CS370: Operating Systems

Under revision for Fall 2021

Announcements: Course Objectives:
CS370 is a core undergraduate CS course. The objective of this course is to understand the broad range of issues that underlie the modern Operating Systems. We focus on key concepts and algorithms that are used in both commercial and open-source operating systems. This course will cover the following broad areas:

Operating systems - perspective, terminology, structure.
Processes, threads, concurrency and deadlocks
CPU Scheduling algorithms
Deadlocks and resource management
Memory - address translation and virtual memory
Storage architecture and File System
Virtual Machines and data centers

We may discuss advanced topics (security and reliability) and recent development based on time available.

Lecture Coordinates
Sec 001: Tu, Th 11 AM-12:15 PM
Sec 801: Lectures available 1-2 hours after on-campus lectures on Canvas

Help Sessions Lectures
Some Wed or Thurs 5:30-6:15 as scheduled

Instructors
Exapand email abreviation: C.E = colostate. edu Yashwant Malaiya Office: Room CSB 356 Office Hours: Wed 11 AM-12 Noon, 3:30-4:30 PM E-mail: malaiya at cs.C.E
Teaching Assistants
Graduate TA: Vidit Save Vidit.Save at C.E Hours: T 1-3 PM, Th 2-4 PM		Graduate TA: Bassem Ghorbel Bassem.Ghorbel at C.E Hours: Th 9-11 AM, F 3-5 PM
Undergraduate TA: Tomas Vasquez Tomas.Vasquez at C.E Hours: M 9-10 AM, W 8-10 AM		Undergraduate TA: Kevin Drago Kevin.Drago at C.E Hours: M 9-10 AM, Th 7:45-9:45 AM