Introduction to Computer Systems
Description
Compsci 210 provides a programmer’s view of how computer systems execute programs and store information. It examines key computational abstraction levels below modern high-level languages; introduction to C, number and data representations, computer memory, assembly language, memory management, the operating-system process model, high-level machine architecture including the memory hierarchy, and introduction to concurrency. Compsci 210 introduces concepts that are broadly applicable across the many subfields of computer systems (big ideas in systems), with specific instances demonstrated through labs and assignments in the class.
Prerequisites: Compsci 201 or equivalent, ability to program in a high level language.
Instructor
Alvin R. Lebeck
Teaching Associate
Yesenia Velasco
Graduate Teaching Assistants
Chris Kjellqvist
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants
Aaric Han, Alyssa Zhao, Andrew Demma, David Coffman, Erik Dahlberg, Grace Tian, Luis Pereda Amaya, Prajwal Jagadish, Samuel Thompson, Vineet Alaparthi, William Monahan, Zijie Yang
Discussion Forum
Ed Discussion (accessible via Sakai and direct link here)