CSI3131

Operating Systems (3 hours a week)

Winter 2015

Timetable

LEC 1	Monday 1-4pm	FTX 147 B
LAB 1	Friday 11:30am-1pm	STE 2052
LAB 2	Tuesday 2:30pm-4pm	STE 2052
TUT 1	Thursday 2:30pm-4pm	FTX 147 B

Description

(3 hours of lecture per week, 1.5 hour tutorial per week, 1.5 hour lab per week, 3 credits)

Principles of operating systems. Operating systems design issues. Process management, process scheduling, concurrency issues. CPU scheduling. Memory management. Virtual memory. Mass storage systems. Input/Output system. File system. Security and protection. Examples of operating systems.

Prerequisite(s): CEG2136/CSI2131, CSI2110 /CSI2210. 

Instructor:

Dr. Nathalie Japkowicz

Office : STE 5029

Email: nat@site.uottawa.ca

Office hours: Monday 11h30-12h50

Class notes

Class notes are available here.

Objectives

By the end of the course, the student shall:

• Theoretical: obtain a good comprehension of principles used by operating systems.
• Tutorial/labs: have practical experience with real operating systems (Linux) and concurrence/threads (using Java virtual machine) and solving problems encountered with operating systems.

Textbook

Operating Systems Concept Essentials, Silberchatz, Galvin, Gange, Wiley, 2011 (Available at the Agora bookstore www.agorabookstore.ca)

Reference

William Stallings, Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, 4^th edition, Prentice-Hall, 2001, ISBN: 0-13-031999-6.

Virtual Campus and E-mail

This course is managed using a Virtual Campus Site, a course WEB site,  and University e-mail accounts.  All material (course notes, assignments, labs, tutorial, etc.) is distributed via the course Web site (a link to the Web site is found in Virtual Campus or the professor’s home page) and/or sent to your university e-mail address.  All important announcements will be sent by e-mail to your University e-mail address.  Be sure to consult your e-mail account regularly.

When e-mailing the professor or TA, be sure to include the course code (CSI3131) in the subject field.  Be sure that your questions are to the point and focused.

Evaluation

Assignments (A) Midterm exam (M)	25% 25 %
Final exam (F)	50 %

If M+F < 37.5, then final mark = ((M+F)/75) * 100

Otherwise final mark = A+M+F

Course plan

• Review of computer architecture.
• General structure of operating systems
• Description and control of processes.
• Threads.
• Scheduling with a single processor
• Concurrence: mutual exclusion and synchronization
• Concurrence: deadlock and famine.
• Memory Management.
• Virtual Memory.
• File Management.
• I/O Management.
• Security and protection.

Important Dates

Statutory holiday :

Victoria Day, May 23 è No Classes

Assignments:

	Handed in on:	To submit by:	Theme
Assignment 1	May 9	May 30  (23h59)	Processes
Assignment 2	May 30	June 20 (23h59)	Threads
Assignment 3	June 20	July 4  (23h59)	Synchronization
Assignment 4	July 4	July 18 (23h59)	Virtual Memory

Exams:

	Date	Times	Location
Midterm	Monday, June 13	2:00pm-3:30pm	in class
Final Exam	Thursday, August 4	1:00pm-4:00pm	FSS 2005