FSU COP4610 / CGS 5765
Principles of Operating Systems (Spring 2025)

Instructor
Andy Wang (aawang@fsu.edu)

Teaching Assistants
Michael Nguyen, Bing Jiao, Tusher Mondol, and Sai Peddi (cop4610t@cs.fsu.edu, subject: cop4610)

Textbook
Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne, Operating System Concepts, 10th Edition


Announcements

[Jan 1] Welcome to COP4610!


Lecture Slides

Lecture 1 (1/7/2025)
Course Syllabus (PDF)
Course Information (PPTX)

Lecture 2 (1/9/2025)
Introduction and History (PPT)
Concurrency: Threads, Address Spaces, and Processes (PPT)
Homework 1 (posted on Canvas)
Reading: Chapters 1 and 2
Applying for Graduate Schools (PPTX)

Lecture 3 (1/14/2025)
Genesis: From Raw Hardware to Processes (PPTX)
Project 1 release

Lecture 4 (1/16/2025)
CPU Scheduling (PPT)
Round robin example (PPT)
Cooperating Threads (PPT)
Reading: Chapter 5
Homework 2 (posted on Canvas)

Lecture 5 (1/21/2025)
Class canceled due to inclement weather

Lecture 6 (1/23/2025)
Class canceled due to inclement weather

Lecture 7 (1/28/2025)
Cooperating Threads (PPT)
Synchronization (PPT)
Makeup recitation
Reading: Sections 4.1
Homework 3 (posted on Canvas)

Lecture 8 (1/30/2025)
Implementing Mutal Exclusion (PPT)
Reading: Sections 6.4 - 6.5
Semaphores and Bounded Buffer (PPT)
Project 1 Hints (PPT)
Reading: Section 7.1.1
Homework 4 (posted on Canvas)

Lecture 9 (2/4/2025)
More on Semaphores (PPT)
Monitors, Condition Variables, and Readers-Writers (PPT)

Lecture 10 (2/6/2025)
Exam review (PPT)
Deadlocks (PPT)
Concurrency Conclusion (PPT)
Reading: Chapter 8
Homework 5 (posted on Canvas, due after Exam 1)

Lecture 11 (2/11/2025)
Exam 1 in class (please bring your ID)

Lecture 12 (2/13/2025)
Project 2 release

Lecture 13 (2/18/2025)
Exam 1 Debrief

Lecture 14 (2/20/2025)
Optional: Why threads are a bad idea, by John Ousterhout (PPTX)
Memory Protection (PPT)
Address Translation (PPT)
Homework 6 (posted on Canvas)
Reading: Sections 9.1 - 9.4

Lecture 15 (2/25/2025)
Project 2 office hours

Lecture 16 (2/27/2025)
Recitation


Useful Resources

Discussion board

Lab resources
Lab Web page
Cross-Referecing Linux

Books
Arpaci-Dusseau, Arpaci-Dusseau, Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
Kernighan, Ritchie, The C Programming Language (2nd Edition)


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Last modified on: January 1, 2025