Schedule

This schedule is to change as the weeks go on.
Readings are to be completed before class.

Week 1

01/08

: release Lab1

01/09

lecture Introduction (note) (handout): Read normalized score distribution from some CS5600 here; how to read the figure is here

01/11

Lecture Process I (note) (handout): OSTEP Ch1, Ch4

01/12

: release HW1, release Midterm Sample

Week 2

01/16

Martin Luther King Jr. Day No Class

01/18

Lecture Process II (note) (scribble): OSTEP Ch5, due HW1

01/22

: release HW1 Sol, student article “Wait, my Lab1 works on my machine!” See Jayaraman’s journey with “char” type here

Week 3

01/23

Lecture Process III (note) (handout) (scribble): The Unix Shell (a crash course): Setup, Pipes and Filters

01/25

Lecture Process IV – Shell (note) (handout) (scribble): OSTEP Ch6, due Lab1

01/26

: release HW2

Week 4

01/30

Lecture Scheduling I (note) (scribble): OSTEP Ch7, Ch8, release Lab2

02/01

Lecture Scheduling II (note) (scribble): OSTEP Ch9

02/02

: release HW2 sol, release HW3

Week 5

02/06

Lecture Concurrency/synchronization I (note) ~~(handout)~~ (handout fix) (scribble): OSTEP Ch26, Ch27

02/08

Lecture Concurrency/synchronization II (note) (scribble): OSTEP Ch28, Ch29

02/09

: release HW3 sol, release HW4

Week 6

02/13

Lecture Concurrency/synchronization III (note) (handout 1) (handout 2) (scribble): OSTEP Ch30, Read Coding Standards for Programming with Threads, by Mike Dahlin

02/15

Lecture Concurrency/synchronization IV (note) (handout) (scribble): OSTEP Ch32

02/16

: release HW4 sol, release HW5

02/17

: due Lab2

02/19

: release Lab3

Week 7

02/20

Presidents Day No Class

02/22

Lecture Midterm Review (notes): bring your questions; release Midterm Sample 2

02/23

: release HW5 sol,

Week 8

02/27

midterm

03/01

Lecture Virtual Memory I (notes) (scribble): OSTEP Ch13, Ch15,
release midterm solutions released on Canvas; if your grade doesn’t look right, you should challenge us.

Week 9

03/06

spring break No Class

03/08

spring break No Class

03/12

: due Lab3

Week 10

03/13

Lecture Virtual Memory II (notes) (handout) (scribble): OSTEP Ch18, Ch19

03/15

Lecture Virtual Memory III (notes) (handout) (scribble [updated 03/21]): OSTEP Ch20 (skip 20.2), read page translation (x86-32) (ignore 5.3), release Lab4

03/16

: release HW6

Week 11

03/20

Lecture Virtual Memory IV (notes) (handout) (scribble): OSTEP Ch21, Ch22

03/22

Lecture I/O I (notes) (handout) (scribble): OSTEP Ch36,

03/23

: release HW7, release HW6 sol

Week 12

03/27

Lecture I/O II (notes) (scribble): OSTEP Ch37

03/29

Lecture I/O III ~~File Systems I~~ (notes) (handout) (scribble): OSTEP Ch44, Ch40

03/30

: release HW8, release HW7 sol,

03/31

: release Final Sample 1, Final Sample 2

04/02

: due Lab4

Week 13

04/03

Lecture File Systems I (notes) (scribble): OSTEP Ch41
release Lab3 grader (see Canvas)

04/05

Lecture File Systems II (CS5600 File System) (notes) (handout) (scribble): OSTEP Ch42
release Lab5

04/06

: release HW9,
release HW8 sol

Week 14

04/10

Lecture File Systems III (notes) (handout) (scribble)

04/12

Lecture Security: Unix (notes) (scribble): OSTEP Ch53, Ch55

04/13

: release HW10,
release HW9 sol

04/14

: lab3 regrading session WVF 114, 3:30PM

Week 15

04/17

Patriots Day No Class

04/19

Lecture Final Exam Review (notes)

04/20

: due Lab5,
release HW10 sol

04/21

: lab4 regrading session WVF 114, 1:30PM–2:30PM
NOTE: 2:30PM is a hard deadline when two TAs have to run.

Week 16

04/24

final exam

04/27

: challenging final WVH 344, 2:00–4:00PM
NOTE: you need to email us first. See 04/26 announcement.