General Information
The practicum associated with CS 4410 - Operating Systems. You implement various low-level utilities associated with operating systems, including a threads package, a networking layer, and a file system. All coding is done in C.
Prerequisites
Corequisite of CS 4410 - Operating Systems
Topics Covered
- Non-Preemptive Multitasking
- Preemptive Multitasking
- Unreliable Datagram Networking
- Reliable Streams
- Ad-Hoc Networking
- File System
Workload
Has been massively overhauled and made much lighter (as of 2019). Six projects, all of which are aprox 6 hours (with a partner) or less.
General Advice
Get a good partner for this course.
Testimonials
Highly recommend, if only because it makes 4410 make a lot more sense and seem more interesting. I hated 4410 but I liked this prac when I took it the next semester.
I enjoyed labs 1-3, as well as 6. Lab 4 was a pain, due to all the small details you had to deal with. Lab 5 was just tedious and uninteresting. Lab 6 was huge, but was fun and interesting. I learnt a LOT about C and OS in this class.
Past Offerings
| Semester | Time | Professor | Median Grade | Course Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2011 | - | Emin Gun Sirer | A- | http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs4410/2011fa/CS4411/index.html |
| Fall 2012 | - | Emin Gun Sirer | B+ | http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs4410/2011fa/CS4411/index.html |