Operating Systems & Parallel Algorithms

Instructor

Leah Perlmutter, Noyce 3811

Class Meeting Times

MWF 2–3:50am, Noyce 3819

Instructor Office Hours

Tuesdays 4-5 pm (drop-in)
Thursdays 12-1 pm (drop-in)
Other times by appointment (calendly to request)

Textbook

Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces by Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau

Mentors

Tanmaie Kailash (afternoon)
Jemzy Alabi (morning)
Shrey Agrawal (morning)

Mentor Office Hours

Tuesdays 7-8:30 pm
Wednesdays 7-9 pm
Sundays 3-6 pm

About this course

Welcome to the fall 2022 session of CSC 213: Operating Systems and Parallel Algorithms. In this course, we will learn what is happening a level of abstraction below your programs when you run them on a modern computer. We will learn how the OS and runtime libraries providing useful services to programs, how the OS manages scarce resources like CPU time and memory, how access to storage and network devices is controlled, and the role that hardware plays in each of these concerns.

Instructor

Leah Perlmutter (she/her)

I am a new professor at Grinnell, and am excited to be teaching an operating systems class for my first time! I grew up in Toledo, Ohio, and am happy to move back to the Midwest to work at Grinnell. For the past 11 years, I have I lived in Seattle, Washington, where I enjoyed practicing aerial circus arts, worked in the software industry, and earned my PhD from the University of Washington. My PhD dissertation is about students building a sense of belonging in college computer science, and it is deeply important to me to build a classroom that is welcoming to all. I have 14 year old tortoiseshell cat named Mocha. I'm eager to get your feedback on my teaching in order to be the best instructor I can be!

Mentors

We have three wonderful mentors working with CSC 213 this semester. You will see Tanmaie in class during our 2-3:50 section, while Jemzy and Shrey will attend class during the morning section. All three mentors will hold office hours for students from both sections.

Tanmaie (she/her)

Hi everyone! My name is Tanmaie and I am a 4th year computer science and sociology major, with a concentration in linguistics. This is one of my favorite classes in the major, so I am super excited to be mentoring it this semester. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have- about this class or about any of my majors more generally- through teams or email, and I will get back to you as soon as I can! Since I did not share a fun fact about myself in class, here is mine: I lived in Norway, but I do not like hiking.

Oluwatobi Alabi (Jemzy) (she/her)

Hello!! My name is Oluwatobi Alabi, but you can call me Jemzy. I’m from Abuja Nigeria and I’m a senior. I enjoy dancing, reading, crocheting, going to cafes, and hanging out with friends. I’m also on the CS SEPC and a board member of GRINTECH (a student org for Tech for social good). This is my first time being a mentor and I’m super excited for the semester. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or if you want to just hang out and chat.

Shrey Agrawal (he/him)

Hey all! My name is Shrey, and I’m a computer science major with a statistics concentration from Kathmandu, Nepal & Delhi, India. Outside school, I like to travel as much as I can. Some of my favorite places I’ve visited are Iceland, Spain, Honduras, Budapest (Hungary), Kathmandu (Nepal), Bali (Indonesia), and the Everest Base Camp. I hope you enjoy the class!