CS 6120

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  • Schedule of Classes - September 7, 2025 7:07PM EDT

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 Information Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 19563 CS 6120   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Sampson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 20367 CS 6120   LEC 030

  •  
    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Sampson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous

    Enrollment limited to: Cornell Tech Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) students.