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)
awang@cs.fsu.edu
Last modified on: January 1, 2025