Fall 2015 SPO600 Weekly Schedule

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This SPO600 weekly schedule will be updated as the course proceeds - dates and content are subject to change. The cells in the summary table will be linked to relevant resources and labs as the course progresses.

For the Winter 2015 version of the weekly schedule, see Winter 2015 SPO600 Weekly Schedule.

Schedule Summary Table

This is a summary/index table. Please follow the links in each cell for additional detail -- especially for the Deliverables column.

Week	Week of...	Tuesday	Thursday	Deliverables (Summary - click for details)
1	Sep 7	(Experience Seneca - no class)	Introduction to Software Porting, Portability, Benchmarking, and Optimization / How is code accepted into an open source project? (Lab 1)	Set up accounts, and blog a comparison of code reviews in two communities (Lab 1).
2	Sep 14	Compiled C Lab (Lab 2)	Compiler Optimizations	Blog about your baseline data (Lab 2)
3	Sep 21	Linaro Connect - No classes scheduled Prepare a presentation on two selected compiler options.		Be prepared to present your topic.
4	Sep 28	Presentations on compiler options.	Working with code / Building software (Lab 3)	Blog about your presentation and about your experience building code (Lab 3).
5	Oct 5	Benchmarking (Lab 4)	Project Introduction	Blog your baseline benchmarks (Lab 4).
6	Oct 12	Build a compiler options test tool.	Build a compiler options test tool.	Blog about the compiler options test tool.
7	Oct 19	Project Status - Stage I.	Project discussions and hacking.	Blog about the your project - this will be used to assign your first project mark.
Study Week	Oct 26	Study Week - No classes! Plan to attend FSOSS 2015 on Thursday/Friday
8	Nov 2	Computer architecture primer.	Assembler Lab (Lab 5).	Blog about your project progress - this will be used to assign your 1st Project marks - as well as the Assembler Lab (Lab 5).
9	Nov 9	Upstreaming	Spinlocks, Tail Call Optimization	Blog about your project work and upstream interactions.
10	Nov 16	Project Status - Stage II.	Inline assembler.	Blog about your project progress - this will be used to assign your second project marks.
11	Nov 23	SIMD	GCC Auto-vectorization (Lab 6)	Blog about Lab 6 as well as SIMD/vectorization and your project.
12	Nov 30	Discussion & Hack Session	Synthesis of project results.	Blog about your work.
13	Dec 7	Project Presentations - Stage 3	Wrap-up Session	Blog about your project progress - this will be used to assign your 3rd project marks.
Exam Week	Dec 14	Exam Week - No exam in this course!

Evaluation

Category	Percentage	Evaluation Dates
Communication	20%	September 30, October 31, November 30, December 11
Quizzes	10%	May be held during any class, usually at the start of class. A minimum of 5 one-page quizzes will be given. No make-up/retake option is offered if you miss a quiz. Lowest 3 scores will not be counted.
Labs	10%	See deliverables column above.
Project work	60%	Oct 20 (15%), Nov 13 (20%), December 11 (25%)