Jack Kolb

I am an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. My academic interests are primarily in computer systems (operating systems, distributed systems, embedded systems, etc.).

Current Teaching (Fall 2025)

• CSCI 2021: Machine Architecture and Organization
• CSCI 5103: Operating Systems

Current Office Hours (Fall 2025)

• Tuesdays, 2:30pm – 4:30pm

Office Location

300F Lind Hall

Email

jhkolb [at] umn [dot] edu

Mailing Address

4-192 Keller Hall
200 Union Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Education

• BS, Computer Science, University of Minnesota (2014)
• MS, Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley (2017)
• PhD, Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley (2020)

Previous Teaching

University of Minnesota

Summer 2025

• CSCI 2011: Discrete Structures of Computer Science

Spring 2025

• CSCI 2011: Discrete Structures of Computer Science
• CSCI 2021: Machine Architecture and Organization

Fall 2024

• CSCI 4061: Introduction to Operating Systems
• CSCI 5143: Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Spring 2024

• CSCI 2021: Machine Architecture and Organization
• CSCI 5143: Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Fall 2023

• CSCI 2021: Machine Architecture and Organization

Summer 2023

• CSCI 2021: Machine Architecture and Organization

Spring 2023

• CSCI 4061: Introduction to Operating Systems

Fall 2022

• CSCI 2021: Machine Architecture and Organization
• CSCI 3061: Introduction to Computer Systems

Spring 2022

• CSCI 4061: Introduction to Operating Systems

Fall 2021

• CSCI 2021: Machine Architecture and Organization

University of California, Berkeley

Spring 2021

• CS 61C: Computer Architecture and Machine Structures

Summer 2019

• CS 162: Operating Systems and Systems Programming