Course Description
This course provides the basic background necessary to understand the design and implementation of software components that support modern computer systems. The course covers C programming, machine organization, assembly language, and design, testing and debugging of software components as well as portions of operating systems concepts. Students will also learn how to use text editors, compilers, linkers, debuggers, and other software tools.Important Notes
- Class will be held offline.
- All the exams (midterm/final) will be conducted offline.
- We will use Classum and KLMS.
- Classum: [link]
- To contact TAs, please use kaist.ee209.spring25@gmail.com instead of individual emails.
- Manual for Tools : Slide, Video Link [ctags, cscope, gdb]
Lectures :
Meeting Time | Meeting Place |
Mon/Wed 14:30~16:00 | Creative Learning Building (E11) Room 304 |
Professors :
Name | Office Hours | Office | |
Jaemin Yoo | By appointment | N1 211 | jaemin@kaist.ac.kr |
Important Schedule:
Release | Due (11:55pm) | Class / Assignment |
---|---|---|
3/10 | 3/24 | Assignment 1 |
3/24 | 4/07 | Assignment 2 |
4/07 | 4/28 | Assignment 3 |
4/16 | Midterm | |
4/28 | 5/14 | Assignment 4 |
5/14 | 6/14 | Assignment 5 |
6/11 | Finals |
Lecture Schedule:
Period | Topic |
---|---|
Week 1 | (2/24) 1. Introduction (2/26) 2. C Fundamentals |
Week 2 | (3/03) Holiday (3/05) 3. Numbers in Computers |
Week 3 | (3/10) 4. Data Types (3/12) 5. Functions |
Week 4 | (3/17) 6. Scopes, Arrays, and Strings (3/19) 7. Pointers |
Week 5 | (3/24) 8. Structures (3/26) 9. Stacks and Queues |
Week 6 | (3/31) 10. Linked Lists (4/02) 11. Hash Tables |
Week 7 | (4/07) 12. Binary Search Trees (4/09) 13. Bloom Filters |
Week 8 | (4/14) No class (4/16) Midterm exam |
Week 9 | (4/21) 14. Assembly: Overview (4/23) 15. Assembly: Instructions |
Week 10 | (4/28) 16. Assembly: Function Calls (1/2) (4/30) 17. Assembly: Function Calls (2/2) |
Week 11 | (5/05) Holiday (5/07) 18. Exceptions and Processes |
Week 12 | (5/12) 19. Memory Management (5/14) 20. Dynamic Memory Management |
Week 13 | (5/19) 21. I/O Management (5/21) 22. Process Management |
Week 14 | (5/26) 23. Signals (1/2) (5/28) 24. Signals (2/2) |
Week 15 | (6/02) 25. Summary and Reviews (6/04) TBD |
Week 16 | (6/09) No class (6/11) Final exam |
Teaching Assistants:
Name | |||
Doyun Choi | Chenwoo Lee | Taewook Ham | Chaewoon Bae |
Taeckyung Lee (Head TA) | Yewon Kim | Subin Park | Youngjin Jin |
Hanna Kim | Minkyoo Song | Jaehan Kim | Yubin Lee |
Kyeongmin Kim | Hyein Woo | Minseok Jang |
Office hour:
Professors' office hours
- Start the email subject with [EE209].
- Set up an appointment by contacting the professor via email.
- E.g., "Hello Professor XXX" is not a good email subject, but "[EE209] Office hour registration" is.
TA office hours
- If you would like to schedule the office hour, email us at kaist.ee209.spring25@gmail.com, at least one day in advance.
- Location: Online (Zoom)
Textbooks:
Useful resources:
- Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 1: Basic Architecture
- Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 2A: Instruction Set Referece, A-M
- Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 2B: Instruction Set Referece, N-Z
- Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 3A: System Programming Guide
- Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 3B: System Programming Guide
- Tool Interface Standard (TIS) Executable and Linking Format (ELF) Specification
- Using as The GNU Assembler