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CS 540
Operating Systems
Spring 2002

Class Information

Class Time: T,Th 11:00 AM-12:15 PM
Lab Time: T,Th 12:25-12:50 PM
Class Room: Jabara Hall 128

Contact Information

Instructor: Chin-Chih Chang
Office: 209 Jabara Hall
Office Hours: T,Th 9:30 - 11:00 AM (or by e-mail)
E-mail: chang@cs.twsu.edu

Teaching Assistant:Raheel Allauddin
Office:218 Jabara Hall
E-mail: rxallaud@cs.twsu.edu

Course Description

Covers the fundamental principles of operating systems: process synchronization, scheduling, resource allocation, deadlocks, memory management, and file systems. Studies a specific operating system in depth. Programming assignments consist of modifications and enhancements to the operating system studied.

Prerequisites: CS 440 - Computer Organization and Architecture

Textbook

Operating Systems Concepts, Sixth Edition
Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001, 0-471-41743-2, 912 Pages

Table of Content

Lecture Notes

Introduction (01/22/02, 01/24/02)
Computer-System Structures (01/29/02)
Operating-System Structures (02/05/02, 02/07/02)
Processes (02/07/02, 02/12/02, 02/14/02)
Threads (02/19/02, 02/21/02, 02/26/02)
CPU Scheduling (02/26/02, 02/28/02, 03/05/02, 03/07/02)
Process Synchronization (03/12/02, 03/14/02, 03/26/02, 03/28/02)
Mid-Term Review (04/02/02)
Deadlocks (04/02/02, 04/04/02)
Memory Management (04/09/02, 04/11/02, 04/16/02/ 04/18/02)
Virtual Memory (04/18/02, 04/23/02, 04/25/02)
File-System Interface (04/30/02, 05/02/02, 05/07/02)
Final Review (05/09/02)

Tutorials

Java Tutorial, Java 2 SE 1.4 API

Programs

Programming Assignment 1 (Related Files) (Pipe Implementation) (Due 04/09/02)
Bonus Programming Assignment (Due 05/07/02)
Programming Assignment 2 (Related Files) (Due 05/09/02)

Exams

Test 1 (Tuesday, 03/05/02 in class, Chap 1-5) (Sample Questions) (Solution) (Statistics)
Mid-Term Exam (Thursday, 04/04/02 in class, Chap 1-7.8) (Sample Questions) (Solution) (Statistics)
Test 2 (Thursday, 04/25/02 in class, Chap 6-8.3, 9) (Sample Questions) (Statistics)
Final Exam (Tuesday, 05/21/02, 10 AM - 11:50 AM, Chap 4 - 11, 30% - 36% before Mid-Term, 64% - 70% after Mid-Term) (Sample Questions)

Worksheets

Homework

Homework 1 (Due 02/19/02) (Solution) (Comments from TA)
Homework 2 (Due 03/14/02) (Solution)
Homework 3 (Due 04/23/02) (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.twsu.edu)

CS 540 Operating Systems Spring 2002