Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2019 - CMPT 886 G100

Special Topics in Operating Systems (3)

Parallel & Distributed Computing

Class Number: 9030

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2019: Tue, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2019: Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 10, 2019
    Tue, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

Description

COURSE DETAILS:

Please note this course is cross-listed with CMPT 479

Special Topics Title: Automated Software Analysis and Security

How can we create software that is maintainable, reliable, and secure? How can we treat software systems as subjects for analysis? How can we automate challenging tasks like finding vulnerabilities or even programming itself? This course examines both classic and cutting edge answers to these software engineering questions. This course will explore modern aspects of software engineering including design, reliability, performance, and security. Beyond manual design and programming issues, students will gain experience with techniques for automating aspects of software engineering and treating programs themselves as data that can be analyzed, transformed, or automatically generated. This course is a trial run for future offerings of CMPT 745: Software Engineering. The material will be hands-on, with several small projects in a variety of programming languages throughout the semester. Students will also be expected to complete a term project in a direction of their choice based on material from the course. The term project will involve building a tool that automates some useful analysis/task within software engineering.

Topics

  • Classic design and architecture
  • Performance analysis
  • Static and dynamic program analysis
  • Software security (offense and defense)
  • Automated debugging & defect investigation
  • Automated program synthesis
  • Automated test generation
  • Concurrency and parallelism

Grading

  • Paper presentations, paper reviews, class participation 40%
  • Assignments 30%
  • Term project 30%

NOTES:

Assignments: 50% Exams: 25% Term Project: 25% Grading criteria are subject to change.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

  • Working Effectively with Legacy Code, Feathers, Michael, Prentice Hall, 9780131177055
  • Principles of Program Analysis, Nielson, Flemming, Nielson, Hanne R., Hankin, Chris, Springer, 9783642084744
  • Engineering a Compiler, Cooper, Keith, Torczon, Linda, Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 9780120884780
  • Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, Anderson, Ross J., Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 9780470068526
  • Writing Solid Code 2nd Edition, Maquire, Steve, Greyden Press, 2013, 9781570740558

Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS