6.824 - Fall 2002 Schedule

6.824 meets TR 1-2:30 in 6-120

Week of
Sunday
Tuesday
Lecture
Thursday
Lecture
9/1
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9/7
   L1: Introduction
Assignment: Simple Web Proxy
9/8
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9/14
 L2: Threads
Read: Architecture and O/S Design
 L3: Coordination
Read: Flash Web Server
Assignment: Concurrent Web Proxy
Due: Simple Web Proxy
9/15
-
9/21
 L4: Asynchronous Programming
Read: Fast Mutual Exclusion
Assignment: TCP Proxy
 L5: RPC
Read: Scheduler Activations
Due: Concurrent Web Proxy
9/22
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9/28
 L6: Address spaces
Read: NFS
Assignment: SFS Lab
Assignment: project proposal
 L7: Virtual memory
Read: Network Objects
Due: TCP Proxy
9/29
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10/5
 L8: Memory Management
Read: Ivy DSM
L9: Scheduling
Read: Resource Containers
Due: SFS Lab
Due: Project Team List
Tomorrow: Add date
10/6
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10/12
 L10: Disk Layout
Read: Livelock
Assignment: Tickertape
L11: Logging and Recovery
Read: SGI XFS
Due: Project Proposal
10/13
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10/19
 Columbus Day
No class today. 		No class
Project conferences
Due: Tickertape
10/20
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10/26
 L12: Cryptographic Protocols
Read: Hagmann
 L13: Authentication
Read: TDB
10/27
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11/2
 Mid-term exam L14: Key Management
Read: SFS
11/3
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11/9
 L15: Distributed Operating Systems
Read: XOM
 L16: Cache Consistency
Read: Amoeba
Due: project progress report
11/10
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11/16
 L17: Memory Consistency
Read: Sprite Caching
 L18: Optimistic Consistency
Read: Treadmarks
11/17
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11/23
 L19: Replication
Read: Ficus
Tomorrow: Drop date 		L20: Replicated State Machines
Read: DDS
11/24
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11/30
 L21: Distributed Recovery
Read: Harp PS PDF
 Thanksgiving Vacation
12/1
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12/7
 L22: DHTs
Read: Frangipani PS PDF
 L23: ???
Read: Scribe PS PDF
Due: final project and paper
12/8 - 12/14
 L24: Program committee meeting
 Classes are over
12/15 - 12/21
 Final: December 20, 9am, Walker

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