Schedule - Fall 2025

01

Week 1Aug 25 – Aug 27

MonAug 25

Course Introduction

WedAug 27

C Review

📋 Assignments

DueHw1Fri, Aug 29

📖 Readings

• Modern Debugging
• Coverity

02

Week 2Sep 1 – Sep 3

MonSep 1

Hw2 - In Class Review

WedSep 3

P1 - In Class Review

📋 Assignments

AssignedP1Wed, Sep 3

DueHw2Fri, Sep 5

📖 Readings

• Kernel patches

03

Week 3Sep 8 – Sep 10

MonSep 8

Operating Systems Introduction

WedSep 10

P2 - In Class Review

📋 Assignments

AssignedP2Wed, Sep 10

DueP1Fri, Sep 12

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch2 - Introduction

04

Week 4Sep 15 – Sep 17

MonSep 15

The Process

WedSep 17

Process API

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch4 - Abstraction the process
• OSTEP ch5 - Process API

05

Week 5Sep 22 – Sep 24

MonSep 22

Limited Direct Execution

WedSep 24

P3 - In Class Review

📋 Assignments

AssignedP3Wed, Sep 24

DueP2Fri, Sep 26

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch6 - Limited Direct Execution

06

Week 6Sep 29 – Oct 1

MonSep 29

Scheduling

WedOct 1

Address Spaces

📖 Readings

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

07

Week 7Oct 6 – Oct 8

MonOct 6

Free Space Management

WedOct 8

P4 - In Class Review

📋 Assignments

AssignedP4Wed, Oct 8

DueP3Fri, Oct 10

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch17 - Free Space management

08

Week 8Oct 13 – Oct 15

MonOct 13

Midterm review

WedOct 15

Midterm exam

📖 Readings

• ch2, ch4, ch5, ch6, ch7, ch13, ch17

09

Week 9Oct 20 – Oct 22

MonOct 20

Paging

WedOct 22

Concurrency

📖 Readings

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

10

Week 10Oct 27 – Oct 29

MonOct 27

Locks

WedOct 29

P5 - In Class Review

📋 Assignments

AssignedP5Wed, Oct 29

DueP4Fri, Oct 31

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch28 - Locks

11

Week 11Nov 3 – Nov 5

MonNov 3

Locked Data Structures

WedNov 5

Condition Variables

📖 Readings

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

12

Week 12Nov 10 – Nov 12

MonNov 10

Semaphores

WedNov 12

P6 - In Class Review

📋 Assignments

AssignedP6Wed, Nov 12

DueP5Fri, Nov 14

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch31 - Semaphores

13

Week 13Nov 17 – Nov 19

MonNov 17

Concurrency Bugs

WedNov 19

Event Based Concurrency

📖 Readings

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

14

Week 14Nov 24 – Nov 26

MonNov 24

Thanksgiving Break

WedNov 26

Thanksgiving Break

15

Week 15Dec 1 – Dec 3

MonDec 1

I/O Devices

WedDec 3

P7

📋 Assignments

AssignedP7Wed, Dec 3

DueP6Fri, Dec 5

📖 Readings

• OSTEP ch36 - I/O Devices

16

Week 16Dec 8 – Dec 10

MonDec 8

Files and Directories

WedDec 10

Security

📋 Assignments

DueP7Fri, Dec 12

📖 Readings

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

17

Week 17Week of Dec 15

Final Exam Week of Dec 15