6.033 / Spring 2013 / Welcome

We will be holding a Quiz 2 review session from 7:30pm to 9:30pm Monday, May 20th in 34-101. The quiz will be Thursday at 1:30PM. See the FAQ for details.

Because of the review session on Monday, office hours on Monday will be held only if people email Alex Dehnert expressing interest in advance. Tuesday and Wednesday office hours will be held as usual. (Thursday and Friday office hours, being after the final, will not be held.)

May 8, 2013: Optional extension for DP2

To help the apparently many students who have several big projects due on Friday, we will allow you to submit DP2 until Sunday 5p. This is optional: if you can submit Friday, feel free to do so. It would help instructors in their effort to grade DP2 papers.

May 8, 2013: Optional extension for DP2

April 23, 2013: No lecture Wednesdsay April 24

MIT has canceled classes for Wednesday April 24, so there will be no 6.033 lecture. We will not make up this lecture. The lecture was going to cover an advanced topic: replicated state machines with Paxos, which we were not going to test you on. Monday's lecture already covered the idea of replicated state machines, which you need to know about to understand the PNUTS paper and is a topic for the final quiz. If you are interested in Paxos, you can read the lecture notes for tomorrow (which were prepared in the last few days), or take 6.824 next year.

Apr 22, 2013: Design Project 2 replacement tutorial

We will be having tutorial this upcoming Friday, 4/26, to replace the canceled 4/19 tutorial. Please attend your assigned tutorial section.

Apr 11, 2013: Design Project 2 Posted

Design Project 2 has been posted. Please note that a list of three team members must be emailed to your TA by April 16, 2013.

Apr 8, 2013: Quiz 1 solutions posted

Quiz 1 solutions are available. (If you are doing an oral makeup, don't look at them.)

Apr 4, 2013: Quiz 1 Practice Materials

The slides from the Quiz 1 Review Session, as well as links to old quiz questions, can be accessed via: Quiz 1 FAQ.

Apr 3, 2013: Quiz 1

We will be holding a Quiz 1 review session from 7:30pm to 9:30pm tonight (Wednesday, April 3rd) in 34-101. The quiz will be Friday at 2pm — see the schedule for details.

Feb 12, 2013: TA Office Hours

TA Office Hours have been posted here.

Feb 10, 2013: Nemo tutorial catch-up

The CI staff have put together a large number of office hours to meet with students about the DP1 memo (due Friday 2/15). Please attend if you can! You can visit ANY office hours that fit your schedule. You can also email your CI instructor to work out a separate appointment.

Feb 7, 2013: Recitation Section Assignments

Recitation section assignments have been posted here.

Jan 29, 2013: Important: First Day of Class

6.033 begins on Tuesday February 5th with a recitation for students whose last name starts with A-L (group A). Please look up the recitation section that the registrar assigned you to. If your last name starts with A-L (group A), please go to that section on Tuesday. If you are last name starts with M-Z (group B), please go to that section on Thursday. Please consult this list to see where your section is taking place.

Please list your recitation and tutorial preferences for after the first week. By 10pm on Thursday February 7th, we will assign a binding list of recitation assignments for the rest of the term, and post them to this page.

In preparation of section, make sure to read the paper that is assigned for the first section; see the schedule page for all assignments. Throughout the term instructors will evaluate you on your effort to understand an assigned paper; start with making a positive impression.

Jan 18, 2013: Discussion, questions, and feedback

6.033 uses Piazza for online discussions and questions. Join the 6.033 class using the following link: http://www.piazza.com/mit/spring2013/6033. You can provide anonymous feedback via the feedback link on the left of the page.

Jan 18, 2013: Textbook

6.033 will be using Saltzer and Kaashoek's Principles of Computer System Design: An Introduction (Morgan Kaufmann 2009); the readings are required. You can get a copy at the MIT Coop.

Questions or comments regarding 6.033? Send e-mail to the 6.033 staff at 6.033-staff at mit.edu or to the 6.033 TAs at 6.033-tas at mit.edu.

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