1. CSCE 451/851 Operating System Principles
Dr. Ying Lu

2. Lecture Operating System Principles Lecture: MWF 10:30-11:20am
Avery 119

3. Instructor Dr. Ying Lu Office hours: MF 9:30-10:30am
and by appointment
Office: 104 Schorr Center
ylu AT cse
Tel: (402)

4. TA Yutaka Tsutano Office hours: TTh 3:00-4:00pm and by appointment
Location: SRC (Avery 13A)
Office: 114B Schorr Center
ytsutano At cse

5. Course Theme An operating system (OS) is Basic purpose
An interface between application programs and hardware
Basic purpose
Provide services to application programs
Control functioning of hardware
Mask hardware details from users and programmers
(e.g., with the OS, one needs not to develop application programs in machine instructions)

6. Course Objectives
Introduce key concepts of modern operating systems, including
System organization
Processes and threads
Process management
Process and thread synchronization
Memory management
Storage management
Topics are conveyed through lectures and a series of hands on programming assignments.

7. Textbook
Operating System Concepts, Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne, Wiley, 9th Edition 2012

8. Other Required Course Material
i>clicker Student Response System
Clicker Registration on canvas
Self paced polling student guide - for taking/answering in class quizzes with the clicker
Note: channel for 119 AvH is CD
Read user guide and learn how to set the channel on your clicker

9. Programming Reference Books
'The C programming language', Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie.
'Advanced Programming in the UNIX(R) Environment', Richard Stevens, Addison-Wesley, 1992
'Interprocess Communications in UNIX', John Shapley Gray, Prentice Hall, 2nd Ed 1998

10. Communication
Ensure that your to cse.unl.edu is forwarded to a valid address (use to see where your cse is forwarded to)
Ensure that from the department is not blocked by your provider or a spam filter
Check your frequently for notices from the instructor, the TA, or the department

11. Piazza (I) We will use Piazza for class discussion
The system is highly catered to getting your help fast and efficiently from classmates, the TA, and myself
Rather than ing questions to the teaching staff, I encourage you to post your questions on Piazza

12. Piazza (II)
Find our class page at: , enroll yourself.
Help each other out by pointing out the right direction for solving the problems. Do NOT share your solution.

13. Prerequisites: Familiar with general computer organization
Familiar with C or C++ programming
CSCE 230 (or CSCE 230H) Computer Organization & CSCE 310 or CSCE 311 Data Structures and Algorithms

14. Grading
Exams 40%
Programs 40%
Homework 10%
Quizzes 10%

15. Exams Midterm 1: 10% Midterm 2: 10% Final (comprehensive): 20%
All closed book/closed note exams

16. Programming Assignments
Four or Five Programming Assignments
Late policy:
Late programs will be penalized by 10% the full credit a day for a maximum of five days, after which no late programs will be accepted

17. Homework and Quizzes Late homework will not be accepted
Quizzes will not be announced and will either cover materials discussed in prior lectures or they may also cover materials announced as reading assignments in prior lectures
No make-up quizzes

18. Letter Grade
A minimum grade of C is required for the course to count toward a CS/CE major or minor
A grade of C- does NOT count toward a CS/CE major or minor
No incomplete (I) will be given
A+  97
B+  87
C+  77
D+  67
F < 60
A  93
B  83
C  73
D  63
A-  90
B-  80
C-  70
D-  60

19. Course Conduct
All homework and programming assignments, quizzes, exams, etc. must be your own work
No direct collaboration with fellow students, past or current, is allowed unless otherwise stated
CSE department has an Academic Integrity Policy. Read, understand, and follow this policy. Violations will be dealt with and may result in a failing assignment or a failing grade for the course itself.

20. Handling Cheating Cases (I)
In one past semester, very unfortunately, I had to report to the department and to the university a total of 15 students for cheating in either homework assignments or programming assignments; Last semester, I had to report a couple of cheating cases as well.

21. Handling Cheating Cases (II)
Sample reporting letter
This semester, I hope nobody in this class cheat and I send no such letter out!

22. CSE's Suggestion box
The CSE Department has an anonymous suggestion box that you may use to voice your concerns about any problems in the course or department if you do not wish to be identified

23. Announcement By next Friday Reading Academic Integrity Policy
Reading chapter 1 thru 1.9
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