The following is approaximate a week-by-week schedule for the course
Compiler Design (BU CAS CS 525), Spring 2004:

Week 1

12 Jan, 04 M: A Crash Course on SML (I)
14 Jan, 04 W: A Crash Course on SML (II)
16 Jan, 04 F: A Crash Course on SML (III)

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Week 2

19 Jan, 04 M: No Class
21 Jan, 04 W: A Crash Course on SML (IV)
23 Jan, 04 F: Introduction, Lexical Analysis

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Week 3

26 Jan, 04 M: Lexical Analysis
28 Jan, 04 W: Lexical Analysis
30 Jan, 04 F: Lexical Analysis

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Week 4

02 Feb, 04 M: Parsing (CFG)
04 Feb, 04 W: Parsing (Predictive)
06 Feb, 04 F: Parsing (Predictive)

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Week 5

09 Feb, 04 M: Parsing LR(0)
11 Feb, 04 W: Parsing LR(0), SLR,
13 Feb, 04 F: Parsing LR(1)

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Week 6

17 Feb, 04 Tu: Parsing LR(1)
18 Feb, 04 W: Parsing Combinators
20 Feb, 04 F: Parsing Combinators

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Week 7

23 Feb, 04 M: Abstract Syntax Tree
25 Feb, 04 W: Abstract Syntax Tree
27 Feb, 04 F: Type System

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Week 8

01 Mar, 04 M: Type System
03 Mar, 04 W: Midterm Review
05 Mar, 04 F: Midterm Exam

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Spring Recess

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Week 9

15 Mar, 04 M: Activation Records
17 Mar, 04 W: Activation Records
19 Mar, 04 F: Activation Records

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Week 10

22 Mar, 04 M: Translation into IC
24 Mar, 04 W: Translation into IC
26 Mar, 04 F: Translation into IC

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Week 11

29 Mar, 04 M: Translation into IC
31 Mar, 04 W: Basic Blocks and Traces
02 Apr, 04 F: Basic Blocks and Traces

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Week 12

05 Apr, 04 M: Instruction Selection
07 Apr, 04 W: Instruction Selection
09 Apr, 04 F: Instruction Selection

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Week 13

12 Apr, 04 M: Instruction Selection
14 Apr, 04 W: Liveness Analysis
16 Apr, 04 F: Liveness Analysis

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Week 14

21 Apr, 04 W: Register Allocation
23 Apr, 04 F: Register Allocation

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Week 15

26 Apr, 04 M: Putting It Together
28 Apr, 04 W: Final Review

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Final exam is on May 8, 2004, from 9 to 11AM