CS 410 Advanced Operating Systems

Loyola University Chicago

Fall 2025

Summary

  • Course meets Monday from noon - 12:45 PM in Doyle Makerspace
  • This is an upper level course that teaches the basics of computer operating systems.
  • The schedule on this page lists the topics we will cover by date.

Office Hours

  • Doyle 309
  • Office Hours Wednesday 6-8PM
  • Or by appointment

Grading

  • Treat this course like a job where you are trying to get promoted. If you show up and do your work, you will get a good grade.
  • Each person will get five slop days to turn in assignments late. You can use up to two days per assignment.
  • No partial credit for code that does not compile.
    • Weekly Paper Reviews: 6 %
    • Weekly Discussion: 6 %
    • Paper Presentation: 11 %
    • Benchmarking Project: 22 %
    • Final Paper Reviews: 11 %
    • Final Project: 44 %
    Percentage Letter Grade
    91+ A
    89-90 A-
    87-88 B+
    77-86 B
    75-76 B-
    73-74 C+
    62-72 C
    60-61 C-
    50-59 D
    Below 50 F

Scheduling Conflicts

  • If you have a (legitimate) scheduling conflict with a quiz or exam, it is possible to schedule a makeup session. You must let me know at least two weeks prior to the quiz/exam date. Legitimate scheduling conflicts include religious observances.
  • LUC's academic calendar can be found here.

Mandatory Reporter Statment

  • Each faculty and staff member at Loyola University Chicago is required to report any incidents of gender-based misconduct that they are made aware of, even if it happened in the past. Gender-based misconduct includes discrimination based on actual or perceived sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, or pregnancy or parenting status; dating and domestic violence; sexual misconduct (including sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sexual exploitation); and stalking.

Programming Resources

Collaboration

  • No collaboration is permitted on exams or quizzes.
  • Collaboration, but not copying, is encouraged on homework assignments. If you obtain a solution through research, e.g., in the library or online, cite your source completely and write up the solution in your own words.

Course Schedule

Tenative

Date Topic Details
Mon 08/25 Intro Benchmarking Project
Further Reading
Mon 08/31 OS Structure Reading: | Paper Review Format
Mon 09/07 OS Structure Reading:
Mon 09/14 Processes & Threads Benchmarking Paper Due
Reading:
Mon 09/21 Concurrency Reading:
Mon 09/28 Data Races & Mutexes Reading:
Mon 10/05 Fall Break: No Class
Mon 10/12 Scheduling Reading
Mon 10/19 Scheduling Project Proposals Due
Reading
Mon 10/26 Memory & Memory Allocation Reading
Mon 11/02 Virtualization Reading
Mon 11/09 Virtualization Reading
Mon 11/16 Reliability Reading
Mon 11/23 Reliability Final Project Draft Due
Referee Format
Mon 11/30 No Class Peer Reviews Due
Mon 12/07 No Class Final Project Report Due