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Revision as of 19:25, 26 October 2011
This is the main page for the Fall 2011 run of Carleton University's COMP 3000, Operating Systems. The instructor for this course is Anil Somayaji
Course Outline
The course outline for this course can be found here
Readings
Readings for individual weeks are listed in the weekly table below. A backup copy of the readings can also be accessed here.
Distribution Reports
You will be submitting a operating system distribution report in three parts. In Part I, you'll be reporting on the user experience. Part II will have you examine in detail at the software installed on the system; Part III will have you evaluate configurations and performance.
- Sign up for your distribution here.
- Information on the Report
Class Help
To get help, please talk to us in the labs, during office hours, or please email us. Our office hours and email addresses are on the course outline. Note that we may not respond instantly to email.
Lectures, Labs, and Deadlines
|
Week |
Due |
Topics |
Readings |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sept. 12-14 |
Introduction, OS Overview |
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| Sept. 19-23 | Lab 1 (Sept. 23, 8 PM) |
UNIX Basics | Ritchie & Thompson, The UNIX Time-Sharing System. | |
| Sept. 26-30 | Lab 2 (Sept. 30, 8 PM) |
Virtualization basics | Barham et al., Xen and the Art of Virtualization. | |
| Oct. 3-7 | Test 1 (Oct. 5) No tutorial |
Review and Test | Test 1 Study Guide | |
| Oct. 10-14 | No tutorial or class on Mon (Thanksgiving) |
Test Debrief, Report | Test 1 Solutions | |
| Oct. 17-21 | Report I (Oct. 19) Lab 3 |
Scheduling, Signals | Scheduling on Wikipedia, LUPG's Signal Programming, CFS Overview @ IBM | |
| Oct. 24-28 | Lab 3 Due (Oct. 24) Lab 4 |
Concurrency | Mutual Exclusion, Semaphores, Producer Consumer Problem, Dining Philosopher's Problem, Deadlock | |
| Oct. 31-Nov. 4 | Lab 5 | File Systems | ||
| Nov. 7-11 | Test 2 (Nov. 9) No tutorial |
Review and Test | ||
| Nov. 14-18 | Report II (Nov. 14) Lab 6 |
Virtual Memory | ||
| Nov. 21-25 | Lab 7 | Networking | ||
| Nov. 28-Dec 2 | No tutorial | Security | ||
| Dec. 5 | Report III No tutorial |
The Future of Operating Systems | ||
| Dec. 19, 2 PM | Test 3 (Final Exam Period) |
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