Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Computation structures | ||||||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th, 25h Pr, 40h Proj. | ||||||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Pierre Wolper | ||||||||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language | ||||||||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | ||||||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| Detailed study of a processor and of an assembly language. Introduction to systems programmning and to processes; virtual memory. Concurrent programming and interprocess communication. Processor implementaton techniques: pipe-lines, cache memory, ... | ||||||||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| At the end of this course, the student will have a concrete knowledge of the design of a processor and of how it operates, will understand the mechanisms used in operating system kernels, and will master the basic techniques used in parallel programming. | ||||||||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Basic knowledge of digital circuits, famliliarity with programming. | ||||||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lectures are given, in English. The problem sessions cover the design of a microcode based processor, assembly language programming, programming in C, and concurrent programming using the Linux system. The course also includes programming assignments (assembler and concurrent programming in C). | ||||||||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 1st quadrimester - face-to-face | ||||||||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Reference text; notes and transparencies available from the course web page. | ||||||||||||||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Grading of programming assignments (30%), written exam (no oral exam). | ||||||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Further information can be found on the course web page: http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~pw/cours/struct.html | ||||||||||||||
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Contacts :
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| Teacher : P. Wolper Phone: 04 366 20 99 e-mail: Pierre.Wolper@ulg.ac.be Assistants: Samuel Hiard, David Taralla | ||||||||||||||