Schedule - Fall 2026

01

Week 1Aug 24 to Aug 26

MonAug 24

Course Introduction

WedAug 26

C Review

📋 Assignments

DueHw1Fri, Aug 28

📖 Readings

• Modern Debugging
• Coverity

02

Week 2Aug 31 to Sep 2

MonAug 31

Hw2 - In Class Review

WedSep 2

P1 - In Class Review

📋 Assignments

AssignedP1Wed, Sep 2

DueHw2Fri, Sep 4

📖 Readings

• Kernel patches

03

Week 3Sep 7 to Sep 9

MonSep 7

Operating Systems Introduction

WedSep 9

P2 - In Class Review

📋 Assignments

AssignedP2Wed, Sep 9

DueP1Fri, Sep 11

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch2 - Introduction

04

Week 4Sep 14 to Sep 16

MonSep 14

The Process

WedSep 16

Process API

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch4 - The Abstraction: The Process
• OSTEP ch5 - Process API

05

Week 5Sep 21 to Sep 23

MonSep 21

Limited Direct Execution

WedSep 23

P3 - In Class Review

📋 Assignments

AssignedP3Wed, Sep 23

DueP2Fri, Sep 25

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch6 - Limited Direct Execution

06

Week 6Sep 28 to Sep 30

MonSep 28

Scheduling

WedSep 30

Address Spaces

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch7 - Scheduling Introduction
• OSTEP ch13 - Address Spaces

07

Week 7Oct 5 to Oct 7

MonOct 5

Free Space Management

WedOct 7

P4 - In Class Review

📋 Assignments

AssignedP4Wed, Oct 7

DueP3Fri, Oct 9

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch17 - Free-Space Management

08

Week 8Oct 12 to Oct 14

MonOct 12

Midterm review

WedOct 14

Midterm exam

📖 Readings

• ch2, ch4, ch5, ch6, ch7, ch13, ch17

09

Week 9Oct 19 to Oct 21

MonOct 19

Paging

WedOct 21

Concurrency

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch18 - Paging: Introduction
• OSTEP ch26 - Concurrency and Threads

10

Week 10Oct 26 to Oct 28

MonOct 26

Locks

WedOct 28

P5 - In Class Review

📋 Assignments

AssignedP5Wed, Oct 28

DueP4Fri, Oct 30

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch28 - Locks

11

Week 11Nov 2 to Nov 4

MonNov 2

Locked Data Structures

WedNov 4

Condition Variables

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch29 - Locked Data Structures
• OSTEP ch30 - Condition Variables

12

Week 12Nov 9 to Nov 11

MonNov 9

Semaphores

WedNov 11

P6 - In Class Review

📋 Assignments

AssignedP6Wed, Nov 11

DueP5Fri, Nov 13

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch31 - Semaphores

13

Week 13Nov 16 to Nov 18

MonNov 16

Concurrency Bugs

WedNov 18

Event Based Concurrency

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch32 - Concurrency Bugs
• OSTEP ch33 - Event Based Concurrency

14

Week 14Nov 23 to Nov 25

MonNov 23

Thanksgiving Break

WedNov 25

Thanksgiving Break

15

Week 15Nov 30 to Dec 2

MonNov 30

I/O Devices

WedDec 2

P7

📋 Assignments

AssignedP7Wed, Dec 2

DueP6Fri, Dec 4

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch36 - I/O Devices

16

Week 16Dec 7 to Dec 9

MonDec 7

Files and Directories

WedDec 9

Security

📋 Assignments

DueP7Fri, Dec 11

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch39 - Files and Directories
• OSTEP ch53 - Security

17

Week 17Week of Dec 14

Final Exam Week of Dec 14