1. Course Information Mark Stanovich Principles of Operating Systems
COP 4610 / CGS 5765 1

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Instructor
Mark Stanovich
Office: 207 LOV
Office hours: TBA
Class website:
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Teaching Assistant
Bobby Roy
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Class Schedule
Lecture
M W F 9:05-9:55am (LOV 103)
Mandatory: Two general OS lectures, one recitation lecture per week (subject to change)
Workshop
M 02:30 PM - 03:20 PM (LOV 103)
F 11:15 AM - 12:05 PM (LOV 301)
Hands-on assistance with projects
Note: no workshop on Aug 29th
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Why Study Operating Systems?
The OS is the largest and the most complicated software running on most machines
It contains many important system concepts
Design principles
Complexity hiding
Performance tuning
Resource coordination
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Applicability of OS Skills
Software engineering
Database design and implementation
Network design and implementation
Distributed computing
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Learning Objectives
Operating system concepts
Process management, CPU scheduling, synchronization, caching, file systems, and so on
Programming skills
User-level shell
Kernel module, system call, synchronization primitives, file system
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Prerequisites
COP 4530
Data structures
CDA 3101
Computer organization
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Required Skills
Proficiency in UNIX programming and debugging environment
Proficiency in C
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Course Material
Lecture notes (posted at the class website)
Textbook:
Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne,
Operating System Concepts,
8th Edition
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Class Grading
Two components
Exams (50%)
Homework assignments and projects (50%)
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Exams
Exam 1 (10%)
Exam 2 (10%)
Comprehensive final exam (30%)
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More on Exams
80% based on lectures, assignments, and projects
20% based on your ability to apply various principles learned in the class
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Assignments and Projects
Homework assignments (10%)
Paper submissions
3 – 4 projects 1 ( % each)
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Passing the Course
To receive a passing grade (>= C) for course, you must get a passing grade on
The projects (overall average)
The final exam
Not that passing the above does not automatically imply a passing grade!
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If you pass projects and final, your grade will be:
100 – 92 A
91.9 – 90 A-
89.9 – 88 B+
87.9 – 82 B
81.9 – 80 B-
79.9 – 78 C+
77.9 – 72 C
71.9 – 70 C-
69.9 – 68 D+
67.9 – 62 D
61.9 – 60 D-
59.9 – 0 F
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If you score < 70% on either projects or final
Say…
60% on final
90% on projects
The highest grade is C-
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Assignments
Individual homework assignments
One bonus point for each homework assignment
Constructive comments on lectures and recitations
Or, a funny story of the week
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Projects…
Increasingly difficult
In teams of two people
Team of 3 only in exceptional circumstances ( me)
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Computer Accounts
Computer science account
Various tools
SSH, , text editor, gcc, make
Blackboard
Receiving class s
Discussion board
Grade posting
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Your Responsibilities
Understand lecture and reading materials
Attend office hours for extra help, as needed
Uphold academic honesty
Turn in your assignments on time
Check class Web page and your garnet account and regularly
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Dos and Don’ts
Do share debugging experiences
Do share knowledge of tools
Do acknowledge help from others
Do acknowledge sources of information from books and web pages
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Dos and Don’ts
Don’t cheat
Don’t copy code from others
Don’t paraphrase code from others either
E.g., changing variable names & indentations
Don’t post more than 1 line of code to the discussion board
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Course Policies
Attendance mandatory
There are no make-up exams for missed exams…
Honor code: read your student handbook
Students with disabilities
Report to Student Disability Resource Center
Bring me a letter within the first week of class
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To see or not to see me & TAs
We are not psychics
Please let us know if…
Class is too hard
You don’t have the background
Class can be improved in certain ways
When in doubt, us…
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Survival Tips
Post messages and read the discussion board frequently
Sign up to receive s
Web search engines are your good friends
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