EECS665 – Compiler Construction

Schedule

Note: the following schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Week 1 Lab: Flex (available to view before lab this week)
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
8/18	Flex & Overview	pptx pdf mp4	Survey	Survey	C₁ Due at 8/24 3:00 PM
8/20	Scanning	Notes released soon	W₁		C₂ Due at 8/24 3:00 PM
8/22	Defining Syntax	Released after 8/20	P₁		C₃

Week 2 Lab: BISON (available to view before lab this week)
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
8/25	Ambiguous Syntax	Released after 8/22	T₁		C₄
8/27	SDD	Released after 8/25	W₂	W₁	C₅
8/29	ASTs	Released after 8/27			C₆

Week 3 (No lab this week)
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
9/1	Labor Day
9/3	Parsing and LL(1)	Released after 9/1	P₂, T₂	P₁, W₂	C₇
9/5	Quiz 1			Q₁

Week 4 Lab: Graphviz
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
9/8	FIRST Sets	Released after 9/5		P₂, T₁	C₈
9/10	FOLLOW Sets	Released after 9/8	P₃, W₃		C₉
9/12	SDT	Released after 9/10			C₁₀

Week 5 Lab: Dynamic Dispatch
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
9/15	LR Parsers	Released after 9/12			C₁₁
9/17	SLR Parsers	Released after 9/15	W₄	W₃	C₁₂
9/19	Scope	Released after 9/17	T₃	P₃, T₂	C₁₃

Week 6 Lab: Test-Driven Development
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
9/22	Semantic Analysis	Released after 9/19	P₄		C₁₄
9/24	Typesystems	Released after 9/22	W₅	W₄	C₁₅
9/26	Type Checking	Released after 9/24			C₁₆

Week 7 Lab: Coverage Instrumentation
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
9/29	Error Reports	Released after 9/26	T₄	T₃	C₁₇
10/1	Parameters	Released after 9/29	W₆	W₅	C₁₈
10/3	Runtimes	Released after 10/1		P₄	C₁₉

Week 8 Lab: Undefined Behavior
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
10/6	3AC Intro	Released after 10/3	P₅		C₂₀
10/8	3AC Translation	Released after 10/6	T₅	W₆, T₄	C₂₁
10/10	Quiz 2			Q₂

Week 9 (No lab this week)
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
10/13	Fall Break
10/15	ISAs	Released after 10/13	W₇		C₂₂
10/17	x64 Intro	Released after 10/15		P₅	C₂₃

Week 10 Lab: VTables
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
10/20	x64 Memory	Released after 10/17	P₆		C₂₄
10/22	x64 Practice	Released after 10/20	W₈	W₇	C₂₅
10/24	Activation Records	Released after 10/22			C₂₆

Week 11 Lab: Buffer Overflows
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
10/27	Statement Codegen	Released after 10/24			C₂₇
10/29	Function Codegen	Released after 10/27	W₉	P₆, W₈	C₂₈
10/31	Other Codegen	Released after 10/29	P₇, T₆	T₅	C₂₉

Week 12 Lab: X64 by Hand
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
11/3	Heap Management	Released after 10/31			C₃₀
11/5	Postcompilation	Released after 11/3		W₉	C₃₁
11/7	Quiz 3			Q₃

Week 13 Lab: X64 Debugging
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
11/10	MC Optimization	Released after 11/7	T₇	T₆	C₃₂
11/12	Flowgraphs	Released after 11/10	W₁₀		C₃₃
11/14	Dataflow	Released after 11/12			C₃₄

Week 14 Lab: LLVM
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
11/17	Abstract Interpretation	Released after 11/14		P₇	C₃₅
11/19	SSA	Released after 11/17	P₈	W₁₀	C₃₆
11/21	LLVM Bitcode	Released after 11/19	T₈	T₇	C₃₇

Week 15 (No lab this week)
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
11/24	Quiz 4			Q₄
11/26	Thanksgiving Break
11/28	Thanksgiving Break

Week 16 Lab: Preprocessing
Date	Topic / Reading	Notes	Out	Due	Check-in
12/1	Partial Evaluation	Released after 11/28			-
12/3	Beyond Compilers	Released after 12/1		P₈, T₈	-
12/5	Stop Day


Finals week
Date	Time	Event
12/8	1:30 PM	Final Exam (cumulative)