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236366 - Operating Systems Engineering
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Grades
Both project and final grades are published. For any questions, contact Ilia within a week. Next week the grades will be submitted to the secretariat.
Created on 16/7/2012, 14:05:37  
summer crash course on FPGA programming
Dear OSE students,

In http://goo.gl/gyQkG you can find the syllabus of a 1-week crash
course that will take place during the summer and will teach students
to work with FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays). Roughly speaking,
an FPGA allows you to design, implement, and deploy your own chip,
exclusively using software. As programming FPGAs can be *very* hard,
this course specifically focuses on Bluespec, a high level synthesis
language that makes FPGAs much easier to work with and ensures that
the work is portable across different platforms.

FPGAs nowadays constitute an extremely hot topic in industry as well
as in academic systems research, so the course is highly recommended.

In order to register, please submit the relevant form to Keren from
the Mazkirut of EE no later than Thursday, July 12, 2012. Note that
the number of participants is limited to 25 students due to the
limited availability of the relevant hardware.

Best,
--Dan
Created on 10/7/2012, 12:14:20  
Student list
In order to facilitate grade submission, please fill out an online form till the end of this Thursday (i.e. today or tomorrow). Contact Ilia, if you have any problems with filling the form.
Last updated on 27/6/2012, 14:39:17  
OSE lecture takes place now - be there or be square
Created on 20/6/2012, 10:38:45  
Quiz grades
Quiz grades are published. The booklets will soon be submitted to the secretariat. If you have any questions regarding quiz grading, contact Ilia till the end of the semester.
Created on 19/6/2012, 15:33:09  
Project deadline update
Submission deadline is postponed to 26.06.2012 23:55, the day before the presentation.
Created on 17/6/2012, 13:09:28  
Project
From now on, groups which chose subjects #3, #8, and #11, please contact Muli with your questions regarding the project. Other groups continue to direct their questions to Ilia.

Project presentations are scheduled at a lecture slot on Wednesday, 27.06.2012. "Ilia's groups" present at 10:30-11:30, "Muli's groups" present at 11:30-12:30.
Last updated on 16/6/2012, 23:05:19  
Quiz
The quiz will take place this Wednesday at 10:30 in Taub 3 (the usual lecture time and room).
Quiz duration is 2-3 hours. No material is allowed (חומר סגור).
You can look at MIT 6.828 past quizzes for example questions. Note that this year our classes covered less material than 6.828.
Last updated on 10/6/2012, 15:05:35  
Muli's reception hour on Sunday 10/6/2012 is canceled
Contact me via email (muli@cs) if you were planning to come and we'll set an alternate time.
Created on 8/6/2012, 11:34:51  
no lecture today due to SYSTOR
There will be no lecture today, 6 June 2012, due to SYSTOR:
http://www.research.ibm.com/haifa/conferences/systor2012/program.shtml

Students are encouraged to participate in SYSTOR, notable the keynote talk at 9am:
http://www.research.ibm.com/haifa/conferences/systor2012/remzi.shtml
Last updated on 6/6/2012, 06:21:19  
Lab 7 is published
Address your questions to Ilia.
NB: You need to choose a project during the next week and send Ilia an email.
Created on 1/6/2012, 14:54:20  
Lab 5 grades are published
You can view more details about your grade at
http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~cs236366/lab_results/

For grading-related issues contact Ilia via email.
Created on 30/5/2012, 15:47:19  
Quiz time correction
The correct time for the quiz is 10:30-12:30, which is indeed a lecture time slot.
Last updated on 30/5/2012, 14:46:21  
OSE schedule: quiz and projects
As noted, the quiz is scheduled to take place on Wed, June 13 at a lecture time slot 10:30-12:30. The quiz covers material from lectures, recitations and lab assignments (place will be announced later).

The projects are expected to be submitted and presented two weeks later during the last lecture in the semester (Wed, June 27); presentation will be scheduled individually and may overrun the 2-hour lecture time frame.
Last updated on 30/5/2012, 14:45:27  
lecture slides uploaded
The slides of last week (singularity) and this week (OS noise)
are now available through the OSE site.
Created on 30/5/2012, 10:23:47  
Quiz
We will have a two hour quiz on Wednesday, June 13 at a lecture time slot 10:30-12:30. The quiz covers material from lectures, recitations and lab assignments.
The place will be announced later.
Last updated on 30/5/2012, 14:45:38  
Sunday reception hours
This Sunday reception hours are hold by Ilia, not Muli.
Created on 19/5/2012, 22:26:32  
Lab 4 grades are published and lab 6 is published
Hello everyone,

First, lab 4 grades have now been published. Overall, you did very well on lab 4. If you have any questions or comments, contact Muli via email (subject "lab4").
You can see the results of your lab check here: http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~cs236366/lab_results/

Second, lab 6 has been published. The deadline is 30.05.2012 23:55. TA in charge for the lab is Muli. Please use course forums to ask questions.

Good luck!
Created on 15/5/2012, 16:25:40  
Lab 2 grades are published
You can view more details about your grade at
http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~cs236366/lab_results/

For grading-related issues contact Ilia via email.
Created on 12/5/2012, 09:07:22  
Lab 1 grades are published
You can view more details about your grade at
http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~cs236366/lab_results/

For grading-related issues contact Ilia via email.
Created on 9/5/2012, 16:26:14  
Lab 5 is published
Lab 5 is published
The deadline is 16.05.2012 23:55. TA in charge for the lab is Ilia. Please use course forums to ask questions.

Good Luck!
Created on 3/5/2012, 13:12:12  
Lab 3 grades are published
Hello everyone,

Lab 3 grades have now been published. Overall, you did very well on lab 3. If you have any questions or comments, contact Muli via email (subject "lab3").
You can see the results of your lab check here: http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~cs236366/lab_results/

Cheers,
Muli
Created on 2/5/2012, 11:40:12  
Lecture on Wednesday 2/5/2012 is CANCELED
The lecture on Wednesday 2/5/2012 is canceled.
Created on 30/4/2012, 09:26:05  
Lecture on Wednesday 25/4/2012 is CANCELED
The lecture on Wednesday 25/4/2012 is canceled. A replacement lecture will be announced at a later date.
Created on 24/4/2012, 19:35:13  
Recitation update
Starting Sunday, April 29th, we will not hold any more frontal recitations. Instead, Either Ilia or Muli will hold office hours every Sunday from 10:30-12:30. You are welcome to come and discuss the labs you are working on, xv6, or any other subject during these office hours. Lectures will continue as usual on Wednesdays at 10:30.

Recitation/office-hours schedule:

Sunday 29/04 Muli (Taub 416)
Sunday 06/05 Ilia (Taub 209)
Sunday 13/05 Ilia (Taub 209)
Sunday 20/05 Muli (Taub 416)
Sunday 03/06 Ilia (Taub 209)
Sunday 10/06 Muli (Taub 416)
Sunday 17/06 Ilia (Taub 209)
Last updated on 23/4/2012, 16:43:25  
Lab 4 is published
The deadline is 2/5/2012 23:55. TA in charge for the lab is Muli. Please use course forums to ask questions.

Good Luck!
Created on 18/4/2012, 10:40:23  
Lab #3 deadline is postponed
Due to popular requests, we are postponing Lab #3's deadline by one week so that you can choose not to work during Passover. The new deadline is 25/4; no further extensions will be given.

Note: Lab #4 will be published on 18/4 as planned and will be due two weeks later. You should complete Lab #3 before the 18th if at all possible to make sure you have sufficient time for lab #4.

Cheers,
Muli
Created on 8/4/2012, 09:09:57  
Lab 3 is published
The deadline is 18.04.2012 23:55. TA in charge for the lab is Muli. Please use course forums to ask questions.

Good Luck!
Created on 3/4/2012, 13:30:51  
Preparatory work for the next lecture is published
You can submit the homework even after the lecture till the end of the day.
Created on 26/3/2012, 16:06:55  
Lab 2 is published
The deadline is 04.04.2012 23:55. TA in charge for the lab is Ilia. Please use course forums to ask questions.

Good Luck!
Created on 22/3/2012, 06:35:45  
Recitation 2 rerun TODAY
Due to unfortunate circumstances the schedule is changed as follows:
today class -- rerun of recitation 2 by Ilia
next Wednesday class -- lecture 3 by Dan
Created on 21/3/2012, 06:44:50  
Lab challenge clarification
Each lab contains one or more so called "challenges". In lab 1 the challenge is optional: you can choose to either implement it or skip it. In all other labs you are required to choose and implement at least one challenge.
Last updated on 19/3/2012, 16:47:44  
Recitation 2 and Lecture 3
Due to Ilia's mistake today recitation started late. Since some students have left before the recitation started, Ilia will re-run recitation 2 on the next week during a lecture time -- at 10:30-12:30 on Wed, March 28 in Taub 3.
The material is generic enough, so moving the lesson by 10 days should not affect your ability to do labs.
Those who attended today class, but feel they may benefit from the rehearsal, are welcome to attend the re-run as well.
Created on 18/3/2012, 16:57:10  
Preparatory assignments for the next week are published
Submit PDF (or txt) files only. Starting from this week we will not accept doc, docx or other formats!
Please review FAQ section now to avoid future misunderstandings.
Created on 15/3/2012, 16:48:41  
Lab 1 is published
The deadline is 21.03.2012 23:55. TA in charge for the lab is Ilia. Please use course forums to ask questions.

Good Luck!
Created on 13/3/2012, 11:50:57  
Preparatory work for the next lecture is published
It is due tomorrow.
Direct your questions regarding this homework to Ilia.
Created on 13/3/2012, 11:45:35  
Welcome to OSE!
The first recitation will take place as planned on Sunday, 11/3/2012, at 10:30 in Taub 8. See you all there!
Created on 10/3/2012, 13:40:51