CISC 612 Elements of Computing Systems

This course is an integration process of key notions from algorithms, computer architecture, operating systems, compilers, and software engineering into one unified framework. This is done constructively, by building a general-purpose computer system from the ground up. In the process, many ideas and techniques are used in the design of modern hardware and software systems, and discuss major trade-offs and future trends. This is a hands-on course, evolving around building the full set of HW and SW modules including the chip set of simple computer using a simulator, developing the assembler, building part of the virtual machine translator and a simple compiler all the way to a simple programming language and a simple game.