4003-440/4003-713 Operating Systems I

Term:	20101
Times:	10:00 - 11:50pm WF
Room:	70-3435

Last Updated 2010/11/08 13:27:40

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What's New

2010/11/08:
- A tentative final exam topic list has been posted.
2010/11/03:
- Project 3 has been posted.
2010/10/23:
- The exam 2 topic list has been posted.
2010/10/14:
- Project 2 has been posted.
2010/10/08:
- Project 1 has been posted.
2010/09/24:
- The exam 1 topic list has been posted.
2010/09/18:
- Due to an off-campus appointment, my office hours Monday 09/20 will be 1-3pm instead of the usual time (12-2pm). I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
2010/09/13:
- I've sent a test message to my mailing list for this course. The list contains everyone's CS email address. You should find a copy in your incoming CS email, or wherever you forward your CS email to (if you have set up email forwarding). If you don't receive the test message, please let me know.
2010/09/06:
- Welcome back to RIT!

Description

Operating Systems I is a general survey of operating system concepts. Topics include process synchronization, interprocess communication, deadlock, multiprogramming and multiprocessing, processor scheduling and resource management, memory management, overlays, static and dynamic relocation, virtual memory, file systems, logical and physical I/O, device allocation, I/O processor scheduling, process and resource protection. Programming projects will be required.

Instructor

Name:	Warren R. Carithers
Office:	3617 Golisano (70-3617)
Phone:	(585) 475-5393
Email:	wrc AT cs.rit.edu

Syllabi

4003-440/4003-713 Syllabus

Course Contents

Below is a tentative topic sequence for the quarter. This list may change depending on the events of the quarter. Note that not all sections of all chapters will be covered.

Topics	Chapter(s)
Introduction and History; System Organization (Hardware and Software)	1, 2
Processes and Threads	3, 4
Scheduling	5
Synchronization	6
Deadlock	7
Memory - Physical	8
Memory - Virtual	9
I/O Systems	12, 13
Filesystems	10, 11
Protection and Security	14, 15
Distributed Systems	16, 17, 18