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COMP2300, COMP6300:
Introduction to Computer
Systems
Semester 1 2009
Course staff:
Dr Peter Strazdins
(coordinator and lecturer)
Jie Cai, Li Zhou and Peter Strazdins (tutors)
The computer lies at the heart of computing. Without it most of the
computing disciplines today would be a branch of theoretical
mathematics. To be a professional in any field of computing today, one
should not regard the computer as just a black box that executes
programs by magic. All students of computing should acquire some
understanding and appreciation of a computer system's functional
components, their characteristics, their performance, and their
interactions. There are practical implications as well. Students need
to understand computer architecture in order to structure a program so
that it runs more efficiently on a real machine. In selecting a system
to use, they should to able to understand the tradeoff among various
components, such as CPU clock speed vs. memory size.
(From IEEE/ACM Computing Curricula 2001).
General Information
- Lecture times and venue: see the
ANU timetable.
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A total of 30 lectures will be given, see the
course activity schedule
to determine exactly which lecture slots are being used.
- Tutorial/Laboratory session times also available from the
ANU timetable.
You attend only one lab session - the one you
register for!
Registrations open Monday week 1 and closes c.o.b. Monday week 2;
after that, contact the course co-ordinator to request changes.
- A Course Administration Handout
will be handed out in week 1.
- News will be posted on the course
Announcement forum (staff post only).
- There is also a
Discussion forum which will be (semi-) regularly
monitored by the course staff.
Feel free to post to it any queries or issues relating to COMP2300 / 6300
but keep in mind the following rules:
(i) keep all posts relevant to the course,
(ii) ensure that the subject line is meaningful,
(iii) even fragments of assessable work must not be posted,
and
(iv) do not under any circumstances be insulting or use offensive language.
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The mid-semester exam is confirmed to
(2:50pm for) 3pm Thu 09 April, Melville Hall.
Last modified: 19/03/2009, 14:43
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