Please check back periodically. I may rearrange the order of days and add missing papers. For example, we may fall behind schedule. Don't print off all the papers in advance: I may find a better papers to substitute. However, I will try to keep a particular class' assigned readings fixed (i.e. no longer subject to change) one week in advance.
| Tuesday, March 4 | briefing |
| Thursday, March 6 | famous computer scientists: be ready to discuss the contributions of your chosen person (15 minutes each) |
| Tuesday, March 11 | CS history by decade: be ready to discuss/review the major computing innovations of your chosen decade. (15 minutes each) |
| Thursday, March 13 | What is your favorite algorithm? (15 minutes each) |
| Tuesday, March 18 | programming languages: Backus: FORTRAN Kernighan: Pascal Pick a programming language, and briefly discuss its significance and relationship to other languages. Example languages: Algol, C, Ada. |
| Thursday, March 20 | compiling Johnson: YACC Patterson: Branch prediction |
| Tuesday, March 25 | guest speaker (no reading) |
| Thursday, March 27 | computer architecture: Patterson: RISCs Clark: RISCs Jacob: Virtual memory |
| Tuesday, April 1 | multi-core architecture Intel: White Paper Geer: Programming Challenges Kerley: Memory Bus |
| Thursday, April 3 | operating systems Denning: Working set Lamport: Time and clocks |
| Tuesday, April 8 | operating systems Lamport: Byzantine Generals |
| Thursday, April 10 | operating systems Lee: Threads, Computer May 2006 pp. 33-43. Tanenbaum: Secure OS, Computer May 2006, pp. 44-53. |
| Tuesday, April 15 | real-time systems Buttazzo: scheduling |
| Thursday, April 17 | embedded systems Henzinger: Design, Computer October 2007 pp. 32-40. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli: Automotive |
| Tuesday, April 22 | Computer Vision Nayar: Computational Cameras, Computer Aug. 2006 pp. 30-39. Levoy: Light Fields, Computer Aug 2006 pp. 46-56. |
| Thursday, April 24 | individual meetings |
| Tuesday, April 29 | Wiederhold: What is Your Software Worth?, CACM Sept. 2006, pp. 65-75. |
| Thursday, May 1 | Software Engineering Bishop & Horspool: Cross-Platform Development, Computer, Oct. 2006, pp. 26-35. Baresi et al.: Toward Open-World Software, Computer, Oct. 2006, pp. 36-43. |
| Tuesday, May 6 | Filho et al.: Genetic Algorithms, Computer, June 1994, pp. 28-43. |
| Thursday, May 8 | Go to thesis defense (no reading) |
| Tuesday, May 13 | Game development Achterbosch et al.: Multiplayer Online Games |
| Thursday, May 15 | Your favorite topics. |
| Tuesday, May 20 | oral presentations |
| Friday, May 23 | PROJECT DUE oral presentations |