CS 6640 — Operating Systems Implementation
4 semester hours Graduate Lecture usually offered: spring typical days: T Boston Traditional
Introduces concepts of OS kernels. Discusses the design and implementation of today's OS kernel components, such as process abstraction, virtual memory module, and file systems. Offers students an opportunity to obtain hands-on experience in building these components step-by-step through a series of assignments on a state-of-the-art hardware platform and to implement their own OS kernels that can run on bare-metal machines.
Prerequisites
Offering history Term Sections Enrolled Capacity Full Open seats/section Fall 2023 1 17 29 59% 12.0 Spring 2025 1 18 20 90% 2.0 Spring 2026 1 25 39 64% 14.0
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Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 30% · T 70% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 42%
Common patterns: TF (42% of sections), M (30% of sections), T (28% of sections)
— in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors Fall Spring Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
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