CS 4411/5411: Practicum in Operating Systems

This is the project course for CS 4410/5410. Students will learn about operating systems concepts through several coding assignments. Concepts covered include threading, synchronization, filesystems, caching and testing. The projects will provide a hands-on experience with implementing operating system functionality, as well as low level programming with C.

We are working with Yunhao on organizing and publishing our teaching materials as the EGOS book, which is still work in progress. We are also restructuring this course to incoporate Yunhao's design. However, refer to schedule page and CMSX for the content and projects for this semester.

Prerequisites: In order to enroll in CS 4411/5411, you must have either successfully completed CS 4410/5410 or be currently enrolled in CS 4410/5410. If you are enrolled in 4411/5411 and not co-enrolled in 4410/5410, please let us know the details of when you took the class and what grade you received.
Audit: Auditing CS 4411/5411 is not an option. A practicum requires active participation.

Enrollment and Wait List

Please see Bowers CIS Courses Help Page for information or to submit a ticket. Submitting a ticket online is the best way to get your questions answered quickly!
CS 4411/5411 is restricted to CS majors and grad or professional students. Course waitlists are open in Student Center for non-majors. For questions about the wait list, submit at ticket.
Early Admit students should waitlist for CS 5411. They should NOT enroll in CS 4411 and ask to swap.
Students can review the CS Course Enrollment Webpage for more information on wait lists and more.
The professor does not go over enrollment and is not able to send PINs.

Inclusion

We strive to make CS4411 a welcoming, safe, equitable, and respectful environment, consistent with Cornell's commitments
We recognize that the society we live in is none of those things, that we have implicit biases, and that we have to work hard every day to counter those biases to create an inclusive environment
If you witness a bias incident or have been the victim of one, please file a confidential report with Cornell
If you have any suggestions such as improvements to the web site, syllabi, slides, homework and exam questions, and so on, you can email cs4411-prof@cornell.edu

Lectures

Lectures take place on Fridays 2:30-3:20 in Olin Hall 165. Attendance is required. Let instructor know beforehand if you cannot make it.

Logistics

There are 6 projects (7 projects for CS 5411) and no exams. Please refer to the first handout in the schedule.

Communications

CMSX: to release assignments

Ed Discussion: for quick questions and answers