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California State University Stanislaus

CS 3750-005: Operating Systems I

Spring 2024

2:00 - 3:15 pm, Tu Th, DBH 104, Dr. Megan Thomas

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Welcome to CS3750-005, an introduction to operating systems. Topics include:

Introduction to computer operating system design and implementation issues. Historical development of operating systems; management of processes, concurrent processes, storage, and I/O systems; distributed operating systems; protection and security; ethical issues relating to security and privacy; and case studies of operating systems.

Prerequisites: CS 3100 and CS 3740.

Announcements and Upcoming Events

9 Apr 2024	Question 8 (last question) on Problem Set 2 has been removed from Set 2 and will now be the first question in Problem Set 3.
5 Mar 2024	The article that came up in class today was "Reflections on trusting trust" by Ken Thompson. A two page read, and a humdinger -- I recommend it. (A reprinting of his Turing Award Lecture.) Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie won their Turing Award for contributions to operating systems -- Unix, most particularly.
30 Jan 2024	Welcome to CS 3750!

Homeworks

	Points
Lab 1	10
Problem Set 1	10
Mini-Homework 1	5

Resources

On-line Resources

• Campus Resources
• Career and Professional Development Center
• CSU Stanislaus Dreamers: Resources for AB540 and undocumented students
• Disability Resource Services
• Useful campus resource links, courtesy the Learning Commons
• Unix Commands
• 100 Useful Unix Commands
• 50 Most Frequently Used UNIX / Linux Commands (With Examples)
• Operating Systems
• Linux OS source code
• Android OS source code
• Ubuntu OS source code
• GitHub Open Source Operating Systems collection
• TinyOS OS source code, created by the TinyOS project
• Operating Systems History
• Microsoft DOS V1.1 and V2.0 source code
• Operating Systems Experts
• SIGOPS: ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems
• Usenix, particularly OSDI: the USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation

Fun News

• "The best states in the US for tech jobs", Computerworld, 20 Oct 2022.
• "Developer jobs: Nearly a third of top tech roles remain empty, say recruiters: Despite hiring freezes and layoffs, companies of all sizes need software professionals - and there simply aren't enough to go around", ZDNet, 20 Oct 2022.
• "The US government just launched a big push to fill cybersecurity jobs, with salaries to match", (ZDNet.com, 16 Nov 2021)
• "Top 10 Data Science Jobs that will Rise to Prominence in 2022", (AnalyticsInsight.net, 18 Nov 2021)
• Podcast: "Where the Internet Lives". A Google-centric view into the insides of data centers, and interviews with assorted people who work at them. May give you insights into possible future careers.
• Podcast: "Episode 434: Steven Skiena on Preparing for the Data Structures and Algorithm Job Interview" of the Software Engineering Radio podcast. (10 Nov 2020)
• Curious about what an interview for a software engineering job might involve? Listen to: "Episode 412: Sam Gavis-Hughson on Technical Interviews", 10 June 2020, IEEE Software Engineering Radio