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Advanced Compiler Construction2023VT
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Course plan
Lectures
Ca. 30 h lectures in 2 intensive weeks, prel. in March 2023.
Additionally some lessons.
Presentation of a technical paper.
Probably no lab sessions in 2023, thus only 6hp (decision pending).
Recommended for
Ph.D. students or practitioners in computer science and computer engineering.
The course was last given
in spring 2021. The course is usually given every second year only.
If the course does not reach the minimum number of participants,
it will not be given and may be reannounced for 2024.
Goals
Give knowledge about advanced compiler technology, including program analysis, intermediate representations, compiler optimizations, code generation, compiler frameworks, run-time systems, and compilation techniques for embedded and parallel systems. Get hands-on insights into the internals of a modern compiler framework.
Prerequisites
Basic course in compiler construction, corresponding to the undergraduate
courses Compilers and Interpreters, or Compiler Construction.
Basic course in data structures and algorithms.
Basic knowledge in processor architecture.
(If labs are included: Programming in C++/Linux for the Compiler framework
labs.)
Some background in combinatorial optimization may be useful.
Contents
Introduction: Short recapitulation of compilation flow,
lowering process, code generation.
Multi-level intermediate representations.
Foundations, e.g., control and data flow analysis, data dependence analysis.
Abstract interpretation.
Overview of optimizations.
SSA form and its construction.
SSA based optimizations.
Compiler generators.
Code selection. Instruction scheduling. Register allocation. Integrated code
generation.
Data dependence analysis. Loop transformations.
Automatic loop vectorization and parallelization.
Software pipelining.
Memory hierarchy optimization.
Program optimization for special processor architectures such as DSPs or GPUs.
Compiling for parallel computer systems.
Autotuning and feedback-directed optimizations.
Other topics as time permits.
Organization
2 intensive weeks of lecturing, including some lessons
(assistant-guided repetition + problem solving sessions).
One-day session for student presentations at the end of the course, 1.5hp.
Written or oral exam, 4.5hp.
If included (not 2023), optional lab series with the LLVM open-source compiler
framework, 3hp.
Literature
See the
course home page.
Lecturers
Christoph Kessler, Welf Löwe
Examiner
Christoph Kessler
Examination
TEN1: Written or oral exam 4.5 hp
PRE1: Presentation, written summary, opposition 1.5 hp
(Not 2023: LAB2: Compiler framework labs 3 hp)
The exam must be passed to get any credits on the course, while lab and
presentation are optional moments.
Physical presence in at least 50% of the lectures and lessons is required in
order to be admitted to the exam.
Credit
6 hp (if both TEN1 and PRE1 are completed), assuming that the labs are not
included in the course in 2023.
(If the labs were offered (decision pending), the entire course would have
9hp.)
Organized by
IDA
Comments
IDA PhD course. It used to be a CUGS advanced course since 2002.
Course code: DF00100.
Location
Linköping.
See the course homepage for details.
Page responsible: Director of Graduate Studies
