Princeton University
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Computer Science 318
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Fall 2021 |
An introduction to operating systems, with emphasis 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.
Lectures:
Monday & Wednesday, 11:00am - 12:20pm
Precepts:
Monday, 7:30pm - 8:20pm
Tuesday, 7:30pm - 8:20pm
If you miss any lectures or precepts due to quarantining/isolation, please reach out to the TAs and JP.
Instructors:
| Name | Office hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Jaswinder P. Singh | jps@cs.princeton.edu |
Graduate Teaching Assistants: TA Office hours are subject to changes, and any changes will be posted to Piazza.
| Name | Office hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Qingchen Dang | qdang@princeton.edu | Mon: 9-11am / Wed: 9-11am |
| Ryan Torok | rt3811@princeton.edu | Tues: 12-2pm / Fri: 12-2pm |
| Julian Knodt | jknodt@princeton.edu | Thurs: 8:30pm - 10:30pm / Sat: 2 - 4pm |
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants:
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Caio Costa | ccosta@princeton.edu |
| Edward Yang | efyang@princeton.edu |
| Hanna Xu | hcxu@princeton.edu |
| Jerry Huang | gmhuang@princeton.edu |
| Rishwanth Raghu | rraghu@princeton.edu |
A google calendar is being maintained here for convenience, but is subject to change.
COS 217 & 226 or instructor's permission.
Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Herbert Bos, Modern Operating Systems, 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2014.
Frank Van Gilluwe, The Undocumented PC : A Programmer's Guide to I/O, CPUs, and Fixed Memory Areas. On reserve in Engineering Library.
Tom Shanley, Protected Mode Software Architecture / MindShare, Inc. On reserve in Engineering Library.
IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 3: System Programming Guide.
The main venue for course questions and discussions will be Piazza. Enroll here.
All students need to enable their UNIX accounts. Instructions can be found here.