50.003 Elements of Software
Construction
with a focus on concurrency
http://people.sutd.edu.sg/~sunjun/teach/50-003/
Instructor: Sun Jun
Sun Jun
Father of Two
Computer Scientist
Likes Algorithms
Vulcan Type
• Black/White guy
• Overly rational
• Likes to argue
Office: 1.302-11
sunjun@sutd.edu.sg
Teaching Assistant: Li Jiaying
Li Jiaying
ISTD PhD student: Software
Engineering
Supervisor: Sun Jun
Multithread programming
verification
Consultation: Tue. 4:30-6:30,
2.716 S6
jiaying_li@mymail.sutd.edu.sg
Course Plan
Week
Cohort 1 (Tue. 2:30 to 4:30)
Cohort 2 (Wed. 9:30 to 11:00)
Cohort 3 (Thu. 12 to 2)
Remarks
1 (Jan 26)
Introduction to Software Development Process
2 (Feb 2)
Introduction to Software Design and UML
3 (Feb 9)
Introduction to Design Patterns
Project Meeting I
Problem Set 2; Quiz 1
4 (Feb 16)
Introduction to Concurrency and Sockets
Holiday
Problem Set 3
5 (Feb 23)
Basics of Threads
6 (Mar 2)
Thread Safety and Synchronization
7 (Mar 9)
Recess
8 (Mar 16)
Composing Thread-safe Objects
Problem Set 6; Quiz 3
9 (Mar 23)
Building Blocks
Problem Set 7
10 (Mar 30)
Tasks and Thread Pools
11 (Apr 6)
Concurrency Pitfalls and Testing
Problem Set 9
12 (Apr 13)
Performance and Patterns; Non-blocking Algorithms
Problem Set 10; Quiz 5
13 (Apr 20)
Final Project Presentation (20 minutes for each group)
Project Report/Code Due
14 (Apr 27)
Final Exam (9am to 11am, April 29, 2015)
Guest Talks
Problem Set 1
Problem Set 4; Quiz 2
Project Meeting II
Project Meeting III
Problem Set 5
Problem Set 8; Quiz 4
Components
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Problem Sets – 20%
Quizzes – 10%
Course Project – 40%
Final Exam – 30%
The project weights more than the exam.
Course Project
• You and your team will form a software
company.
• Your company is about to develop an Android
App (recommended to be a multi-user game).
• Your will present (with a live demo) the App in
the week of April 20.
You have only three months!
Miscellaneous
• Teams
– Check out the class website to see which team
you belong to
• Course Website:
– people.sutd.edu.sg/~sunjun/teach/esc2015/
• Discussion Forum: Piazza
– https://piazza.com/class/i4e5hmdgfsu5lc
• Office Hour: Thursday 2 - 4
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Cohort Exercise 1 (15 Min)
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Find your group and sit together.
Say hello to each other.
Come up with a name for your app company.
Discuss on what you would like to develop and
how you plan to finish it before the deadline.