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ASM

The following is a list of the major topics being covered in this course:

  • von Neumann vs. Harvard architecture
  • Fetch-Execute Cycle
  • Binary and Hexadecimal Number Representation
  • Processor & Memory Organization
  • Registers (General Purpose/Integer, Floating Pointer, Accumulator, Data)
  • Registers (Stack Pointer, Program Counter, Flag/Status)
  • Registers (Index/Pointer)
  • Instruction Sets (CISC, RISC)
  • Boolean Arithmetic Operations (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division)
  • Logic Operations (AND, OR, XOR)
  • Negated Logic Operations (NOT, NAND, NOR, XNOR)
  • Data Instructions (Data Movement, Address Movement, Data Conversion, Bit Manipulation)
  • Control and Data Flow
  • Subroutines (Calling, Return Address)
  • Storage
  • Machine Word
  • Stack Operations
  • Data Representation (Big Endian, Little Endian, Size, Integer, Floating Point, ASCII)
  • Data Representation (Sign Representation, One's Complement, Two's Complement)
  • Linking, Object and Machine Code
  • I/O
  • Interrupts
  • Address Bus
  • Data Bus

COMPESS

The following is a list of the major topics being covered in this course:

  • Number Systems
  • Digital Processing
  • Computer Hardware
  • System Software
  • Application Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • System Development
  • Telecommunications
  • Internet and Web
  • Databases
  • Security, Privacy, Ethical Issues
  • Programming
  • Computer History

CPROG

The following is a list of the major topics being covered in this course:

  • Standard I/O (STDIO, STDOUT, STDERR)
  • Header Files (Local and System), C Standard Library (Libc), Libraries
  • arithmetic (equations, operators)
  • logic and operators (and, or, not, xor)
  • Variables (types, ranges, sizes)
  • Scope (Block, Local, Global, File)
  • Pointers (address of, assignment, dereferencing)
  • Type Casting
  • Selection Structures (if, case/switch)
  • Repetition/Iteration Structures (for, while, do while)
  • Arrays (standard notation, pointer arithmetic, single-dimensional, multi-dimensional)
  • File Access (Read, Write, Append)
  • Structures (Declaration, Accessing Elements, Pointers to)
  • typedef, enum, union
  • Functions, Parameters (Pass by: Value, Address, Reference), Return Types, Recursion, Command-line arguments
  • Compiler, Preprocessor, Flags, Assembler, Linker, Multi-file programs (how to structure, how to compile)
  • I/O Streams (cin, cout, cerr, stream operators) [C++]
  • Namespaces [C++]
  • Type Casting Operators, Const-Volatility Specifiers (const, volatile) [C++]
  • Classes (Objects, Constructor, Destructor, Access Control, Public, Protected, Private, Friend, “this” pointer) [C++]
  • Inheritance (single, multiple Inheritance), Polymorphism/Virtual Functions, Abstract Base Class [C++]
  • Overloading (Functions, Operators) [C++]
  • Exception Handing (throw, try, catch) [C++]
  • Templates, STL (Standard Template Library) [C++]

DATA

The following is a list of the major topics being covered in this course:

  • Version Control (checkout, commit, update, add, log)
  • Pointers (address of, assignment, dereferencing)
    • arrays, pointer arithmetic
    • pointers to pointers
    • null pointers
    • void pointers
    • function pointers
  • Static allocation vs. Dynamic allocation
    • Memory allocation (malloc(), new)
    • Memory De-allocation (free(), delete)
  • structures
    • structure pointer
  • Linked Lists
  • Doubly Linked Lists
  • Stacks (array-based, linked-list based)
    • Pushing
    • Popping
    • Top
    • Overflow condition (where applicable?)
    • Underflow condition
    • LIFO or FIFO?
  • Queues (array-based, linked-list based)
    • Enqueuing
    • Dequeuing
    • Overrun and Underrun conditions
    • LIFO or FIFO?
  • Computational Complexity
    • Big-O, Theta, bounds
  • Sorting Algorithms
    • Selection sort algorithm
    • Bubble sort algorithm
    • Insert sort algorithm
    • Quick sort algorithm
    • Merge sort algorithm
  • Binary Search algorithm
  • Trees, Binary Trees (nodes, parents, children)
    • insertion
    • removal
    • searching
    • traversal (pre-order, post-order, in-order)
  • Graphs
  • Hash Tables (keys, collisions)

DATACOMM

The following is a list of the major topics being covered in this course:

  • network communications
  • coding
  • protocols
  • network/socket programming
  • error detection
  • data transmission
  • TCP/IP protocol family
  • datagrams
  • transport layer
  • internet/network layer
  • link layer
  • physical layer
  • Programming with Datagrams
  • Threads
  • Inter Process Communication

DISCRETE

The following is a list of the major topics being covered in this course:

  • Basic Logic
  • Predicate Calculus
  • Sets
  • Set Operations
  • Induction and Deduction
  • Algorithmic Efficiency
  • Matrix Operations
  • Recursion
  • Counting
  • Combinatorics
  • Relations
  • Graphs
  • Trees
  • Boolean Algebra
  • Theory of Computation

HPC0

The following is a list of the major topics being covered in this course:

  • Introduction & Getting Started
  • UNIX review (as a user)
  • UNIX review (as a developer)
  • UNIX as an administrator
  • UNIX networking tools
  • security
  • package management
  • file access / transfer
  • networking services
  • system administration
  • documentation
  • backups
  • virtualization
  • visualization
  • installation
  • configuration

HPC1

The following is a list of the major topics being covered in this course:

  • lab operations
  • maintenance
  • logging
  • accessibility
  • upgrades
  • backups
  • documentation
  • resource usability
  • remote administration
  • on-site administration
  • security - internal
  • log analysis
  • troubleshooting
  • security - external

HPC2

The following is a list of the major topics being covered in this course:

  • lab operations
  • maintenance
  • logging
  • accessibility
  • upgrades
  • backups
  • documentation
  • resource usability
  • remote administration
  • on-site administration
  • security - internal
  • log analysis
  • troubleshooting
  • security - external

SYSNET

The following is a list of the major topics being covered in this course:

  • Communication
  • Concurrency
  • Documentation
  • Investigation
  • Creation
  • Collaboration
  • Clusters
  • Resource Utilization
  • Exploration
  • Projects
  • Deployment
  • Implementation

SYSPROG

The following is a list of the major topics being covered in this course:

  • UNIX Systems Programming
    • User space
    • Kernel, Kernel space
  • Users, Files, and the Manual
    • File Access (open, read, write, lseek, close)
    • File descriptors
    • Buffering
    • System Calls
  • Directories and File Properties
    • File Types and File Properties
    • Bit Sets and Bit Masks
    • User IDs, Group IDs
  • Focus on File Systems
    • Filesystem Structure; inodes and data blocks
    • Directories
    • Links
  • Connection Control
    • Device files
    • Race conditions
    • Atomic Operations
    • Streams
  • Terminal Control and Signals
    • Blocking vs. Non-Blocking
    • Signals
  • Event-Driven Programming
    • Alarms, Interval Timers
    • Reentrant code, critical sections
    • Asynchronous input
  • Processes and Programs
    • UNIX process model, processes
    • Parent/Child processes
  • Shell Variables and the Environment
  • I/O Redirection and Pipes
    • I/O Redirection
    • Pipes
  • Servers and Sockets
    • Client/Server model
    • Coroutines
  • Connections and Protocols
    • Server sockets
    • Client sockets
    • Zombies
  • Programming with Datagrams
    • TCP vs. UDP
    • Distributed Systems
    • UNIX domain sockets
  • Threads
    • Multithreading
    • Creating/destroying threads
    • Sharing data between threads
    • Synchronizing data
  • Inter Process Communication
    • Named pipes
    • Shared memory
    • File locks
    • Semaphores

UNIX

The following is a list of the major topics being covered in this course:

  • Local host
  • Remote host
  • Home directory
  • Current working directory
  • Types of files (regular, directory, special)
  • File manipulation
  • Text Processing
  • The VI editor
  • The UNIX Shell
    • Environment variable
    • $PATH
    • wildcards
    • tab completion
  • Job Control
  • The UNIX Programming Environment
    • Compiler, Assembler, Linker, Loader
    • Source Code, Object Code, Binary Code, Library
  • Pattern Matching
  • Regular Expressions
  • Filtering
  • Shell Scripting
  • networking, UNIX Networking Tools
  • Security
  • X Window System
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