COMPSCI 453/552   Operating Systems

Fall 2008
Tue  Thu  11:40am - 1:30pm
MEC 307

                                  Dr. Amit Jain                                           

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 Course Goals

By taking this course, a student will be able to:

Catalog Description

COMPSCI 453 OPERATING SYSTEMS (4-0-4)(F).
Process management, concurrency, inter-process communication,
synchronization, scheduling, memory management, file systems
and security. Case studies of various operating systems.
PREREQ: COMPSCI~253 and ECE~332.

COMPSCI 552 OPERATING SYSTEMS (4-0-4)(F).
Process management, concurrency, interprocess communication,
synchronization, scheduling, memory management, file systems
and security.  Case studies of multiple operating systems.
PREREQ: COMPSCI~253 and COMPSCI~342 and ECE~332.

Textbook

Operating Systems: A Modern Perspective by Gary Nutt

References

The following books give specific details about the internals of Linux and MS Windows XP.
 The following books are very helpful with systems programming. The following book is an excellent introduction to using the shell  and writing shell scripts. It also covers some systems programming in C.


 Major Topics Covered and Lecture Notes

All examples used in the class are available on line below as well as on the machine onyx under the directory ~amit/cs453/lab. 

The lecture notes follow the layout of the textbook but their content is drawn from various books, code examples and personal experience.

Example Programs

All the program examples used in the lectures and in the laboratory are available for the following platforms. The MS Windows examples contain selected programs from various chapters. The rather large data files needed for some of the examples are provided below separately. 

Grading and Examination Dates

Graduate students signed up for COMPSCI 553 will be assigned more challenging  assignments (or extra parts to the assignments)  and may have extra problems on the exams.

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Homeworks

All homeworks are due in class if the due date falls on a class day. Otherwise they need to be
turned in by 5pm on the due date.
Solutions 

Reading Assignments

Programming Assignments

 All programs are due at 11pm on the due date.  Programs can be turned within 48 hours of the due date and time for a 10% penalty. No programs will be accepted after that point unless a specific exception has been arranged with the instructor. All program specifications are in Adobe PDF format.

Handouts



Other Relevant Sites



Quotes from students

Quotes from past students   on various OS related issues.

Kernel tales..Experiences of past students in the dungeons


Frivolous (and Irreverent) Stuff
Last update: 7th October, 2008
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