CS 6120

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CS 6120
Advanced Compilers

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This is a hands-on course about implementing programming languages. It covers intermediate representations, classic optimization, runtime systems, and more advanced techniques such as parallelization, just-in-time compilation, and garbage collection. Course work consists of reading and discussing both classic and modern research papers and implementation projects based on the LLVM compiler infrastructure.


Prerequisites CS 4120 or CS 5120.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2025SP, 2023FA, 2022SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one project.

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  9201 CS 6120   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Sampson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9202 CS 6120   PRJ 601

  •  
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Sampson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person