Operating Systems (Fall 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
Sept. 12-14		Introduction, OS Overview		Notes
Sept. 19-23	Lab 1 (Sept. 23, 8 PM)	UNIX Basics	Ritchie & Thompson, The UNIX Time-Sharing System.	Notes
Sept. 26-30	Lab 2 (Sept. 30, 8 PM)	Virtualization basics	Barham et al., Xen and the Art of Virtualization.	Notes
Oct. 3-7	Test 1 (Oct. 5) No tutorial	Review and Test	Test 1 Study Guide	Notes
Oct. 10-14	No tutorial or class on Mon (Thanksgiving)	Test Debrief, Report	Test 1 Solutions	Notes
Oct. 17-21	Report I (Oct. 19) Lab 3	Scheduling, Signals	Scheduling on Wikipedia, LUPG's Signal Programming, CFS Overview @ IBM	Notes
Oct. 24-28	Lab 4	Concurrency		Notes
Oct. 31-Nov. 4	Test 2 (Nov. 2) No tutorial	Review and Test		Notes
Nov. 7-11	Report II (Nov. 7) Lab 5	File Systems		Notes
Nov. 14-18	Lab 6	Virtual Memory		Notes
Nov. 21-25	Lab 7	Networking		Notes
Nov. 28-Dec 2	No tutorial	Security		Notes
Dec. 5	Report III No tutorial	The Future of Operating Systems		Notes
Dec. 19, 2 PM	Test 3 (Final Exam Period)