Course Schedule: 
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| Date | Discussion topic | Work assignment | Lecture videos |
Slides |
| Introduction | ||||
| 01/16/2008 | General introduction to course and ground rules. Chapter 1 |
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Enhanced Audio (24 MB), Enhanced Video (306 MB), HD (604 MB) |
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| Process Management (Intro: Chapters 1,2, Chapters 3, 4, 5) | ||||
| 01/18/2008 | Chapter 1(cont): Caching Chapter 2: Interface, System calls, |
Home work 1 and project 1 assigned | No audio/video. Unfortunately, the camera did not record any audio - some issue with the wireless bluetooth headset. Strange because the blue light was steady (in the video) and I had used new batteries. | |
| 01/21/2008 | Chapter 2 (System programs, booting. Structure) | Enhanced Audio (22 MB), Enhanced Video (670 MB), HD (745 MB) | ||
| 01/23/2008 | Chapter 2 (Virtual Machines) Chapter 3: Processes |
Enhanced Audio (22 MB), Enhanced Video (707 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | ||
| 01/25/2008 | Chapter 3 (cont) Chapter 4.1 (background), 4.2 (Models), 4.3 (libraries) | Enhanced Audio (24 MB), Enhanced Video (739 MB), HD (1.2 GB) | ||
| 01/28/2008 | Chapter 4.4 (issues) |
Home work 1 due |
Enhanced Audio (19 MB), Enhanced Video (611 MB), HD (0.99 GB) | |
| 01/30/2008 | Module Exam 1 |
Module Exam 1 | ||
| 02/01/2008 | Chapter 5 .1 (basics), 5.2 (criteria), 5.3 (Scheduling algorithms) | Enhanced Audio (33 MB), Enhanced Video (721 MB), HD (1.2 GB) | ||
| 02/04/2008 | Chapter 5.3 (Scheduling algorithms), Chapter 5 .4 (multiprocessor), 5.5 (thread) | Project 1 due | Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (714 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | |
| Process Synchronization (Chapters 6, 7) | ||||
| 02/06/2008 | Chapter 6.1 (background), 6.2 (CS) | Home work 2 and project 2 assigned | Enhanced Audio (35 MB), Enhanced Video (697 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | |
| 02/08/2008 | 6.3 (Peterson's solution), 6.4 (Hardware), Chapter 6.6 (Classic problems) | Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (718 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | ||
| 02/11/2008 | Chapter 6.5 (Semaphore), 6.7 (monitor) | Quiz 2 | Enhanced Audio (29 MB), Enhanced Video (586 MB), HD (921 MB) | |
| 02/13/2008 | Chapter 6.9 (Atomic transactions) |
Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (724 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | ||
02/15/2008 |
Chapter 7.2 (deadlock characterization), 7.3 (handling deadlocks) |
Home work 2 due | Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (738 MB), HD (1.2 GB) | |
| 02/18/2008 | Chapter 7.4 (deadlock prevention), 7.5 (deadlock avoidance) | Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (722 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | ||
| 02/20/2008 | Chapter 7.6 (deadlock detection), 7.7 (deadlock recovery) | Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (718 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | ||
| 02/22/2008 | Wrapup and general discussion |
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Enhanced Audio (37 MB), Enhanced Video (746 MB), Enhanced HD (1.8 GB) | |
| 02/25/2008 | Module Exam 2 and followup | Project 2 due |
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| Memory Management (Chapters 8, 9) | ||||
| 02/27/2008 | Overview of memory management Chapter 8.1 (basics) |
Home work 3 and project 3 assigned | Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (722 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | |
| 02/29/2008 | Chapter 8.2 (swapping), 8.3 (contiguous allocation) | Enhanced Audio (35 MB), Enhanced Video (717 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | ||
| Spring break (Mar 1 - Mar 9, 2008) | ||||
| 03/10/2008 | Chapter 8.4 (paging) | Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (725 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | ||
| 03/12/2008 | Chapter 8.5 (page table) |
Home work 3 due | Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (733 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | |
| 03/14/2008 | Out of town |
Module Exam 3 | ||
| 03/17/2008 | Chapter 8.6 (segmentation) , 8.7 (Intel segmentation) |
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Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (732 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | |
| 03/19/2008 | Chapter 9.1 (background), 9.2 (demand paging), 9.3 (copy-on-write), 9.4 (page replacement) |
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Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (733 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | |
| Easter break (3/21/2008-3/24/2008) | ||||
| 03/26/2008 | Chapter 9.5 (frame allocation) |
Quiz 3 Project 3 due |
Enhanced Audio (31 MB), Enhanced Video (625 MB), HD (986 MB) | |
| 3/28/2008 | Chapter 9.6 (thrashing), 9.8 (kernel allocation), 9.9 (other considerations) | Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (731 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | ||
| Storage Management (Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13) | ||||
| 03/31/2008 | Chapter 10 (FS interface) (up to 10.3.4) |
Home work 4 and project 4 assigned | Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (720 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | |
| 4/02/2008 | Chapter 10 (from 10.3.5 - ) |
Enhanced Audio (37 MB), Enhanced Video (759 MB), HD (1.2 GB) | ||
| 04/04/2008 | Chapter 11 (FS implementation) Chapter 11.1 (File system structure), 11.2 (File-system Implementation) 11.3 (Directory Implementation) |
Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (728 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | ||
| 04/07/2008 | Chapter 11.4: Allocation methods, 11.5: Free space management, 11.6: Efficiency and performance |
Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (728 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | ||
| 04/09/2008 | Chapter 11.6: Efficiency and performance (cont), Chapter 9.7 (mmap), 11.7 (Recovery), 11.8 (log-structured file systems) |
Enhanced Audio (37 MB), Enhanced Video (749 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | ||
| 04/11/2008 | Home work project #4 tutorial by Nathan Regola |
Home work 4 due |
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| 04/14/2008 | Chapter 12.1 (Overview of Mass-storage structure), 12.9 (Tertiary storage), 12.2 (Disk structure), 12.3 (Disk attachment) |
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Oops, turned ON bluetooth microphone but forgot to turn on the camcorder recording itself - no video today. | |
| 4/16/2008 | Out of town to conference | Module Exam 4 |
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| 4/18/2008 | Chapter 12.4 (Disk scheduling), 12.5 (Disk management) , 12.6 (Swap space management) | Back from red-eye flight. No video | ||
| Protection, Security and Tieing it all together (Chapters 14, 15) | ||||
| 04/21/2008 | Chapter 12.7 (RAID structure), 14 (Protection) |
Project 4 due Home work 5 and project 5 assigned. |
Enhanced Audio (36 MB), Enhanced Video (722 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | |
| 04/23/2008 | Chapter 14 (cont), Chapter 15 (Security) |
Home work 5 due | Enhanced Audio (?? MB), Enhanced Video (760 MB), HD (1.2 GB) | |
| 04/25/2008 | Tieing it all together - Interaction between processes/threads, memory management and storage. Implications of hardware choices for OS design. Designing an operating system: PDA, laptop, desktop, server |
Audio (23 MB), Video (610 MB), HD (1.1 GB) | ||
| 04/28/2008 |
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| 04/30/2008 | Analyzing a real operating system - Windows XP (Chapter 22) Course wrapup |
Project 5 due Take home final exam assigned |
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| Final exam | ||||
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Last modified: 04/29/2008 17:03