| Date | Slides | Topic | Optional reading and assignments due |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/30/2026 | Welcome | None | |
| 4/1/2026 | P: Processes | OSTEP: Processes | |
| 4/3/2026 | P: OS Architectures | OSTEP: Process APIs
Project 1 out |
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| 4/6/2026 | P: Process APIs | OSTEP: Process APIs | |
| 4/8/2026 | A: Address space and translation | OSTEP: Address Space, Address translation and OSTEP: Direct Execution | |
| 4/10/2026 | A: Virtual memory and paging | ||
| 4/13/2026 | T: Concurrency and threads | OSTEP: Concurrency and threads
Project 1 due Project 2 out |
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| 4/15/2026 | T: Concurrency and threads | OSTEP: Thread API | |
| 4/17/2026 | T: Pthreads | OSTEP: Thread API | |
| 4/20/2026 | T: Atomicity | OSTEP: Concurrency and threads | |
| 4/22/2026 | T: Synchronization | OSTEP: Concurrency and threads
Project 2 due Project 3 out |
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| 4/24/2026 | T: Locks | OSTEP: Locks | |
| 4/27/2026 | T: Monitors & condition variables | OSTEP: Locked data structures | |
| 4/29/2026 | T: Monitors & condition variables | OSTEP: Condition variables | |
| 5/1/2026 | T: Monitors & condition variables | OSTEP: Concurrency bugs | |
| 5/4/2026 | T: Classic synchronization problems | ||
| 5/6/2026 | T: Classic synchronization problems | ||
| 5/8/2026 | Midterm | ||
| 5/11/2026 | Midterm results | Project 3 due Project 4 out |
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| 5/13/2026 | F: File system concepts | OSTEP: Files and directories | |
| 5/15/2026 | F: Introducing project 4 | ||
| 5/18/2026 | F: File system implementation | OSTEP: File system implementation | |
| 5/20/2026 | F: File system implementation | OSTEP: File system implementation | |
| 5/22/2026 | F: File system implementation | OSTEP: Fast file system (FFS) | |
| 5/25/2026 | No class: Holiday | ||
| 5/27/2026 | API: Networking and APIs | ||
| 5/29/2026 | API: Networking and APIs | ||
| 6/1/2026 | Final review part 1 | ||
| 6/3/2026 | Final review part 2 | Project 4 due |