6.5930/1 Hardware Architecture for Deep Learning - Spring 2026


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6.5930/1 Spring 2026 Syllabus

For 6.5930/1 reading assignment details, click here.

NOTE: Schedule is still tentative and subject to changes.

Lecture Attendance Policy: We will not be recording lectures for this class. We highly encourage students to show up to lectures for best results from taking the class. If you must miss a lecture because of illness or other obligations, we encourage you to review the posted course notes posted on this page and/or to get lecture notes from other students in the class.

Monday Wednesday Friday

Feb 02 - L01

Introduction + Class Overview

Lab0 posted

Feb 04 - L02

Overview of Deep Neural Network Components

Lab1 posted

Feb 06 - Recitation

AccelForge Tutorial

Lab0 due

Feb 09 - L03

Mapping: Dataflow & Partitioning

Feb 11 - L04

Mapping: Data Placement

Feb 13 - Recitation

Architecture Overview - 1

Lab1 due

Lab2 released

Feb 17(Tue) - L05

Mapping: Part 3

Feb 18 - L06

Fusion

Feb 20

Feb 23 - L07

Speculative Decode

Lab2 due

Lab3 posted

Feb 25 - L08

Sparsity

Feb 27

Mar 02 - L09

Sparse Architectures 1

Mar 04 - L10

Sparse Architectures 2

Lab3 due

Lab4 posted

Mar 06

Mar 09 - L11

Advanced Technology (CiM) + Project Overview

List of projects released

Mar 11 - L12

Advanced Technology (CiM) + CimLoop

Mar 13

Lab4 due

Lab5 posted

Mar 16 - L13

Numeric Precision

Mar 18 - L14

Calculating Data Movement - ISL

Submit project selection

Mar 20 - No Recitation

Mar 23 - Holiday

Mar 25 - Holiday

Mar 27 - Holiday

Mar 30

Project check ins.

Weekly check ins + milestone reports begin

Apr 01

Project check ins.

Apr 03

Apr 06

Project check ins.

Milestone 1 due

Apr 08

Project check ins.

Apr 10

Apr 13

Project check ins.

Milestone 2 due

Apr 15

Project check ins.

Apr 17

Milestone 3 proposal due

Apr 20 - Holiday

Apr 22

Project check ins (optional?).

Apr 24

Apr 27

Project check ins.

Milestone 3 due

Apr 29

Project check ins.

May 01

Project report due

May 04

Final project presentations.

May 06

Final project presentations.

May 08

May 12

Final project presentations.

LDOC!