COMP 3511: Operating System (Fall 2015)

Announcements

• (16/12/2015) - The score (L1, L2) of final exam is released.
• (16/12/2015) - The solution of final exam is released.
• (10/12/2015) - The score (L1,L2) of Homework #4 has been uploaded.
• (06/12/2015) - The summary of Chap12 is released.
• (06/12/2015) - The summary of Chap10-11 is released.
• (06/12/2015) - The past papers for final exams have been released.
• (01/12/2015) - Solution for Homework #4 is released.
• (27/11/2015) - The score (L1,L2) of Homework #3 has been uploaded.
• (17/11/2015) - Solution for Homework #3 is released.
• (16/11/2015) - The summary of Chap09 is released.
• (16/11/2015) - Homework #4 is online. Due date: Dec. 2nd
• (06/11/2015) - The summary of Chap08 is released.
• (06/11/2015) - The summary of Chap07 is released.
• (02/11/2015) - The score (L1 ,L2) of Midterm exam is released.
• (02/11/2015) - The solution of Midterm exam is released.
• (30/10/2015) - Project#2 is released.
• (28/10/2015) - Homework #3 is online. Due date: Nov. 11th
• (27/10/2015) - The score (L1,L2) of Homework #2 has been uploaded.
• (21/10/2015) - Midterm: [Time] Oct. 23, Friday, 7:30-9:00 p.m. [Venue] LTD(L1), LTC(L2).
• (20/10/2015) - The summary of Chap06 is released.
• (20/10/2015) - Solution for Homework #2 is released.
• (19/10/2015) - The past papers for midterm exams have been released.
• (11/10/2015) - The summary of Chap05 is released.
• (07/10/2015) - The score (L1,L2) of Homework #1 has been uploaded.
• (05/10/2015) - Homework #2 is online. Due date: Oct. 19th
• (05/10/2015) - Solution for Homework #1 is released.
• (30/09/2015) - The summary of Chap04 is released.
• (24/09/2015) - Project#1 is released.
• (23/09/2015) - Deadlline for Homework #1 is extended to Sept. 29.
• (22/09/2015) - The summary of Chap03 is released.
• (15/09/2015) - The summary of Chap02 is released.
• (11/09/2015) - Homework #1 is online. Due date: Sept. 28.
• (09/09/2015) - The summary of Chap01 is released.
• (06/09/2015) - The labs will start in the second week ;)
• (27/08/2015) - Welcome to COMP3511 course website!

Course Information

_{Course Descriptions}

This is an introductory course on operating systems. The topics will include the basic concepts of operating systems, process and threads, inter-process communications, process synchronization, scheduling, memory allocation, page and segmentation, secondary storage, file systems, security and protection. It contains the key concepts as well as examples drawn from a variety of real systems such as Microsoft Windows and Linux.

_{Prerequisites}

The prerequisite for this course includes COMP 2611 or ELEC 2300, and either one of COMP 1002, COMP 1004, or COMP 104H (prior to 2009-10). Programming is required in the course project.

_Textbook

Operating System Concepts, 9th Edition Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne John Wiley & Sons Ltd, April 2013 ISBN: 978-1-118-09375-7

_Lectures

Section	Instructor	Meeting time	Venue
L1	Bo LI	Mon/Wed 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM	Room 2465 (Lift 25/26)
L2	Bo LI	Tue/Thu 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM	Room 2465 (Lift 25/26)

_{Lab Tutorials}

Section	Meeting time	Venue
LA1	Thu 6:00PM - 7:50PM	Room 4214, Lift 19
LA2	Tue 1:00PM - 2:50PM	Room 4214, Lift 19
LA3	Thu 1:30PM - 3:20PM	Room 4214, Lift 19
LA4	Tue 6:00PM - 7:50PM	Room 4214, Lift 19
LA5	Mon 5:30PM - 7:20PM	Room 4214, Lift 19
LA6	Mon 1:30PM - 3:20PM	Room 4214, Lift 19

_{Grading Scheme}

Midterm Exam	20%
Final Exam	35%
Homeworks	20% (4 homeworks, 5% for each)
Projects	25% (1st project 10% and 2nd project 15%)

_{Reference Books}

Operating System Concepts with Java, 7th Edition
A. Silberschatz, P. B. Galvin and G. Gagne
ISBN: 978-0-471-76907-1
2007

Syllabus and Lecture Notes

Chapter Summary

Lab Tutorials

Homeworks and Exams

_Homeworks

Homework #1

Handout date: Sept. 11 (Friday)  Link:  DOC, PDF

Due date: Sept. 29 (Tuesday) 11:59:00 PM Solution

Score: L1 , L2

Homework #2

Handout date: Oct. 5 (Monday)  Link:  DOC, PDF

Due date: Oct. 19 (Monday) 11:59:00 PM Solution

Score: L1 , L2

Homework #3

Handout date: Oct. 28 (Wednesday)  Link:  DOC, PDF

Due date: Nov. 13 (Friday) 11:59:00 PM Solution

Score: L1 , L2

Homework #4

Handout date: Nov. 16   Link:  DOC, PDF

Due date: Dec. 2 (Wednesday) 11:59:00 PM Solution

Score: L1 , L2

_Exams

Midterm Exam

Date: October 23, 2015 (Week #8, Friday)

Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Venues: LTC(for L2 students) and LTD(for L1 students)

Final Exam

Date: December 11, 2015 (Friday)

Time: 8:30am - 10:30am

Venues: LG4 Multi-purpose Room, Lift 6

Solution

Score(L1), Score(L2)

Past Exams

• Final Exam fall13 Solution PDF
• Final Exam fall14 Solution PDF
• Final Exam spring15 Solution PDF

NACHOS Info

• Nachos Introduction (Link)
• Nachos Overview (PS, PDF)
• Nachos Chapter from Textbook (PS, PDF)
• Nachos Roadmap (PS, PDF)
• Nachos Threads (Link)
• Nachos Thread Scheduling (Link)
• Nachos Mechanics of Thread Switching (Link)

Project Assignments

• Project Assignment 1
• Handout date: Sept. 24 (Thursday)
• Due date: Oct. 15 (Thursday) 11:59pm
• Project Requirement:
• This is an individual project, you should work on the project by yourself individually.
• Project #1 Instruction (PDF)
• Online submission system (CASS)
• Please generate a single file using ZIP and submit it through CASS.
• The name of the ZIP should be "proj1_********.zip", using your student ID to replace star symbols.
• Only one day delay is allowed with 15% reduction as penalty.
• Score: L1,L2
• Project Assignment 2
• Handout date: Oct. 30 (Friday)
• Due date: Nov. 20 (Friday) 11:59pm
• Project Requirement:
• This is an individual project, you should work on the project by yourself individually.
• Project #2 Instruction (PDF)
• Online submission system (CASS)
• Please generate a single file using ZIP and submit it through CASS.
• The name of the ZIP should be "proj2_********.zip", using your student ID to replace star symbols.
• Only one day delay is allowed with 15% reduction as penalty.
• Score: L1,L2
• A sample report: report

References

• Information on basic UNIX commands (Link)
• Unix's FAQ List (Link)
• Unix Guru Universe - Official page for UNIX System Administrators (Link)
• VI Command Summary (PDF)
• GNU Debugger (GDB) (Link)
• Using GNU's GDB Debugger (Link)
• C/C++ Programming Tutorials (Link)
• The C++ Resources Network (Link)
• Google Chrome - Important concepts of OS and what can be learned from OS (Link)
• A detailed tutorial about Linux System in Chinese(Link)

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