6.001   Fall 2007   Academic Calendar

This is a tentative calendar: we may change the order of some lecture
material and we will add handout dates and due dates for problem sets
and projects as they are decided by the staff.  The quiz dates are
fixed, however.  Please note them now!  

Generally, assignments will be due on Fridays -- both the
short-work problem sets and the longer projects.  


W,  5 Sept: First Recitation  R1   Administrative and a bit of Scheme
R,  6 Sept: First Lecture     L1   Introduction to Computation 
            Project 0 out
F,  7 Sept:                   R2   

T, 11 Sept:                   L2   Programming, Substitution
W, 12 Sept:                   R3   
R, 13 Sept:                   L3   Procedures and Processes,
                                   Orders of Growth
F, 14 Sept: Project 0 due     R4
            PS1 due
            Project 1 out

T, 18 Sept:                   L4   Compound Data, Data Abstraction
W, 19 Sept:                   R5
R, 20 Sept:                   L5   Higher-Order Procedures
F, 21 Sept: PS2 Due           R6

T, 25 Sept:                   L6   Lists and Trees, "MapReduce"
W, 26 Sept:                   R7
R, 27 Sept:                   L7   Symbolic Data, Quotation
F, 28 Sept: Project 1 due     R8   
            Project 2 out
            PS3 due
            Last Quiz 1 Material


T,  2 Oct:                    L8   Term Rewriting
                                   (Pattern Match and Substutution)
W,  3 Oct:                    R9
R,  4 Oct:                    L9   Multiple Representations: 
                                    e.g. Complex Numbers
                                   Tagged Data (Generic Operations 1)
F,  5 Oct:  Add Date          R10
            PS4 due     

W, 10 Oct:                    Quiz 1 -- No recitation today
R, 11 Oct:                    L10  (Generic Operations 2)
F, 12 Oct: Project 3 out      R11

T, 16 Oct:                    L11  Assignment: Local State, Time
W, 17 Oct:                    R12
R, 18 Oct:                    L12  Environments
F, 19 Oct: Project 2 due      R13
           PS5 due

T, 23 Oct:                    L13  Mutable Data, Queues
W, 24 Oct:                    R14
R, 25 Oct:                    L14  Objects -- Simulation
F, 26 Oct: PS6 due            R15

T, 30 Oct:                    L15  Streams, Infinite Objects
W, 31 Oct:                    R16
R,  1 Nov:                    L16  Time and Concurrency
F,  2 Nov: Project 3 due      R17
           Project 4 out
           Last Quiz 2 Material


T,  6 Nov:                    L17  Eval-Apply Interpreter
W,  7 Nov:                    R18
R,  8 Nov:                    L18  Syntax and Execution: Combinators
F,  9 Nov: PS7 due            R19


T, 13 Nov:                    L19  Normal Order
W, 14 Nov:                    Quiz 2 -- No recitation today
R, 15 Nov:                    L20  Nondeterministic (AMB)
F, 16 Nov: Project 5 out      R20

T, 20 Nov:                    L21  Query Language
W, 21 Nov:  Drop Date         R21

T, 27 Nov:                    L22  Register Machines, Stacks
W, 28 Nov:                    R22
R, 29 Nov:                    L23  Explicit Control
F, 30 Nov: Project 4 due      R23

T,  4 Dec:                    L24  Compiling to Register Machines
W,  5 Dec:                    R24
R,  6 Dec:                    L25  Runtime and Garbage Collection
F,  7 Dec: Project 5 due      R25


T, 11 Dec:                    L26  Meanings of Programs,
                                   Halting Problem
W, 12 Dec:  Last Class        R26

17 Dec -- 21 Dec        Final Exam Week