2G1506: Programming with Processes (Programming med processer) 2003/2004 (period 1)

News

• (May 30, 2004) The third 2G1506 exam (re-exam) is scheduled on August 23 (Monday), 9:00-14:00, place (a room in KTH Forum Kista) will be announced later.
• Obligatory registration two weeks ahead by email or phone to Rita Johnsson, 08-7904116. Put "2G1506-exam registration" as the Subject line.
• (February 2, 2004) 
• Solutions and Score (see also in PDF) of the 2G1506 second exam held on Jan. 12, 2004, are available on the course Web site.
• (January 9, 2004) 
• The second exam (re-exam) in 2G1506 is on January 12, 14:00-19:00, in room 538, KTH Forum, Kista.
• (November 15, 2003) 
• Score (in PDF) of the 2G1506 exam on Oct. 22, 2003.
• (November 14, 2003) Solutions to problems of the 2G1506 exam on Oct. 22, 2003.
• (October 24, 2003)
• The total homework score is on-line in PDF and in HTML.
• (October 23, 2003)
• The HW5 score is available on-line in PDF and in HTML.
  
• (October 19, 2003)
• Solutions to problems of HW5 are available on-line.
• (October 13, 2003)
• Course project submission deadline is extended to October 26 (Sunday).
• The HW4 score is available on-line in PDF and in HTML.
  
• (October 11, 2003)
• Solutions to problems of HW4 are available on-line.
• (October 10, 2003)
• The second exam (re-exam) in 2G1506 is scheduled on January 12, 14:00-19:00, place (in Kista) will be announced later.
  
• (October 9, 2003)
• The reading instructions for the 2G1506 exam are available on-line.
  
• The HW3 score is available on-line in PDF and in HTML.
  
• Overheads of Lectures 17-18 are available on-line for printing and browsing.
• (October 4, 2003)
• Solutions to problems of HW3 are available on-line.
• (October 2, 2003)
• The fifth homework HW5 is available on-line. HW5 is due October 9 (Thursday), 2003.
• Overheads of Lectures 15-16 are available on-line for printing and browsing.
• (September 30, 2003)
• The HW2 score is available on-line in PDF and in HTML.
• Overheads of Lectures 13-14 are available on-line for printing and browsing.
• (September 28, 2003)
• The date of the first exam is fixed (Oct. 22, at 9:00-14:00), see Exam Schedule.
• (September 27, 2003)
• Solutions to problems of HW2 are available on-line.
• Overheads of Lecture 12 are available on-line for printing and browsing.
• (September 25, 2003)
• The fourth homework HW4 is available on-line. HW4 is due October 2 (Thursday), 2003.
• (September 23, 2003)
• Overheads of Lectures 10-11 are available on-line for printing and browsing.
• See some changes in the layout of lectures starting from Lecture 10.
  
• (September 22, 2003)
• The HW1 score is available on-line in PDF and in HTML.
  
• Notes regarding homework 3:
• You may implement the problems of homework 3 in Java (using Java threads and monitors).
• The formulation of  HW3 was corrected: all occurrences of "in SR" (e.g. in "Develop an outline of a program in SR") were deleted. Program outlines should be written using a programming notation introduced in sections 1.9 and 2.4.2 of the MPD book, rather than SR. See also Lecture 1, slides 30-32, and Lecture 2, slide 10 (that shows the await statement). 
• (September 18, 2003)
• The third homework HW3 is available on-line. HW3 is due September 25 (Thursday), 2003.
• Overheads of Lecture 9 are available on-line for printing and browsing.
• Solutions to problems of HW1 are available on-line.
• (September 15, 2003)
• Note regarding pthread semaphores: to operate properly under Linux and Windows, pthread semaphores should be initialized with 'pshared' attribute set to 0, for example:

#define SHARED 0
sem_t semaphore;
 ...
int value = 1;
sem_init(&semaphore, SHARED, value);

Here, the second argument in the sem_init, pshared, should always be zero when programming under Linux (Windows). It is set to 1 for semaphores that can be shared across processes a feature not supported in Linux (Windows).

• Overheads of Lecture 7, 8 are available on-line for printing and browsing.
• (September 11, 2003)
• The second homework HW2 is available on-line. HW2 is due September 18 (Thursday), 2003.
• Overheads of Lecture 6 are available on-line for printing and browsing.
• (September 9, 2003)
• Typos:
• Important: A typo on hard copies of HW1 in task 3,  -- " y = y + 1; " should be "y = y - 1;" -- the typo has been corrected  on HW1 web page.
• A typo on the slide 6, Lecture 5, -- "local_sense" should be "localSense" in all occurrences. The typo has been corrected  in PDF files of lecture handouts.
• Links related to C programming (tutorials and books) are added to the page "Programming Environments. Platforms. Related Links".
• Overheads of Lectures 4,5 are available on-line for printing and browsing. Follow this link.
• (September 5, 2003)
•  There was a question regarding the passing grade for a homework. Here comes the answer: To pass the homework, you have to perform the required number of tasks, and at least 50% of answers have to be correct, otherwise the homework has to be redone. To receive any bonus points, the homework has to be submitted before deadline. The amount of bonus credit points will be given proportionally to the amount of correct answers (i.e. partial bonus points can be awarded). If you have missed the deadline (or the homework has to be re-done), and the homework solution has been already published on the Web, then you choose exercise(s) from a chapter of the textbook which corresponds to the topic of the missing homework, solve the exercise(s) and submit your solutions to the course staff.
• (September 4, 2003)
• Check your copy of lecture 3 handouts: there is a typo on the slide 8 of Lecture 3, -- "inference free" should be "interference free". The typo has been corrected  in PDF files of lecture handouts.
• Overheads of Lecture 3 are available on-line for printing and browsing. Follow this link.
• The first homework HW1 is available on-line. HW1 is due September 11 (Thursday), 2003.
• (September 2, 2003) Overheads of Lectures 1 and 2 are available on-line for printing and browsing. Follow this link.