CSE 421/521

Introduction to Operating Systems

Fall 2018

 

 

Instructor:

 

Prof. Tevfik Kosar

338J Davis Hall, 645-2323

tkosar@buffalo.edu

Office hours: Wed 11:00am-1:00pm

 

Course Description:

 

CSE 421/521 is an introductory course on the design and implementation of operating systems. It will focus on different OS design techniques, process management, processor scheduling, concurrent programming, deadlocks and synchronization, memory management, file management and I/O systems, disk scheduling, protection and security, and distributed systems. The course will include hands-on programming projects on different OS components. (Prerequisites of this course: CSE 250, or an equivalent course, or permission of the instructor.)

 

Course Logistics:

 

Lecture time & location   : Tue & Thu, 11:00am Ð 12:20pm (NSC 201)

Recitation sessions          : Fri 8:00am-8:50am, Fri 12:00pm-12:50pm

Teaching assistants          : Shivang Aggarwal (shivanga@buffalo.edu)            

                                          Imran Asif (asifimra@buffalo.edu)

                                          Neveena Elango (naveenae@buffalo.edu)    

                                          Chaowen Guan (chaoweng@buffalo.edu)                           

Exam schedule                : Midterm 1: October 9th @11:00amÐ12:20pm (NSC 201)

  Midterm 2: December 6th @11:00amÐ12:20pm (NSC 201)

 

 Textbook: (Required)       

 

á      Operating Systems Concepts (9th Edition),

      by A. Silbershatz, P.B. Galvin, and G. Gayne. Wiley Publishers, 2012.

ISBN: 978-1-118-06333-0 

 

Recommended Supplementary Text: (Optional)

 

 

 

Grading:

 

The end-of-semester grades for this course will be composed of:

 

á      Pop Quizzes: 5%

á      Homework: 5%

á      Project-1: 20%  

á      Project-2: 20%   

á      Midterm-1: 25%

á      Midterm-2: 25%

 

* There will be separate curves for graduate and undergraduate students.

* There will be no formal attendance taken in the class. But, you are expected to attend the classes and actively contribute via asking and/or answering questions.

 

Pop Quizzes:

 

There may be pop quizzes at the beginning of some classes. The questions in the quizzes will come mostly from the material discussed in the previous lecture(s) or homework assignment(s). The quizzes will be very short (5-10 min) with one or  two questions aiming to test whether you have understood the most recently discussed material in the curse. There will be 5 pop quizzes throughout the semester. One with the lowest grade will be discarded, and the rest four will count towards your final degree.

 

Homework:

 

There will be four homework assignments throughout the semester. The format of the homework questions will be similar to the exercises at the end of each chapter in the Silberschatz book. The homework assignments aim to ensure that you read the textbook and study regularly for the material covered in the class.

 

Projects:

 

There will be two hands-on programming projects throughout the course. These projects will aim to implement some core Operating System components for better understanding of the concepts. These will be ÒteamÓ projects and they will require strong programming background in C and UNIX programming experience.

 

Piazza Discussion Forum:

 

We will be using Piazza for class discussion. The system is highly catered to getting you help fast and efficiently from classmates, the TA, and myself. Rather than emailing questions to the teaching staff, I encourage you to post your questions on Piazza. Find our class page at: https://piazza.com/buffalo/fall2018/cse421521

 

Course Schedule (Tentative):

 

This schedule is tentative and subject to change. Please check Piazza for lecture slides, and other course related documents.

 

Date

Lect.

Title

Notes

Aug 28

1

Introduction

 

Aug 30

2

Operating System Structures

 

Sep 4

3

Processes

 

Sep 6

4

Threads

Project-1 out

Sep 11

5

Project-1 Discussion

 

Sep 13

6

CPU Scheduling Ð I

 

Sep 18

7

CPU Scheduling Ð II

 

Sep 20

8

Process Synchronization Ð I

 

Sep 25

9

Process Synchronization Ð II

 

Sep 27

10

Deadlocks Ð I

 

Oct 2

11

Deadlocks Ð II

 

Oct 4

12

Midterm-I Review

 

Oct 9

 

MIDTERM-I EXAM (Room: NSC 201)

 

Oct 11

13

Midterm-I Discussion

 

Oct 16

14

Main Memory - I

 

Oct 18

15

Main Memory Ð II

Project-1 due

Oct 23

16

Project-2 Discussion

Project-2 out

Oct 25

17

Virtual Memory Ð I

 

Oct 30

18

Virtual Memory Ð II

 

Nov 1

19

File Systems Ð I

 

Nov 6

20

File Systems Ð II

 

Nov 8

21

Mass Storage & I/O Ð I

 

Nov 13

22

Mass Storage & I/O Ð II

 

Nov 15

23

Distributed Systems Ð I

 

Nov 20

24

Distributed Systems Ð II

 

Nov 22

 

 

Fall Recess

Nov 27

25

Distributed Systems Ð III

 

Nov 29

26

Protection & Security

 

Dec 4

27

Midterm-II Review

 

Dec 6

 

MIDTERM-II EXAM (Room: NSC 201)

 

Dec 9

 

 

Project-2 due

 

 

Academic Integrity Policy:

 

UBÕs definition of Academic Integrity in part is, ÒStudents are responsible for the honest completion and representation of their workÓ. It is required as part of this course that you read and understand the departmental academic integrity policy located at the following URL: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/undergrad/current_students/policy_academic.php

There is a very fine line separating conversation pertaining to concepts and academic dishonesty. You are allowed to converse about general concepts, but in no way are you allowed to share code or have one person do the work for others. If you are caught violating the academic integrity policy, you will minimally receive a ZERO in the course.

 

* PS: We are using professional software which can easily detect any cheating attempts in programming projects. The results generated by this software is considered as official evidence for cheating from another student, or from internet or any other resource.