Winter 2016 SPO600 Weekly Schedule

It's Alive!
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.

• Previous semester: Fall 2015 SPO600 Weekly Schedule.

Schedule Summary Table

This is a summary/index table. Please follow the links in each cell for additional detail which will be added below as the course proceeds -- especially for the Deliverables column.

Week	Week of...	Tuesday	Friday	Deliverables (Summary - click for details)
1	Jan 11	Introduction to Software Porting, Portability, Benchmarking, and Optimization / How is code accepted into an open source project? (Lab 1)	Overview of Building Software	Set up accounts, and blog a comparison of code reviews in two communities (Lab 1).
2	Jan 18	Computer Architecture Overview	Assembly Lab (Lab 2)	Blog about the Assembly Lab (Lab 2)
3	Jan 25	Compiled C Lab (Lab 3)	Software Optimization	Blog about the Compiled C Lab (Lab 3)
4	Feb 1	Algorithm Selection Lab (Lab 4)	SIMD and Auto-Vectorization (Lab 5)	Blog about the Algorithm Selection Lab (Lab 4) and the Auto-Vectorization Lab (Lab 5).
5	Feb 8	Inline Assembler Lab (Lab 6)	Memory Barriers and Synchronization	Blog your Inline Assembler Lab (Lab 6) results.
6	Feb 15	Project Overview	Project Selection	Blog about your selected project.
7	Feb 22	Project Startup	Project Stage I Updates	Blog about your Stage I updates.
Study Week	Feb 29	Study Week - No classes!
8	Mar 7	Linaro Connect - No classes. Prepare for your presentation.		Prepare for your presentation.
9	Mar 14	Presentations	Presentations	Blog about your presentation.
10	Mar 22	Project Stage II Updates	Discussion & Hack Session	Blog about your Stage II updates.
11	Mar 28	Guest Lecture	Discussion & Hack Session	Blog about your project.
12	Apr 4	Discussion & Hack Session	Discussion & Hack Session	Blog about your project.
13	Apr 11	Project Stage III Updates	Wrap-up Discussion	Blog about your project, including the Stage III Update, and write a wrap-up post about the course.
Exam Week	Dec 14	Exam Week - No exam in this course!

Evaluation

Category	Percentage	Evaluation Dates
Communication	20%	5% each: End of January, end of February, end of March, end of course.
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%	3 stages: 15% (TBA) / 20% (TBA) / 25% (TBA)