Andrew Sohn

A series of books in the Linux kernel

• Methodical Introduction to the Linux Kernel - Process on Amazon
  Methodical Introduction to the Linux Kernel - Process on IEEE-Wiley
  Andrew Sohn
  ISBN: 978-1-394-45775-5, December 2026, 352 pages
  Wiley-IEEE Press
  

  

• Methodical Introduction to the Linux Kernel - Memory (upcoming)

Research Projects/Interests

• Linux kernel development
• MPI+CUDA+ROCm: Programming a heterogeneous cluster of Nvidia CUDA-capable as well as AMD ROCm-capable machines,
  a.k.a. Multi-node multi-GPU Programming,
  for building and using scalable AI computing infrastructure
• High performance computing, parallel computing

Activities

• Courses I created and teach:
  • CS350 Intro Computer Systems, junior-level course, offered almost every semester
  • CS433/CS680 Linux Kernel Programming, senior/graduate course, offered once in a few semesters using my own books
  • CS455/CS655 GPU Cluster Programming aka MPI+CUDA programming, senior/graduate course, offered once in a few semesters if possible
• Courses I created and used to teach:
  • CS288 Intensive Programming, sophmore/junior-level course, offered every semester
  • CS4** Computer Organization and Design, undergraduate senior-level course
  • CS650 Computer Architecture, graduate-level course
  • CS750 High Performance Computing, graduate-level course
• Old papers
• Experience
• Some Old Papers (before I took a long leave for industry)

Education

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
• M.S. in Computer Engineering, University of Southern California
• Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, University of Southern California