FSU COP4610 / CGS 5765
Principles of Operating Systems (Fall 2025)

Instructor
Andy Wang (aawang@fsu.edu)

Teaching Assistants
TBA (cop4610t@cs.fsu.edu, subject: cop4610)

Textbook
Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne, Operating System Concepts, 10th Edition

Announcements

[Aug 25] Welcome to COP4610!

Lecture Slides

Lecture 1 (8/26/2025)
Course Syllabus (PDF)
Course Information (PPT)
Introduction and History (PPTX)

Lecture 2 (8/28/2025)
Concurrency: Threads, Address Spaces, and Processes (PPT)
Genesis: From Raw Hardware to Processes (PPTX)
Homework 1 (posted on Canvas)
Reading: Chapters 1 and 2
Applying for Graduate Schools (PPTX)

Useful Resources

Discussion board

Lab resources
Lab Web page
Cross-Referecing Linux

Books
Arpaci-Dusseau, Arpaci-Dusseau, Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
Kernighan, Ritchie, The C Programming Language (2nd Edition)

awang@cs.fsu.edu
Last modified on: January 1, 2025