Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Week 4: Threads and Concurrency

Topics Covered

Thread Models
POSIX Threads
Thread Pools
Thread Synchronization

Lecture Slides

Presentation slides for this week

Week 4: Threads and Concurrency

Support Materials

Additional notes and summaries for this week

Week 4 Summary Notes

Required Readings

  • 1.

    Operating System Concepts (Silberschatz)

    Relevant chapters for Threads and Concurrency

Assignments

New
Assignment 2: IPC & Synchronization

Released this week. See the assignments page for details.

Due
Assignment 1: Scheduling & Concurrency

Due this week. Make sure to submit before the deadline.