J Nelson Amaral, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Science - Computing Science
Directory

Fall Term 2025 (1930)

CMPUT 497 - Topics in Computing Science

3 units (fi 6)(VAR, VARIABLE)

This topics course is designed for new course offerings that may be offered in a given term. Prerequisites are determined by the instructor in the course outline. See Note (3) above.

LECTURE A1 (59188)

2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
TR 14:00 - 15:20



CMPUT 680 - Topics in Systems

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

LECTURE A1 (59231)

2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
TR 14:00 - 15:20

Winter Term 2026 (1940)

CMPUT 229 - Computer Organization and Architecture I

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-3)

Number representation, computer architecture and organization, instruction-set architecture, assembly-level programming, procedures, stack frames, memory access through pointers, exception handling, computer arithmetic, floating-point representation, datapath, control logic, pipelining, memory hierarchy, virtual memory. Prerequisite: CMPUT 201 or 275. Credit may be obtained in only one of CMPUT 229, E E 380 or ECE 212.

LECTURE B1 (87851)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
MWF 12:00 - 12:50

LAB H02 (80669)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
T 17:00 - 19:50

LAB H03 (80670)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
W 17:00 - 19:50

LAB H04 (80671)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
R 11:00 - 13:50

LAB H05 (84442)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
R 17:00 - 19:50

LAB H01 (84443)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
T 11:00 - 13:50

LAB H06 (85569)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
F 14:00 - 16:50



CMPUT 429 - Computer Systems and Architecture

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-3)

A discussion of computer system design concepts with stress on modern ideas that have shaped the high-performance architecture of contemporary systems. Instruction sets, pipelining, instruction-level parallelism, register reuse, branch prediction, CPU control, cache- coherence, accelerators, and related concepts. Memory technologies, caches, I/O, high-performance networks. Prerequisites: CMPUT 201 or 275; and one of CMPUT 229, E E 380, or ECE 212. Credit may be obtained in only one of CMPUT 429, CMPE 382, or ECE 311.

LECTURE B1 (87041)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
MWF 11:00 - 11:50

LAB H01 (87042)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
01:00 - 01:00



CMPUT 529 - Computer Systems and Architecture

3 units (fi 6)(VAR, VARIABLE)

A discussion of computer system design concepts with stress on modern ideas that have shaped the high-performance architecture of contemporary systems. Instruction sets, pipelining, instruction-level parallelism, register reuse, branch prediction, CPU control, cache-coherence, accelerators, and related concepts. Memory technologies, caches, I/O, high-performance networks. Credit cannot be obtained for both CMPUT 429 and 529.

LECTURE B1 (87864)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
MWF 11:00 - 11:50

LAB H01 (89270)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
01:00 - 01:00