CSS 503B: Systems Programming (Spring 2019)

• Syllabus
• Discussion Board
• Assignments
• Lecture Notes
• Resources
• Additional Advice

Syllabus

Full syllabus: http://courses.washington.edu/css503/2019q2/syllabus.html

Tentative schedule: syllabus.html#schedule

Course Description

This course examines the logical design and programming aspects of operating systems and network communication. Topics covered include processes, threads, synchronization, deadlocks, memory management, virtual memory, file systems, and client-server network programming.

Goals

The overall goal of CSS 503, "Systems Programming" includes the ability to:

• design & develop multi-process/multithreaded applications
• analyze & simulate different process/thread synchronization approaches
• analyze different memory management strategies
• examine various file system interfaces and implementations
• examine network/distributed system infrastructure
• design and develop multithreaded TCP-based client-server programs

Prerequisite: 2.7 or better in CSS 502

Assignments

Submit assignments to canvas: https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1309357

• Lab #1: Process Management
  due April 11
• Assignment #1: Convex Hull
  due April 18
• Lab #2: Thread Synchronization
  due April 23
• Assignment #2: Sleeping Barbers
  due April 30
• Lab #3: Unix Low-Level I/O
  due May 14
• Assignment #3: C Standard Library I/O
  due May 23
• Final Project: Remote Procedure Calls
  due June 6

Lecture Notes

Lecture notes and supplemental materials may be posted as instructor time permits and may be incomplete.

Resources

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Additional Advice

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