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CS473 Fall 2026

Schedule - Subject to changes

You can jump to the upcoming week or to the (tentative) future weeks.

There’s also a Google calendar you can check and/or subscribe to with all the lectures, office hours, and due dates for the assignments.

Past weeks

Week	Tuesday	Thursday	Assignments	Reading
1	Aug 25 Lecture 0 Introduction	Aug 27 Lecture 1 Overview	Assignment 0 Released	Chapter 1
2	Sep 01 Lecture 2 Lexing - Regular Expressions `flex`	Sep 03 Lecture 3 Lexing - Automata	Assignment 0 Due Assignment 1 Released	Chapter 2
3	Sep 08 Labour Day, no class	Sep 10 Lecture 4 Parsing - Context Free Grammars	Assignment 1 Due	Chapter 2 Chapter 3.1 Chapter 3.2 Chapter 3.4
4	Sep 15 Lecture 5 Parsing - `yacc`, disambiguation	Sep 17 Lecture 6 Parsing - Disambiguation, LL	Assignment 2 Released	Chapter 3.3 Chapter 3.5
5	Sep 22 Lecture 7 Parsing - LR(0) / LR(1) / LALR(1)	Sep 24 Lecture 8 Parsing - Conflicts, Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs)	Assignment 2 Due	Chapter 3.5 Chapter 4
6	Sep 29 Lecture 9 Semantic Analysis - Symbols	Oct 01 Lecture 10 Semantic Analysis - Type Checking	Assignment 3.1+3.2 Released	Chapter 5.1 Chapter 5.3
7	Oct 06 Lecture 11 Review for the Midterm	Oct 08 Instructor travelling, no class, no class	Assignment 3.1 Due	Chapter 5.3
8	Oct 13 Lecture 12 Semantic Analysis - Type Checking	Oct 15 Midterm	Assignment 3.2 Due	Chapter 4 Chapter 7.1
9	Oct 20 Lecture 13 AST Transformations, Intermediate Representation (IR)	Oct 22 Lecture 14 IR - Stack machines	Assignment 4.1+4.2 Released	Chapter 7
10	Oct 27 Lecture 15 IR - Translation	Oct 29 Lecture 16 Midterm solution	Assignment 4.1 Due	Chapter 7
11	Nov 03 Lecture 17 Liveness Analysis	Nov 05 Lecture 18 Register Allocation	Assignment 4.2 Due	Chapter 10 Chapter 11
12	Nov 10 Lecture 19 Analysis and Optimization - Dataflow analysis	Nov 12 Lecture 20 Analysis and Optimization - Dataflow analysis	Assignment 5.1+5.2 Released	Chapter 17 Chapter 18
13	Nov 17 Lecture 21 Code Generation - MIPS Assembly, Compiler Instrinsics	Nov 19 Lecture 22 Code Generation - Stack frames	Assignment 5.1 Due	Chapter 6 Chapter 9
14	Nov 24 Lecture 23 Undefined Behavior and Compiler Testing	Nov 26 Thanksgiving, no class		Appendix 1
15	Dec 01 Lecture 24 Review for the Final Exam	Dec 03 Lecture 25 Conclusion and Research Topics	Assignment 5.2 Due

Upcoming week

Week	Tuesday	Thursday	Assignments	Reading
1	Aug 25 Lecture 0 Introduction	Aug 27 Lecture 1 Overview	Assignment 0 Released	Chapter 1
2	Sep 01 Lecture 2 Lexing - Regular Expressions `flex`	Sep 03 Lecture 3 Lexing - Automata	Assignment 0 Due Assignment 1 Released	Chapter 2
3	Sep 08 Labour Day, no class	Sep 10 Lecture 4 Parsing - Context Free Grammars	Assignment 1 Due	Chapter 2 Chapter 3.1 Chapter 3.2 Chapter 3.4
4	Sep 15 Lecture 5 Parsing - `yacc`, disambiguation	Sep 17 Lecture 6 Parsing - Disambiguation, LL	Assignment 2 Released	Chapter 3.3 Chapter 3.5
5	Sep 22 Lecture 7 Parsing - LR(0) / LR(1) / LALR(1)	Sep 24 Lecture 8 Parsing - Conflicts, Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs)	Assignment 2 Due	Chapter 3.5 Chapter 4
6	Sep 29 Lecture 9 Semantic Analysis - Symbols	Oct 01 Lecture 10 Semantic Analysis - Type Checking	Assignment 3.1+3.2 Released	Chapter 5.1 Chapter 5.3
7	Oct 06 Lecture 11 Review for the Midterm	Oct 08 Instructor travelling, no class, no class	Assignment 3.1 Due	Chapter 5.3
8	Oct 13 Lecture 12 Semantic Analysis - Type Checking	Oct 15 Midterm	Assignment 3.2 Due	Chapter 4 Chapter 7.1
9	Oct 20 Lecture 13 AST Transformations, Intermediate Representation (IR)	Oct 22 Lecture 14 IR - Stack machines	Assignment 4.1+4.2 Released	Chapter 7
10	Oct 27 Lecture 15 IR - Translation	Oct 29 Lecture 16 Midterm solution	Assignment 4.1 Due	Chapter 7
11	Nov 03 Lecture 17 Liveness Analysis	Nov 05 Lecture 18 Register Allocation	Assignment 4.2 Due	Chapter 10 Chapter 11
12	Nov 10 Lecture 19 Analysis and Optimization - Dataflow analysis	Nov 12 Lecture 20 Analysis and Optimization - Dataflow analysis	Assignment 5.1+5.2 Released	Chapter 17 Chapter 18
13	Nov 17 Lecture 21 Code Generation - MIPS Assembly, Compiler Instrinsics	Nov 19 Lecture 22 Code Generation - Stack frames	Assignment 5.1 Due	Chapter 6 Chapter 9
14	Nov 24 Lecture 23 Undefined Behavior and Compiler Testing	Nov 26 Thanksgiving, no class		Appendix 1
15	Dec 01 Lecture 24 Review for the Final Exam	Dec 03 Lecture 25 Conclusion and Research Topics	Assignment 5.2 Due

Future weeks

Tentative

Week	Tuesday	Thursday	Assignments	Reading
1	Aug 25 Lecture 0 Introduction	Aug 27 Lecture 1 Overview	Assignment 0 Released	Chapter 1
2	Sep 01 Lecture 2 Lexing - Regular Expressions `flex`	Sep 03 Lecture 3 Lexing - Automata	Assignment 0 Due Assignment 1 Released	Chapter 2
3	Sep 08 Labour Day, no class	Sep 10 Lecture 4 Parsing - Context Free Grammars	Assignment 1 Due	Chapter 2 Chapter 3.1 Chapter 3.2 Chapter 3.4
4	Sep 15 Lecture 5 Parsing - `yacc`, disambiguation	Sep 17 Lecture 6 Parsing - Disambiguation, LL	Assignment 2 Released	Chapter 3.3 Chapter 3.5
5	Sep 22 Lecture 7 Parsing - LR(0) / LR(1) / LALR(1)	Sep 24 Lecture 8 Parsing - Conflicts, Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs)	Assignment 2 Due	Chapter 3.5 Chapter 4
6	Sep 29 Lecture 9 Semantic Analysis - Symbols	Oct 01 Lecture 10 Semantic Analysis - Type Checking	Assignment 3.1+3.2 Released	Chapter 5.1 Chapter 5.3
7	Oct 06 Lecture 11 Review for the Midterm	Oct 08 Instructor travelling, no class, no class	Assignment 3.1 Due	Chapter 5.3
8	Oct 13 Lecture 12 Semantic Analysis - Type Checking	Oct 15 Midterm	Assignment 3.2 Due	Chapter 4 Chapter 7.1
9	Oct 20 Lecture 13 AST Transformations, Intermediate Representation (IR)	Oct 22 Lecture 14 IR - Stack machines	Assignment 4.1+4.2 Released	Chapter 7
10	Oct 27 Lecture 15 IR - Translation	Oct 29 Lecture 16 Midterm solution	Assignment 4.1 Due	Chapter 7
11	Nov 03 Lecture 17 Liveness Analysis	Nov 05 Lecture 18 Register Allocation	Assignment 4.2 Due	Chapter 10 Chapter 11
12	Nov 10 Lecture 19 Analysis and Optimization - Dataflow analysis	Nov 12 Lecture 20 Analysis and Optimization - Dataflow analysis	Assignment 5.1+5.2 Released	Chapter 17 Chapter 18
13	Nov 17 Lecture 21 Code Generation - MIPS Assembly, Compiler Instrinsics	Nov 19 Lecture 22 Code Generation - Stack frames	Assignment 5.1 Due	Chapter 6 Chapter 9
14	Nov 24 Lecture 23 Undefined Behavior and Compiler Testing	Nov 26 Thanksgiving, no class		Appendix 1
15	Dec 01 Lecture 24 Review for the Final Exam	Dec 03 Lecture 25 Conclusion and Research Topics	Assignment 5.2 Due

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