PKU Introduction to Computer Systems
Welcome to Seminar of ICS26!
Instructor: Wenxin Li(李文新) lwx@pku.edu.cn
TA: Junqi Xu(许俊岐) qwq4006@stu.pku.edu.cn
Time: Wednesday 18:40–20:30
Location: 地学208
Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/Lychnis/pku-ics-course-materials
NEWS
Important
2026.10.20
Warning
This lab is very challenging. Please start early.
Due: Mon, Nov. 3 at 11:59pm
Estimated Time to Complete without AI: more than 10 hours
Estimated Time to Complete with AI: 20 minutes (weak LLM may fail)
Important
2026.10.8
Due: Mon, Oct 22 at 8:00am
Estimated Time to Complete without AI: 3 hours
Estimated Time to Complete with AI: 10 minutes (using GPT-6.1 Sol)
Important
2026.9.22
Due: Thu, Oct 13 at 11:59pm
Estimated Time to Complete without AI or decompiler: 4 hours (1 more hour for 「CENSORED」)
Estimated Time to Complete with AI: 10 minutes (using GPT-5.6 Sol)
Estimated Time to Complete with decompiler: 5 minutes (you are cheating!)
Warning
Be careful! If you call explode_bomb on xLab, your score would be permanently blown off! (Well, minus 0.5 per call.)
Tip
You have to complete this lab on xLab at least once to gain score. But to protect your GPA, you could try to solve the puzzle locally first. Using GDB is also a good (and maybe necessary) choice.
Important
2026.9.14
Due: Mon, Sep 28 at 8:00am
Estimated Time to Complete without AI: 4 hours
Estimated Time to Complete with AI: 5 minutes (depends on response time)
Tip
2026.9.13
The AutoLab website is now live at https://autolab.pku-ics.com!
SEPTEMBER 2026
Important
16 Weds.
Important
23 Weds.
Important
30 Weds.
OCTOBER 2026
Important
14 Weds.
Important
21 Weds.