First Year Seminar 191MCS22 - FYS-Modern Computing Systems

Fall
2025
01
1.00
Varun Ritesh Gandhi

F 11:15AM 12:05PM

UMass Amherst
70280
Engineering Laboratory rm 327
vgandhi@umass.edu
Ever wonder how machines perform tasks or how today's AI runs on powerful hardware in distant data centers? In this seminar, we'll explore how core system components like CPUs, GPUs, memory, operating systems, and technologies like the internet and cloud power the tools we use every day. From converting language into 0s and 1s and back again to running complex apps, we'll uncover how computers really work.

Open to COMPSCI or INFORM students only. First-year (R1ST)

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.