CS 3113: Intro to Operating Systems

Spring 2024

Instructor:

Dr. Song Fang

Meeting:	TR 9 - 10:15 am, in Nielsen Hall 0170
Office hours:	Tuesday 10:15 am - 12:15 pm or other times by appointment, in DEH 232
Email address:	songf at ou.edu
Homepage:	http://www.cs.ou.edu/~songf/

Teaching assistant:

Mr. Guanchong Huang

Office hours:	TR 3:30 - 4:30 pm, in DEH 115
Email address:	guanchong.huang at ou.edu

Syllabus:

syllabus.pdf

Textbook:

Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, and Greg Gagne, Operating Systems Concepts, Tenth Edition, Wiley, 2018. ISBN-13: 978-1-119-32091-3

Homework assignments:

H1 due on 02/11
H2 due on 03/03
H3 due on 03/26
H4 due on 04/22
Programming assignment 1 (Shared memory) due on 02/25
Programming assignment 2 (Semaphores) due on 03/31
Programming assignment 3 (Bounded Buffer) due on 04/21
* Note that the above assignment due dates are tentative and may change as the course progresses.

Exam date:

Final: F 8 - 10 am May 10, 2024

Notes on submissions:

You must use a text editor (e.g., MS Word, Latex) to complete your homework. All submissions should be made via OU's Canvas.

Access to CS Linux Workstations:

GPEL_Instructions.pdf

Schedule of classes (Topics and dates may change as the semester progresses)

Date	Reading	Topics	Slide
Tue, 01/16		OU cancels all classes due to inclement weather
01/18	Chapter 1	Class Introduction; Operating Systems Overview	Lectures 1&2
Tue, 01/23		Introduction to Unix and Linux	Lecture 3
01/25		C Programming Review	c_intro.pdf
Tue, 01/30	Chapter 2	OS Structures	Lecture 4
02/01	Chapter 3	Process Memory	Lecture 5
Tue, 02/06		Quiz 1; Process Scheduling
02/08	Chapter 4	Operations on Processes	Lecture 6
Tue, 02/13		Interprocess Communication
02/15		Programming Assignment 1 Discussion
Tue, 02/20		Quiz 2; Shared Memory
02/22		Message Passing
Tue, 02/27		Multicore Programming; Multithreading	Lecture 7
02/29		Pthreads
Tue, 03/05		Quiz 3; Implicit Threading
03/07		Midterm Review
Tue, 03/12		Midterm
03/14	Chapter 5	CPU Scheduling I	Lecture 8
Tue, 03/19		Spring Vacation (March 18-22) - No class
03/21		Spring Vacation (March 18-22) - No class
Tue, 03/26		CPU Scheduling II
03/28		HW/Midterm Analysis
Tue, 04/02	Chapter 6	Synchronization Tools	Lecture 9
04/04	Chapter 7	Quiz 4; Synchronization Examples I	Lecture 10
Tue, 04/09		Synchronization Examples II
04/11	Chapter 8	Deadlocks	Lecture 11
Tue, 04/16		Banker's Algorithm
04/18		Quiz 5; Assignment Analysis
Tue, 04/23	Chapter 9	Memory Management Discussion	Lecture 12
04/25		Programming Assignments Analysis
Tue, 04/30		Contiguous Memory Allocation; Paging
05/02		Final Review