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6.033 lectures are in 32-123 at 2pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.

We will release the Spring 2010 assignments as the semester moves along. The contents of this calendar for days more than two weeks in the future may be missing. Feel free to see last year's schedule to get an idea of what is to come, but be aware that the details are likely to change.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
feb.1 Registration Day	feb.2 REC 1 Worse is Better First day of classes	feb.3 LEC 1 Intro to systems Preparation: Book Chapter One Lecture Notes	feb.4 REC 2 The Architecture of Complexity Preparation: Simon paper	feb.5 Writing Program Recitation Preparation: Therac-25 paper and Assignment Assigned: Memo #1
feb.8 LEC 2 Complexity in computer systems Preparation: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3	feb.9 REC 3 Therac-25 Preparation: Therac-25 paper and Recent NYTimes Article DUE: Memo #1 Assigned: Design Project 1 (DP1) Assigned: Hands-on #1 (File Systems)	feb.10 LEC 3 Abstractions, Client/Server Preparation: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3	feb.11 REC 4 UNIX File System Preparation: Sections III and IV of the UNIX paper DUE: Hands-on #1 (File Systems)	feb.12 No writing program recitation Assigned: Memo #2
feb.15 President's Day Holiday (Tuesday the 16th will be a Monday schedule)	feb.16 LEC 4 Operating System Structure Preparation: 5.1, 5.3, 5.4 Monday Schedule	feb.17 LEC 5 Client/Server In One Computer Preparation: 5.2	feb.18 REC 5 X Window system Preparation: X Window System paper DUE: Memo #2 (X-Windows)	feb.19 TUT 1 Design Project 1 introduction Preparation: DP1 assignment
feb.22 LEC 6 Virtualizing Processors: Threads Preparation: 5.5 and 5.6	feb.23 REC 6 Eraser Preparation: Eraser paper DUE: DP1 Proposal (see DP1 assignment for instructions -- use online submission site.) Assigned: Hands-on #2 (UNIX)	feb.24 LEC 7 Threads (2)	feb.25 REC 7 More UNIX Preparation: Unix paper DUE: Hands-on #2 (UNIX)	feb.26 TUT 2 DP1 Discussion
mar.1 LEC 8 Performance Preparation: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3.4	mar.2 REC 8 MapReduce Preparation: MapReduce paper	mar.3 LEC 9 Intro to networks and link layer Preparation: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Note that chapters 7-11 of the textbook are available online. Quiz 1 Review Session 54-100, 7:30pm-9:30pm	mar.4 REC 9 Ethernet Preparation: Ethernet paper	mar.5 QUIZ 1 Material through REC 8 Location: Walker Gym (50-340) Time: 2:00pm Quiz 1 FAQ Add date
mar.8 LEC 10 Network and End-to-end Layer Preparation: 7.4, 7.5 Slides (PDF)	mar.9 REC 10 End-to-end arguments and NATs Preparation: End-to-End paper and NAT overview	mar.10 LEC 11 Congestion Control Preparation: 7.6 Slides [PDF] [PPT]	mar.11 REC 11 Congestion Control Misbehavior Preparation: Misbehaving Receiver paper Assigned: Hands-on #3 (traceroute)	mar.12 Writing Program Recitation Writing the DP1 report
mar.15 LEC 12 Internet and Scalable Networks Preparation: Wide-Area Routing paper Slides [PDF] [PPT]	mar.16 REC 12 Internet routing Preparation: Wide-Area Routing paper DUE: Hands-on 3 (traceroute)	mar.17 LEC 13 Distributed Naming Preparation: 4.4	mar.18 REC 13 Mobile IP Preparation: Mobile IP Paper DUE: Design Project 1 Assigned: Hands-on #4 (DNS)	mar.19 Enjoy Spring Break!
mar.22 Spring break	mar.23 Spring break	mar.24 Spring break	mar.25 Spring break	mar.26 Spring break
mar.29 LEC 14 Peer to Peer Networks Preparation: None	mar.30 REC 14 BitTorrent Preparation: BitTyrant Paper DUE: Hands-on #4 (DNS)	mar.31 LEC 15 Reliability Slides [PDF] [PPT] Preparation: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3	apr.1 REC 15 Durability Preparation: RAID paper Assigned: Hands-on #5 (Logging)	apr.2 Revision and Responding to Readers' Comments
apr.5 LEC 16 Atomicity concepts Preparation: 9.1 Assigned: Design Project 2 (DP2)	apr.6 REC 16 Unison Preparation: Unison paper	apr.7 LEC 17 Recoverability Slides [PDF] [PPT] Preparation: 9.2 and 9.3	apr.8 REC 17 LFS Preparation: LFS paper Due: Hands-on #5 (Logging) Due: Form DP2 groups Email group members to your TA, one email per group, 3 students per group. Students without groups or with incomplete groups should also email their TA, and will be assigned to a group.	apr.9 TUT 3 Design Project 2 Discussion
apr.12 LEC 18 Isolation Slides [PDF] [PPT] Preparation: 9.4 and 9.5	apr.13 REC 18 System R Preparation: System R paper	apr.14 LEC 19 Multi-site atomicity Preparation: 9.6 Quiz 2 Review Session 7:30--9pm, Room 4-370	apr.15 REC 19 ObjectStore Preparation: ObjectStore paper	apr.16 QUIZ 2 Material from LEC 9 through LEC 18 Location: Walker Gym (50-340) Time: 2pm Quiz 2 FAQ
apr.19 Patriot's Day Holiday	apr.20 Patriot's Day Holiday	apr.21 LEC 20 Consistency and Replication Preparation: 10.1-10.4	apr.22 REC 20 Porcupine Preparation: Porcupine paper Due: DP2 Proposal Drop Date	apr.23 TUT 4 Design Project 2 Discussion
apr.26 LEC 21 Security intro Preparation: 11.1	apr.27 REC 21 Buffer Overrun Attacks Preparation: Buffer Overrun paper Assigned: Hands-on #6 (Crypto)	apr.28 LEC 22 Authentication Preparation: 11.2 and 11.3	apr.29 REC 22 Why DO cryptosystems fail? Preparation: Cryptosystems paper	apr.30 TUT 5
may.3 LEC 23 Class Canceled	may.4 REC 23 Tracking Witty Preparation: Witty paper DUE: Hands-on #6 (Crypto)	may.5 LEC 24 Cryptographic Protocols Preparation: 11.5	may.6 REC 24 Trusting trust Preparation: Trusting Trust paper DUE: Design Project 2	may.7 no tutorial
may.10 LEC 25 Authorization & confidentiality Preparation: 11.4 and 11.6	may.11 REC 25 DP2 Presentations (during recitation) Recitation Preparation: Prepare your talk	may.12 LEC 26 Complexity	may.13 REC 26 Hints for system design Preparation: Computer System Design paper Last day of classes	may.14
may.17 Exam period begins	may.18 Quiz 3 Review Session 7-9 PM, 10-250.	may.19	may.20 Final Exam 1:30 to 3:00 Johnson Ice Rink Quiz 3 FAQ	may.21 Exam period ends

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