CSc 360: Operating Systems

Fall 2007 Lectures (F01/F02)

final exam: WED 12 DEC 19:00 HHB 105
10/22: since the submit system was not ready over the weekend, the deadline for a2d1 has been postponed for one day to oct 23; all csc360 assignments are handled electronically
9/14: discussion board
9/11: upon requests, midterm has been moved to Friday, Oct 19
9/5: check webtt for tutorial schedule
8/7: draft outline (for info only) and calendar entry
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Week	Dates	Topics (tentative)	Required reading
1	Sept 5/7	Intro/Review/Overview/Interface	Ch1/2 (except 1.9-1.12 and 2.8-2.10)
2	Sept 11/12/14	Structures/Processes	Ch3
3	Sept 18/19/21	Threads	Ch4
4	Sept 25/26/28	CPU Scheduling	Ch5 (except 5.7)
5	Oct 2/3/5	Process Synchronization	Ch6 (except 6.9)
6	Oct 9/10/12	Deadlocks	Ch7
7	Oct 16/17/19	/Midterm
8	Oct 23/24/26	Main Memory	Ch8
9	Oct 30/31/Nov 2	Virtual Memory	Ch9 (except 9.8)
10	Nov 6/7/9	File-System	Ch10
11	Nov 16	File-System	Ch11 (except 11.9 and 11.10)
12	Nov 20/21/23	Mass-Storage	Ch12 (except 12.8 and 12.9)
13	Nov 27/28/30	I/O Systems	Ch13
14	Dec 4	Review

Slides artwork credits: Silberschatz&Galvin&Gagne, Tanenbaum, and many others.

A3 (out: Nov 5; due: Nov 30)
A2 (out: Oct 8; due: Nov 2)
A1 (out: Sept 10; due: Oct 5)
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