CS4414: Recitations (Labs)

CS4414 will have a required weekly recitation focused on practical C++ and Linux skills and the homework assignments. The in-person version will be on Mondays from 4:55-6:10pm in 116 Kennedy Hall (Zoom also available for those unable to attend in person).

Sign up for DIS 201 if you plan to attend in person, and DIS 202 if you plan to attend remotely. People who are in DIS 201 will be assigned seat numbers for Kennedy Hall 116 via CMS (link is to the left). If at any point you cannot attend in person, just join the Zoom or watch the recorded Zoom video.

Sagar (srj57@cornell.edu) is running the recitations. Alicia (yy354@cornell.edu) is taking notes.

Date	Topic, Zoom Link	Slides, Notes	Remarks, chapter references, additional recommended readings (if any). BO: Bryant and O'Hallaron. BS: Bjarne Stroustrup.
1. Sept 07	Emacs, C++	slides-pdf, notes-docx	An overview of the Emacs editor. Discussion of my word-count program in C++ including the optimizations implemented to improve performance.
2. Sept 14	C++ types and containers	slides-pdf, notes-docx	A discussion of C++ primitive and user types, pointers and arrays. Using standard template library provided vectors and maps.
3. Sept 21	The Linux Command Line	no slides, notes-docx	For further reading, refer to the book The Linux Command Line
4. Sept 28	My solution to HW1	code, notes-docx	The code does not implement division. I will release division after HW2 is finished. Do not copy my code directly, but use it as a reference.
5. Oct 05	Compiler optimizations, C++ iterators	slides-pdf, notes-docx	BO Chapter 5, BS Chapter 12
6. Oct 12	Sokoban solver	slides-pdf, notes-docx	A walkthrough of optimizations and performance analysis of my Sokoban solver
7. Oct 19	C++ templates, Sokoban Part II	slides-pdf, code, notes-docx	Refer to my code for the solution presented. If more interested, extend my solution using templates to implement a general 1-player solver (and solve games Sudoku, Kakuro etc. using it)
8. Oct 26	Multithreading Part I, SST templates	slides-pdf, notes-docx	Discussion of concurrency control through atomics and mutexes, a presentation of how SST uses templates and variadic templates
9. Nov 02	Multithreading Part II	slides-pdf, notes-docx	Extensive evaluation of wc++
10. Nov 09	Multithreading Part III, Lazy evaluation in C++	slides-pdf, notes-docx	BS Chapter 15, Chapter 6 of Functional Programming in C++ by Ivan Cukic
11. Nov 30	Distributed file systems	slides-pdf	NFS, Ceph, and general object-based file systems
12. Dec 07	Quiz review	slides-pdf	A general summary of the course with a focus on content relevant for the quiz
13. Dec 14	Writing good code	slides-pdf	Some software design principles, specifically related to designing different levels and forming the right kinds of abstractions