 1, 1:30-4:00pm Finale will be an activity, graded via participation. Details TBD |