course number |
instructor |
title |
CS 6204 |
GV Back |
Advanced Topics in Systems |
This is an advanced study course that introduces students to Operating
Systems research. We will focus, in particular, on OS kernel, virtualization,
scheduling, concurrency and synchronization, virtual memory, file system,
devices, as well as distributed systems and applications in cloud environments.
The class will contain a short part lectures, the rest will consist of student
presentations of the papers we'll read. These papers will include both seminal
papers and recent papers from top-level systems conferences. The goal of this
course is to enable students to read and evaluate systems research. Students
will work on a semester long practical project or on a survey paper. Expected
reading is about 1-2 papers per week.
We assume that you have taken a basic course in Operating Systems, such as
CS 3214, CS 4284, or CS 5204.