Advanced Compiler Construction

This is an advanced graduate course in compiler technology. The course has several goals. First, it aims to develop a fundamental understanding of the major approaches to program analysis and optimization. Second, it aims to help students understand published research on various novel compiler techniques. Third, during the duration of the course, the students will solve a significant compiler problem, which includes reading the literature and implementing the solution in a real-world compiler, such as LLVM. Finally, the students will learn about recent research directions, including an introduction to machine learning based compiler optimizations.

Please use this Zoom link when we meet online.

News  

• 2/17/2022: Course Project 2 is out! Please refer to the handout for instructions.

• 1/29/2022: Course Project 1 is out! Please refer to the schedule to find the handout and the skeleton code.

• 1/10/2022: Important: The first week of classes (1/18 - 1/21) will be held online as per campus policy. Rest of the classes would be taught in person. Please use this Zoom link to join the class for the first week.

• 1/10/2022: Piazza is up! Please signup at this link. We will be using Piazza to make major annouements. Please use it as a discussion forum to ask questions from the instructor and other students.

• 1/10/2022: The website is up!