CSE306: Schedule of Topics (Fall 2009)

This schedule should be regarded as a plan that will likely change somewhat during the course of the semester. I will try very hard to avoid making changes in the homework dates, but achieving reasonable synchronization between the lecture and the homework assignments might require that I rearrange some of the lecture topics if the schedule slips at all.

See here for materials used in the lectures.

NOTE: Chapter numbers listed below are for Stallings, "Operating Systems", 6th edition. I expect that you will read the indicated sections of the text by approximately the indicated dates. This should help you to understand and get perspective on the lecture and project material. The final exam will cover material from the reading, so don't skip it!

Class	Date	Day	Topic	Text	HW Out	HW Due
1	Sep 1	T	Administrative, Introduction		HW0 out
2	Sep 3	Th	History of Operating Systems	2.1-2.4
3	Sep 8	T	SSH and Computer Security	15.1
4	Sep 10	Th	OS Structure	3, 4.1
	Sep 14	M	Add/drop deadline
5	Sep 15	T	Computer Architecture	1
6	Sep 17	Th	Introduction to NACHOS		HW1 out	HW0 due
7	Sep 22	T	Introduction to NACHOS
8	Sep 24	Th	Race Conditions, Synchronization	5
	Sep 29	T	CORRECTION DAY -- NO CLASS
9	Oct 1	Th	Synchronization
10	Oct 6	T	How NACHOS executes a program	7.1-7.4
11	Oct 8	Th	Nachos Execution		HW2 out	HW1 due
12	Oct 13	T	Nachos Execution
13	Oct 15	Th	C Runtime Environment
14	Oct 20	T	C Runtime Environment
15	Oct 22	Th	CPU Scheduling	9
16	Oct 27	T	CPU Scheduling
17	Oct 29	Th	Device Drivers	11.1-11.4	HW3 out
	Nov 1	S				HW2 due
	Nov 2	M	Last day to withdraw
18	Nov 3	T	Device Drivers
19	Nov 5	Th	Disk Scheduling	11.5-11.11
20	Nov 10	T	Virtual Memory	8
21	Nov 12	Th	Virtual Memory
22	Nov 17	T	Virtual Memory		HW4 out	HW3 due
23	Nov 19	Th	Virtual Memory
24	Nov 24	T	Filesytems, NACHOS filesystem	12
	Nov 26	Th	THANKSGIVING -- NO CLASS
25	Dec 1	T	Unix filesystem
26	Dec 3	Th	Unix filesystem
27	Dec 8	T	Deadlocks	6.1-6.5
28	Dec 10	Th	Deadlocks		HW4 due
F	Dec 18	F	FINAL EXAM 11:15AM-1:45PM