CS 4411/5411

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.

Prerequisites: In order to enroll in CS 4411/5411, you must have completed CS 4410/5410. If you have instead taken CS 4414, please talk to the instructor.
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 10:10-11:00 in Hollister B14 Attendance is required. Let instructor know beforehand if you cannot make it. If, due to visa issues, you cannot make it to Ithaca in time, please let the instructor know. We will do our best to accommodate you once you arrive in Ithaca.

Logistics

There are approximately 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

Grading

  • There are no exams
  • Academic Integrity:
  • Semester grade is based on a weighted average of the assignment grades. The letter grade is then determined by the following:
    A+96⅔% - 100% A93⅓% - 96⅔% A-90% - 93⅓%
    B+86⅔% - 90% B83⅓% - 86⅔% B-80% - 83⅓%
    C+76⅔% - 80% C73⅓% - 76⅔% C-70% - 73⅓%
    D+66⅔% - 70% D63⅓% - 66⅔% D-60% - 63⅓%
    F0% - 60%