CS5600: Computer Systems
Course information
- Course Number: CS5600
- Instructor: Peter Desnoyers
- Lectures: Tue 11:45 am - 1:25 pm, Thur 2:50 pm - 4:30 pm
- Room: Shillman 135
- Teaching Assistants:
- Office hours:
Course structure
- The lectures will cover topics of computer systems and operating systems. See schedule.
- The labs are an important part of the course. See them here.
- The assignments are intended to reinforce the contents of lectures. They will be posted on the assignment page.
- The announcements will be posted here.
- The policies and grading for this course is here.
Course goals
The main goal of this course is to teach you how to think from the prospective of a system developer and give you some tools to address system related problems. After completing this course, you should realize that there is no magic in computers and you should have the confidence to solve most computer system problems (given enough time). Further, this course aims to let you try the workflow and environment of system development, including tools like Linux command line, vim, and git. Of course, you will learn a series of skills through practice. Coding is a critical part of this course and, hopefully, you will find it rewarding.
Textbooks
HOSW: How Operating Systems Work, by Peter Desnoyers, Fall 2024 edition.
OSTEP: Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, by Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, August 2018, edition 1.00.