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COMP2300: Lecture, Laboratory and Assignment Schedule

The course schedule is subject to change throughout the semester. Major changes will be annouced at lectures and on the course noticeboard.

The current COMP2300 lecture times are available here.
There are 3 lecture slots per week, but we will not always use all three slots.
Total of 30 formal lectures.

Week Date Lectures Laboratory / Home work Assignments

Mon 11:00
Robinson LT Thu 14:00
HA Tank Fri 17:00
HA Tank

1 19 Feb Introduction D1: Digital Building Blocks D2: Digital Building Blocks

2 26 Feb D3: Digital Building Blocks storm damage! storm damage! D A1 released
(D & C)

3 5 Mar C1-C2: C Programming C2-C3: C Programming C3-C4: C Programming 1 - C

4 12 Mar D4: Digital Building Blocks P1: Assembly Level
Machine Organisation P2: Assembly Level
Machine Organisation 2 - C

5 19 Mar Canberra Day P3: Assembly Level
Machine Organisation P4: Assembly Level
Machine Organisation 1 - P A1 due (Fri 23/03, 12:00 noon)
A2 released (P)

6 26 Mar P5: Assembly Level
Machine Organisation P6: Assembly Level
Machine Organisation P7: Assembly Level
Machine Organisation 2 - P

7 2 Apr P8: Assembly Level
Machine Organisation Mid-Semester Exam
(Melville Hall) Easter 3 - P

Mid Semester Break (Sat 8 April - Sun 22 April inclusive)

8 23 Apr P9: Assembly Level
Machine Organisation M1: Memory Systems
and Modern Machines M2: Memory Systems
and Modern Machines 4 - P

9 31 Apr M3: Memory Systems
and Modern Machines M4: Memory Systems
and Modern Machines 5 - P & M A2 due (Fri 04/05, 12:00 noon)
A3 released (M, O)

10 7 May M5: Memory Systems
and Modern Machines O1: Operating System
Concepts O2: Operating System
Concepts M (unsupervised)

11 14 May O3: Operating System
Concepts O4: Operating System
Concepts N1: Interconnection Networks 6 - M & O

12 21 May Exam Review 1 N (home work)

13 28 May Exam Review 2 A3 due (Wed 30/05, 12:00 noon)

Week	Date	Lectures	Laboratory / Home work	Assignments
Mon 11:00 Robinson LT	Thu 14:00 HA Tank	Fri 17:00 HA Tank
1	19 Feb	Introduction	D1: Digital Building Blocks	D2: Digital Building Blocks
2	26 Feb	D3: Digital Building Blocks	storm damage!	storm damage!	D	A1 released (D & C)
3	5 Mar	C1-C2: C Programming	C2-C3: C Programming	C3-C4: C Programming	1 - C
4	12 Mar	D4: Digital Building Blocks	P1: Assembly Level Machine Organisation	P2: Assembly Level Machine Organisation	2 - C
5	19 Mar	Canberra Day	P3: Assembly Level Machine Organisation	P4: Assembly Level Machine Organisation	1 - P	A1 due (Fri 23/03, 12:00 noon) A2 released (P)
6	26 Mar	P5: Assembly Level Machine Organisation	P6: Assembly Level Machine Organisation	P7: Assembly Level Machine Organisation	2 - P
7	2 Apr	P8: Assembly Level Machine Organisation	Mid-Semester Exam (Melville Hall)	Easter	3 - P
Mid Semester Break (Sat 8 April - Sun 22 April inclusive)
8	23 Apr	P9: Assembly Level Machine Organisation	M1: Memory Systems and Modern Machines	M2: Memory Systems and Modern Machines	4 - P
9	31 Apr	M3: Memory Systems and Modern Machines	M4: Memory Systems and Modern Machines		5 - P & M	A2 due (Fri 04/05, 12:00 noon) A3 released (M, O)
10	7 May	M5: Memory Systems and Modern Machines	O1: Operating System Concepts	O2: Operating System Concepts	M (unsupervised)
11	14 May	O3: Operating System Concepts	O4: Operating System Concepts	N1: Interconnection Networks	6 - M & O
12	21 May		Exam Review 1		N (home work)
13	28 May		Exam Review 2			A3 due (Wed 30/05, 12:00 noon)

Introduction: Overview of course, assessment scheme, lectures. labs, contact hours etc
Digital Building Blocks: data representation, logic gates, bits, bytes, words, floating point, computer history, von Neumann architectures
C Programming: importance, data types, operatiors, sequence, selection, iteration, functions, pointers, I/O, arrays, files, sturcutres, macros, style, dangers.
Assembly Level Machine Organization: PeANUt, fetch, decode, execute, addressing modes, machine language, conditions, arrays, stacks, procedures, interrupts, traps
Memory Systems and Modern Machines: memory hierarchy, virtual memory, page replacement, modern ISAs, virtual machines, latency, bandwidth, cache, interleaving, TLBs
Operating System Concepts: hiistory, functionality, design issues, processes, scheduling, protection, fair CPU, I/O, mouse, screens, disks, file systems, directories, Unix
Interconnection Networks: communication model, simple network, terminoligy and characteristics, switched/static, SAN/LAN/WAN, IP, ethernet/Infiniband/ATM, internetworking, modern high speed networks, GRID computing
Exam Review: overview of exam structure, any questions
Open Tutorials: available to take questions from students, no formal lecture or new material presented.

Last Modified: Wed Apr 4 15:16:54 EST 2007