Operating Systems
CSCI-GA.2250-001, Summer 2012





!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Class has been moved to Room 312 for good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





General Information

Lecture:
Wed 6:00PM - 8:20PM WWH 312
Office Hours:
Wed 5:00PM - 6:00PM WWH 328 and after class
Instructor: Hubertus Franke, frankeh at cims dot nyu dot edu
TA: Jiakai Zhang, jz1042 at nyu dot edu
Prerequisites: G22.1170 (algorithms)
Text book: Author: William Stallings
Title: Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles
Edition: 7th
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-230998-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-230998-X

Course Description

This course is an introductory course in operating systems (OS), focusing on the core concepts of operating systems. The emphasis will be on understanding general concepts that are applicable to a wide range of operating systems, rather than a discussion of the features of any one specific system. Topics that will be covered include:

Examples will be from Unix/Linux and Windows. Programming assignments will be based on C, C++, or Java.

This course does not assume that you have taken an Operating Systems course as an undergraduate, or that you have had extensive experience working with one. In fact, if you have taken such a course or have a fair amount of practical experience with OS internals, this course is probably too elementary for you. Please take a look at the course schedule to get a sense of the topics that will be covered: if you can explain most of the terms contained there, you are likely looking for a more advanced course. We will NOT be "hacking" on an operating system but will have lab assignments that deal with the fundamental elements such as different process schedulers and memory management algorithms.

Textbook

Author: William Stallings
Title: Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles
Edition: 7th
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-230998-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-230998-X

Computer Accounts and Mailman Mailing List

Several labs (programming assignments) across the semester will provide practical implementations of operating system concepts such as processor scheduling and memory management. These assignments are accepted in C or C++.

homeworks and Labs

I make a distinction between homeworks and labs. Both are required and form part of your grade.

Labs (aka programming assignments) are

Homeworks are

Doing Labs on non-NYU Systems

You may solve lab assignments on any system you wish, but ...

Obtaining Help with the Labs

Good methods for obtaining help include

  1. Asking me during office hours (see web page for my hours).
  2. Asking the mailing list.
  3. Asking another student, but ...
    Your lab must be your own.
    That is, each student must submit a unique lab. Naturally, simply changing comments, variable names, etc. does not produce a unique lab.

Grades

Grades are based on the labs, the midterm nad final exam, and the class participation, each being important. The weighting will be approximately:
Homeworks and Lab Assignments 50%
MidTerm/Final 40%
Class Participation 10%
This is a graduate level class, so I am looking for lively interactions during the class and not just presence. The final will be given on 08/08/2012.


Class Materials, Handouts, Lectures and Assignments

LecturesDateTopic ReadingsAssignments

5/23
CANCELLED DUE TO FAMILY ISSUE
MAKEUP WILL BE ADDED AS EXTRA TIME TO SUBSEQUENT CLASSES


1
5/30
Introduction
Intro/Overview/Lab1-explain
Chapter-1
hw0530 (Due 6/6)
lab1 (Due 6/13)
2
6/06
Operating System Overview
and initial concepts
Chapter-2
hw0606 (Due 6/13)
3
6/13
Process Description and Control
Chapter-3
hw0613 (Due 6/20)
lab2 (Due 7/11)
4
6/20
Threads and Processor Scheduling
Chapter-4
Chapter-9
hw0620 (Due 6/27)
5
6/27
SMP Scheduling and Memory Management
Chapter-10
Chapter-7
hw0627 (Due 7/11)

7/04
NO CLASS DUE TO JULY 4th


6
7/11
Memory Management
Chapter-8
hw0711 (Due 7/18)
lab3 (Due 8/01)
7
7/18
I/O Devices and Files
Chapter-11
hw0718 (Due 7/25)
8
7/25
Filesystems
Chapter-12
hw0725 (Due 8/1)
9
8/1
Concurrency
Chapter-05
Chapter-06

10
8/8
FINAL



See also

Graduate cs.nyu.edu courses: http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/summer2012/courses
Graduate cs.nyu.edu schedule: http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/summer2012/Graduate/courses
Academic integrity policy: http://cs.nyu.edu/web/Academic/Graduate/academic_integrity.html

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