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CS 540
Operating Systems
Fall 2004

Class Information

Class Time: M,W,F 11:30 AM-12:20 PM
Lab Time: M,W 12:25-12:50 PM
Class Room:231 Hubbard Hall

Contact Information

Instructor: Chin-Chih Chang
Office: 209 Jabara Hall
Office Phone: 978-3917
Office Hours: M,W 5:20 - 6:50 PM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: chang@cs.wichita.edu

Teaching Assistant:Chris Johnson
Office:215 Jabara Hall
Office Phone: 978-5267
Office Hours: T, Th 1:00 - 2:00 PM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: cwjohnso@cs.wichita.edu

Course Description

This course covers the fundamental principles of operating systems: process synchronization, scheduling, resource allocation, deadlocks, memory management, and file systems. Specific operating systems are studied in depth. Programming assignments consist of modifications and enhancements to the operating system studied.

Prerequisites:

CS 300 - Data Structures and Algorithms I

CS 312 - Assembly Language and Systems Programming

Textbook

Modern Operating Systems, 2nd Edition
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Prentice Hall, 2001, ISBN: 0-13-031358-0

Table of Content

Syllabus

A copy of the syllabus can be found here (HTML) (PDF)

Spring 2004

Lecture Notes

Introduction (08/20, 08/23, 08/25, 08/27, 08/30, 09/01)
Processes and Threads (09/08, 09/10, 09/13, 09/15, 09/17, 09/20, 09/22, 09/24, 09/27, 09/29, 10/01, 10/04, 10/06, 10/08)
Deadlocks (10/11, 10/13, 10/15, 10/20, 10/22)
Memory Management (10/25, 10/27, 10/29, 11/01, 11/03, 11/05, 11/08, 11/10)
File Systems (11/12, 11/15, 11/19, 11/22, 11/29)
Security (12/01, 12/03 12/06, 12/08)
Input/Output (5.1 - 5.3)
Multimedia Operating Systems
Multiple Processor Systems
Case Study: UNIX and Linux
Case Study: Windows
Operating System Design

Lab Notes

Introduction to Java

Blackboard

Tutorials

Java Tutorial, Java 2 SE 5.0 API, Java 2 SE 1.4.2 API

Programs

Programming Assignment 1 (Related Files) (Threads) (Reader and Writer) (Pipe) (Due 10/22/04)
Programming Assignment 2 (Related Files) (Scheduler) (Due 11/15/04)
Programming Assignment 3 (Updated 12/09/04) (Related Files) (Due 12/13/04)
Bonus Programming Assignment (Due 12/13/04)

Exams

Test 1 (Friday, 10/15/04 in class, Chap 1-2) (Sample Questions) (Spring 2004, Spring 2003, Spring 2002) (Solution) (Statistics)
Test 2 (Friday, 11/19/04 in class, Chap 3, 4) (Sample Questions) (Spring 2004, Spring 2003, Spring 2002) (Solution) (Statistics)
Final Exam (Ch 1 - 4, 6, 9.1 - 9.3) (Wednesday, 12/15/04, 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM) (Sample Questions) (Spring 2004, Spring 2003, Spring 2002)

Worksheets

Homework

Homework 1 (Due 09/15/04) (Solution)
Homework 2 (Due 10/27/04) (Solution)
Homework 3 (Due 11/17/04) (Solution)
Homework 4 (Due 12/06/04) (Solution)

Electronic Handin

Students should submit their programs in the electronic form with the handin program.

Download

putty (To connect to the machines in the Computer Science Department, you need to use the SSH (Secure Shell) in this program.)

Chin-Chih Chang (chang@cs.wichita.edu)