CS 6412

Advanced Topics in Operating Systems

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

The overall objective of the course is to train students to acquire the skills required to become a faculty member in operating systems. This includes understanding the broader landscape of operating systems and its applications, the ability to give clear presentations on the undergraduate and graduate level, write peer review assessments of research papers, conduct independent research, and write a final research report. The course focuses on one or more core focus areas within operating systems research, such as storage systems, memory systems, networking, distributed systems or security. Additionally, students conduct an independent research project including a coding demo and produce a written report on their findings.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2025SP, 2024SP

Learning Outcomes

• Present, discuss and critique advanced operating systems research papers in areas such as storage systems, memory systems, networking, distributed systems or security.
• Conduct independent research in operating systems and synthesize the results into a written report.
• Analyze and evaluate systems behavior, functionality and performance.
• Demonstrate best practices for systems evaluation and identify common evaluation pitfalls.

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