The next Ph.D. quals will be Thursday April 24 and Friday April 25, 2008.
The deadline for registering is Thursday, April 17.
Announcement of April examination.
Reading lists
Algorithms
- Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, and Stein: Introduction to Algorithms. Chapters 1-13, 15, and 22-26.
- Garey and Johnson: Computers and Intractibility. Chapters 1-3.
Programming Languages
- Essentials of Programming Languages by Friedman, Haynes and Wand. Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.1-5.3, 6.1-6.2.
- Note: Elements of ML Programming by Jeffrey Ullman is not required this semester.
- Examination papers for CS496: midterm, final.
Operating Systems
- Modern Operating Systems, 2nd edition, Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Prentice Hall 2001. Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 12.
Past examination papers
- Algorithms: Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006. Fall 2007.
- Programming Languages: Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Fall 2007.
- Operating systems: Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, .
Exam schedule:
- April 24 10:00-11:30am: Algorithms (closed book)
- April 24 11:40-1:00pm: Programming Languages (open book)
- April 25 10:00-11:30am: Operating Systems (closed book)
List of examiners:
- Algorithms (Nicolosi)
- Programming Languages (Naumann)
- Operating systems (Wang)



