Somewhat dated directory of computer science departments and a compilation of CS report libraries.  ... more

Somewhat dated directory of computer science departments and a compilation of CS report libraries.   less

This article announces the Women in Computing Academic Resource list. It's a compilation of colleges and universities that have programs for encouraging and retaining women in computer science.  ... more

This article announces the Women in Computing Academic Resource list. It's a compilation of colleges and universities that have programs for encouraging and retaining women in computer science.   less

(Note: you need to log in your free account for accessing this source.) The purpose of a compiler is to transform human-readable programs into machine-executable programs. The purpose of a compiler course is to enable students to  ... more

(Note: you need to log in your free account for accessing this source.) The purpose of a compiler is to transform human-readable programs into machine-executable programs. The purpose of a compiler course is to enable students to write such a compiler; this requires both theory and practice. My approach to teaching is hands-on. Students working in groups of 2 or 3 will extend an existing compiler and test it on current hardware. No traditional tools are used ¨C all code is developed in MATLAB from first principles, down to and including execution.   less

How to optimize your Java programs so that they're faster, smaller, and more maintainable. Topics include: * Benchmarks: costs of Java operations. * Compilers: what they can and can't do. * Maintainabilit  ... more

How to optimize your Java programs so that they're faster, smaller, and more maintainable. Topics include: * Benchmarks: costs of Java operations. * Compilers: what they can and can't do. * Maintainability: how to make your code easier to understand. * Resources: other places you can go for help. * Rules: general guidelines for optimization * Size: how to make your code smaller. * Speed: how to make your code faster. * Tools: software that can help you optimize Java.   less

"One of the oldest programming languages, the FORTRAN was developed by a team of programmers at IBM led by John Backus, and was first published in 1957. The name FORTRAN is an acronym for FORmula TRANslation, because it was design  ... more

"One of the oldest programming languages, the FORTRAN was developed by a team of programmers at IBM led by John Backus, and was first published in 1957. The name FORTRAN is an acronym for FORmula TRANslation, because it was designed to allow easy translation of math formulas into code. Often referred to as a scientific language, FORTRAN was the first high-level language, using the first compiler ever developed."   less

These algorithms have been compiled and run under gcc/linux. These programs use the gcc indirect-goto extension. They must be compiled using gcc to work. They will not compile with visual C++. I have not tried The Windows versi  ... more

These algorithms have been compiled and run under gcc/linux. These programs use the gcc indirect-goto extension. They must be compiled using gcc to work. They will not compile with visual C++. I have not tried The Windows version of gcc, but I assume it will compile these programs correctly. Gcc is the default C compiler on most versions of LINUX, so the cc command actually invokes gcc. Use the following URL to get gcc, if you don't already have it.   less

Research website with useful tools and software. "Generation of high quality code for modern and embedded processors requires a compiler to maximize utilization of available resources. An essential step in this is the aggressiv  ... more

Research website with useful tools and software. "Generation of high quality code for modern and embedded processors requires a compiler to maximize utilization of available resources. An essential step in this is the aggressive scheduling of instructions while avoiding stalls from structural hazards. To do this, an optimizing compiler must be aware of the processor's available resources and how these resources are utilized by each instruction. The typical process of manually discovering and specifying this resource information is both tedious and error-prone. Ideally, given a processor or processor model, structural hazards would be determined automatically. Why would you want to reverse-engineer structural hazards? First, machine information needed for compiler development is not always available or, when available, accurate. Second, evaluation with a tuned optimizing compiler is important during the design space exploration of a computer system, where it is necessary to rapidly explore several candidate designs. Since the quality of the system depends on the number of candidate designs that can be explored, the ability to rapidly retarget an instruction scheduler is critical. However, retargeting the compiler's instruction scheduler to a new candidate design is particularly tedious and time-consuming due to the many complex interactions between instructions and the tight coupling to specific design implementation details."   less

Abstract: "Compiler construction is a well-developed discipline since there is a long tradition of producing compilers supported by practical underlying theory and a large selection of textbooks. In the compiler construction cours  ... more

Abstract: "Compiler construction is a well-developed discipline since there is a long tradition of producing compilers supported by practical underlying theory and a large selection of textbooks. In the compiler construction course, students learn how to write a compiler by hand and how to generate a compiler using tools like lex and yacc. However, these tools usually have little or no didactical value. In this paper, the software tool LISA is described. It facilitates learning and conceptual understanding of compiler construction in an efficient, direct, and long-lasting way. The authors' experience in using the tool shows the following didactical benefits: support for constructive learning, stimulation of exploratory and active learning, support for different learning styles and learning speed, increased motivation for learning, and better understanding of concepts. " <citation>Marjan Mernik, Viljem Zumer; An educational tool for teaching compiler construction; IEEE Transactions on Education; 46; 1; 61-68; 2003</citation>   less

Annotated bibliography of Intelligent Tutoring Systems compiled by AAAI (American Association for Artificial Intelligence).  ... more

Annotated bibliography of Intelligent Tutoring Systems compiled by AAAI (American Association for Artificial Intelligence).   less

This tutorial is intended for users with no previous experience with ModelSim simulator. It introduces you with the basic flow how to set up ModelSim simulator, compile your designs and the simulation basics with ModelSim SE. The  ... more

This tutorial is intended for users with no previous experience with ModelSim simulator. It introduces you with the basic flow how to set up ModelSim simulator, compile your designs and the simulation basics with ModelSim SE. The example used in this tutorial is a small design written in VHDL and only the most basic commands will be covered in this tutorial. This tutorial was made by using version 6.1b of ModelSim SE on Linux.   less