CS170: Operating Systems

This course focuses on the study of operating system design and implementation, and serves as an introduction into the study of computing systems. The main topics include: processes and threads; interprocess communication and synchronization; memory management; file systems; input-output; security. The class itself has two main components, a design side that will be emphasized in lectures and an implementation side that will be explored through several programming projects. The programming component will give you a taste of systems programming and explores the inner workings of operating systems. I will cover the course material in class in a presentation form. The material is based on the book "Operating Systems - Design and Implementation (3rd edition)" by A. Tanenbaum and A. Woodhull (Prentice Hall). This book provides a nice mix of OS concepts and an in-depth treatment of the details of a real OS (Minix 3).

• The deadline for Project 5 has been extended until Wednesday, June 12, 23:59:59 PST.
• Project 5 has been released.
• There will be NO CLASS and NO OFFICE HOURS on Tuesday, May 21. Instructor is at a security conference in San Francisco.
• This week's office hours are moved from Tuesday, May 14 to Thursday, May 16 after class (3:30pm - 4:30pm).
• Project 4 has been released.
• Project 3 has been released.
• The midterm will be on Tuesday, May 7 during class
• Project 2 has been released.
• Project 1 has been released.

The grading for CS170 is based on two exams (midterm and final) and several programming projects.

Project assignments are due at 11:59:59PM on the night it is due. For details on how to submit your assignments, you should read the project pages.

A note on cheating. We encourage you to talk with your classmates and discuss your approaches on projects, but any actual copying of code is cheating. Cheating will result in a 0 on the assignment, and depending on severity, can result in a failing grade or possible administrative action by UCSB.