Operating Systems: 2nd Semester, 2007

Tentative Syllabus

Course No.	#0924
Instructor:	Dr. Hitoshi Oi (Assistant Professor, Operating Systems Lab.) office: 242-C office hours: Wednesday 1330 - 1630 or by appointment email: hitoshi©u-aizu.ac.jp phone: 2580
Course Web Page:	http://www.u-aizu.ac.jp/~hitoshi/COURSES/OS07/
Lecture	Tue, 1310 to 1440 at Classroom M8
Exercise	Tue, 1450 to 1800 at Lab std3
Course Assistant	Takayuki Hatori email: s1110173©u-aizu.ac.jp

Course Notice Board

Please check this page regularly and frequently as the notice for the course will be posted on this blog (URL may change later).

Objectives

(from University Syllabus)

To learn the concepts about OS.
To get the knowledge about process management, including process concept, inter-process communication, and CPU scheduling.
To learn memory management including page management and virtual memory.
To learn the design and implementation of file system.
To get the knowledge about software and hardware of I/O system

Grading Scheme and Policies

The following policies are subject to change and adjustment.

Midterm Exam 25%
Final Exam 35%
Exercises 20%
Course Project 20%
Exercise problems must be submitted by the end of the exercise class time in which the problems are given. No late submission is accepted.
Exercise session spans to two class periods. Therefore, you may take a break at your discretion. However, if you may not disturb other students working on the exercie problem and you may not bring anything unrelated to the course work (such as toys, games, etc). In short, please leave the lab if you don't study.
If a student miss more than three (four) exercises by the mid-term (final) exam, he/she will automatically fail the course. One excuse can be granted if the reason of absence is out of his/her control and proved by an official document (such as doctor's note).
We will take the participation to the course work into account. The current plan is to ask you to read one or two paragraph(s) of the textbook or ask a simple question related to the material being used in the lecture. The number of students who will be asked these things in a single lecture will be limited, but we try to make that each student will receive the same or at least similar number of opportunities over the semester.
A small number of students form a group for the course project. More detail about the course project will be given during the semester.

Textbook

Modern Operating Systems (2nd Edition) by Andrew Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-13-092641-8.
Please note that each student is required to have his/her own copy of the textbook.

Lecture Slides

We utilize the lecture slides provided by the textbook authors which are available from the author's site However, we have found some small problems (such as typos) in the slides and we are not collecting these problems. You can find these altered lecture slides here (only Chapters 1 through 4 are available. For Chapters 5 and 6, use the author's slides above).

Tentative Schedule

The schedule will be adjusted based on progress and understanding of the class. Please check the course web page for any update.

Week Topics Remarks

1 Course Introduction
Operating System Overview Ch.1

2 Introduction to Processes and Threads Ch.2

3 Interprocess Communication Ch.2

4 Process Scheduling Ch.2

5 Deadlocks Ch.3

6 Review for Midterm Exam Chs.1 to 3

7 Midterm Exam Ch.1 to 3

8 Memory Management Ch.4

9 Virtual Memory Ch.4

10 I/O Devices Ch.5

11 I/O Devices (cont.d) Ch.5

12 File System Ch.6

13 File System (cont.d) Ch.6

14 Course Project Presentaion.
Review for the Final Exam All sections covered in the class

Week	Topics	Remarks
1	Course Introduction Operating System Overview	Ch.1
2	Introduction to Processes and Threads	Ch.2
3	Interprocess Communication	Ch.2
4	Process Scheduling	Ch.2
5	Deadlocks	Ch.3
6	Review for Midterm Exam	Chs.1 to 3
7	Midterm Exam	Ch.1 to 3
8	Memory Management	Ch.4
9	Virtual Memory	Ch.4
10	I/O Devices	Ch.5
11	I/O Devices (cont.d)	Ch.5
12	File System	Ch.6
13	File System (cont.d)	Ch.6
14	Course Project Presentaion. Review for the Final Exam	All sections covered in the class

Hitoshi Oi

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