CMSC 411 Computer Architecture, Spring 2017(draft)

• The course piazza page is your exclusive source for course information. TA office hours, additional resources and essential course information will appear on All questions will be answered on piazza to ensure all students have equal access to the information. So add yourself to piazza asap. See this link for university policies.

• When assigned, updates of project resources will be made on piazza or on my my user pages as appropriate: (http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/meesh/411/).

• Lectures (located in CSI 1121 and 2117): 
• (0101) TuTh 3:30--4:45 pm   
• (0201) TuTh 2:00--3:15 pm   
• 01/25/2017--05/11/2017;
• Instructor: Michelle Hugue 
• Email: meeshATumd.edu 
• Office: 1109a AV Williams 
• Hours: Regular and by appointment 
• Class accounts: Unix accounts, if needed, will be on the GRACE ( Glue Research and Academic Computing Environment) cluster. Development tools, such as Eclipse, and JAVA 1.8 are available on the cluster; we will grade your projects using the submit server. To use the cluster, you will need a TerpConnect account. If you do not have one, or if you are not sure if you have one, you must request one asap.
• Required Book: Computer Architecture: A Quantatitive Approach, 5ed by John Hennessy and David Patterson. (see 4th ed )  for your convenience.
• Project Files: see here  

• Two 75 minute Tests: 3/16, 4/27 2017 (TBD% each)
• Cumulative Final Exam: TBD TBD (2 hours) (TBD%)  
• Room: TBD  
• See permanent webpage for worksheets and other study aids. 
• Project: TBD%  
• Part 1: (60 pts) Due 3/17 23:59PM with 48 hour grace period. No later submissions accepted for credit--only good faith effort.
• Part 2: (TBA pts) Due 5/5 23:59PM with 48 hour grace period . No later submissions accepted for credit--only good faith effort.
• Participation: TBD% 
• Social Quizzes: at most 7 (seven) in-class exercises, at least 4 TBD.

• Lots of useful information appears on the permanent webpage