Calendar
This calendar is tentative and subject to change. Please check this page regularly for updates.
Unless explicitly marked, all class periods will be held in ISAT/CS 236. Unless noted otherwise, all readings are from the class textbook. Unless noted otherwise, all quizzes will be on Canvas, and all homeworks (HWs) and programming assignments (PAs) will be posted on the assignments page.
The following diagram shows the outline of a typical week in this class:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-class | Recap & new topic intro | Mini-lecture and discussion | In-class activity | ||
| Out-of-class | Initial reading & quiz | Detailed reading | |||
| Project work | Project work | Project work | Project work | Project work |
| August | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Su | M | Tu | W | Th | F | Sa |
| 26 | 27
Course intro |
28
Reading: Decaf Reading: EAC 1.1-1.4 |
29
Decaf programming activity 3n+1 Problem (3np1.decaf) Tower Problem (tower.decaf) |
30
Decaf code submission due |
31
Code review activity Decaf code review due |
|
| September | ||||||
| Su | M | Tu | W | Th | F | Sa |
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3
Regular expressions and finite automata |
4
Reading: EAC 2.1-2.3 Deadline to drop without 'W' |
5
Discussion CS Senior Night (5pm) |
6 | 7
Regex activity MiniLexer.java PA1 due |
8 |
| 9 | 10
Automata conversions |
11
Reading: EAC 2.4-2.5, 2.6.1 |
12
Discussion |
13 | 14
Lab |
15 |
| 16 | 17
Grammars |
18
Reading: EAC 3.1-3.2, 3.5.2 |
19
Discussion |
20 | 21
Lab PA2 due |
22 |
| 23 | 24
LL parsing |
25
Reading: EAC 3.3, 3.5.3, 5.2.1 |
26
LL(1) activity and exam review Sample LL(1) Parser Midterm 1 Study Guide |
27 | 28
Midterm 1 PA 2 code review due |
29 |
| 30 | ||||||
| October | ||||||
| Su | M | Tu | W | Th | F | Sa |
| 1
LR parsing |
2
Reading: EAC 3.4, 5.2.1 |
3
Discussion |
4 | 5
Activity |
6 | |
| 7 | 8
Type systems and the visitor pattern |
9
Reading: Type system intro Reading: Visitor pattern excerpt (Canvas) |
10
Discussion |
11 | 12
Activity Seminar talk (paper) PA3 due |
13 |
| 14 | 15
Static analysis |
16
Reading: EAC 4.1-4.3, 4.5.1, 5.2, 5.5 |
17
Discussion |
18 | 19
Activity (lab.decaf) PA 3 code review due |
20 |
| 21 | 22
Code generation |
23
Reading: EAC 4.4, 5.3-5.4, 7.1-7.8 |
24
Discussion |
25
Deadline to withdraw with 'W' |
26
Activity PA4 due |
27 |
| 28 | 29
Runtime environments |
30
Reading: EAC 6, 7.9 |
31
Activity Midterm 2 Study Guide |
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| November | ||||||
| Su | M | Tu | W | Th | F | Sa |
| 1 | 2
Midterm 2 PA 4 code review due |
3 | ||||
| 4 | 5
Dataflow analysis |
6
Reading: EAC 5.2.2, 5.3.4, 8.6.1, 9.1-9.2, 9.3.6 |
7
Discussion |
8 | 9
Activity |
10 |
| 11 |
12-15
Instructor out of town Self-study unit: general optimization topics Reading: EAC 8 |
16
PA5 due |
17 | |||
| 18 |
19-23
Thanksgiving Break |
24 | ||||
| 25 | 26
Register allocation |
27
Reading: EAC 13 |
28
Discussion |
29 | 30
Activity PA5 code review due Seminar talk on RISC-V paper (12:15pm in ISAT/CS 243) |
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| December | ||||||
| Su | M | Tu | W | Th | F | Sa |
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3
Instruction scheduling |
4
Reading: EAC 12 |
5
Activity |
6 | 7
Final exam review Final Study Guide PA6 due |
8 |
| 9 | 10
Exam postponed due to weather |
11
Final Exam (20:30pm-22:30pm) |
12 | 13 | 14 | 16 |