Princeton University
Computer Science Department

Computer Science 318
Operating Systems

Jaswinder P. Singh

Fall 2014
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Course Summary

An introduction to operating systems. Emphasis is on the fundamentals of how to design and implement an operating system. Topics include operating system structure, processes, threads, synchronizations, concurrent programming, interprocess communications, virtual memory, I/O device management, and file systems.

Administrative Information

Lectures: Mon & Wed 11:00-12:30, Computer Science Building 105

Precept: Mon 19:30-20:20, Computer Science Building 105

Professors:

Jaswinder P. Singh, Computer Science Building 423, Phone: 8-5329, Email: jps at cs

Office Hours: Mon 1:30 - 3 pm

Undergraduate Coordinator:

Colleen Kenny-McGuinley, Computer Science Building 210, Phone: 8-1746, Email: ckenny@cs.princeton.edu

Teaching Assistants:

Name Email Room Office hours
Amy Tai amytai@cs.princeton.edu CS bldg 317 Thur 16:30-18:30 (Friend 010)
Kelvin Zou xuanz@cs.princeton.edu CS bldg 314 Thur 19:30-21:30 (Friend 010)

Prerequisites

COS 217 and 226 or instructor's permission.

Textbook

Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Herbert Bos, Modern Operating Systems, 4th edition, Prentice Hall., 2014

Course Reserves and Online Materials

Van Gilluwe, Frank. The undocumented PC : a programmer's guide to I/O, CPUs, and fixed memory areas. On reserve in Engineering Library.

Shanley, Tom. Protected mode software architecture / MindShare, Inc. On reserve in Engineering Library.

IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 3: System Programming Guide

Announcements

The main venue for course announcements and questions will be Piazza: [Enroll in Piazza forum here]

As a backup, some course announcements may be distributed through the course's listserv: cos318@princeton.edu [subscribe here].

All students need to enable their UNIX accounts. The instructions can be found here.