Operating Systems, Fall 2022 (EECS Undergraduates)

This course offers an introduction to the concepts and principles in modern operating systems. This is offered as a required course in the undergraduate program of EECS.

Notes on Online Courses

All students enrolled in this couse have been added to the team in Microsoft Teams.
You can attend the online course in Microsoft Teams: Team created for OS [course number: 305048]

Course Information

Instructor: Jenq-Haur Wang
E-mail: jhwang AT csie DOT <the domain for our school>
Office: R1534, Technology Building, ext. 4238
Office Hours: Tue. & Fri. 9:10-12:00am
Class Hours: Mon. 16:10-18:00pm, Wed. 16:10-17:00pm, R427, Technology Building
TA: Miss Cheng (R1424, Technology Building)
Textbook: Operating System Concepts, 9th ed., by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, and Greg Gagne, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2013. (OSc9)
- Note: The latest edition is available as the 10th Global edition. (OSC10)
- Note: Earlier editions (such as 8th ed. or Java version) of the textbook are also acceptable. Changes in the latest edition will be mentioned whenever applicable.
- Note: Please do not confuse it with the authors' new version called "Operating System Concepts Essentials, 2nd Edition", which covers most of the core topics in the contemporary operating systems. Some chapters were removed, such as Deadlocks, Virtual Machines, and Distributed Systems, some of which will still be covered in this course.
References:
- Modern Operating Systems, 4th ed., by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Herbert Bos, Prentice-Hall, 2015. (MOS4)

Latest News

Sep. 11, 2022: The homepage for Operating Systems (Fall 2022, EECS Undergraduates) has been set up.

Tentative Schedule

NOTE: The tentative schedule and the slides are subject to modification.

Week	Date	Content	Homework
1	Sep. 12 & 14, 2022	Course Overview
2	Sep. 19 & 21, 2022	Chap. 1, Introduction	Sec.1.9 will be skipped.
3	Sep. 26 & 28, 2022	Chap. 2, Operating System Structures
4	Oct. 3 & 5, 2022	Chap. 3, Processes	HW#1
5	Oct. 10 & 12, 2022	(10/10: Leave for National Day) Chap. 4, Threads & Concurrency Processes and Threads in Linux (Chap.3 in ULK3) (TA: Demo of VM installation, QA of homeworks)	Sec.3.8 will be skipped. Exercsie #1
6	Oct. 17 & 19, 2022	Chap. 5, CPU Scheduling	Sec.4.5 & 4.6 will be skipped. Due: HW#1
7	Oct. 24 & 26, 2022	Process Scheduling in Linux (Chap.7 in ULK3) Chap. 6, Synchronization Tools	HW#2 Sec.5.6 will be skipped. Sec. 6.4 will be skimmed.
8	Oct. 31 & Nov. 2, 2022	Chap. 7, Synchronization Examples Synchronization in Linux (Chap.5 in ULK3) Chap. 8, Deadlocks
9	Nov. 7 & 9, 2022	Chap. 9, Main Memory Memory Addressing in Linux (Chap.2 in ULK3)	Due: HW#2
10	Nov. 14 & 16, 2022	(11/14: Midterm Exam)
11	Nov. 21 & 23, 2022	Chap. 9 Chap. 10, Virtual Memory
12	Nov. 28 & 30, 2022	Memory Management in Linux (Chap.8 in ULK3) Chap. 11, Mass Storage Structure
13	Dec. 5 & 7, 2022	Chap. 12, I/O Systems	HW#3
14	Dec. 12 & 14, 2022	Chap. 13, File-System Interface Chap. 14, File System Implementation	HW#4
15	Dec. 19 & 21, 2022	(Leave for IEEE BigData 2022) TA: Q&A for course materials & homeworks	Due: HW#3
16	Dec. 26 & 28, 2022	(12/26: Leave for IEEE BigData 2022) VFS in Linux (Chap.12 in ULK3) Chap. 15, File System Internals
17	Jan. 2 & 4, 2023	(1/2: Compensation Leave for the New Year) Chap. 18, Virtual Machines	Due: HW#4
18	Jan. 9 & 11, 2023	(1/9: Final Exam)

Homework Assignments

Please hand in your homework in paper form or in electronic files before deadline.
Programs or homework in electronic files must be submitted to me via our submission site as follows:

Program Submission Site: iSchool+
User Account: your account in Taipei Tech Portal
Program Uploading: Please compress source codes and documentation in a .zip file, and clearly name your program files.
Note: If your program needs special environment or tool to compile or run, please write documentation about it.

There will be at least 3-4 homeworks during this semester.

HW#1 : Ch.1-3
HW#2 : Ch.4-6
HW#3 : Ch.7-9 (OSc, 9th ed.)
HW#4 : Ch.11-12 (OSc, 9th ed.)

If you have any questions about the homework, please contact with the TA via e-mail.

Exams

Midterm Exam: Nov. 7-11, 2022.
- Date: Nov. 14, 2022 (TBD)
- Time: 16:10-18:00pm
- Location: R427, Technology Building
- Range: (TBD), potentially Chap. 1-9
  You can check the major topics in Ch.1-10 for preparing your exam.
Final Exam: Jan. 9-13, 2023.
- Date: Jan. 9, 2022
- Time: 16:10-18:00pm
- Location: R427, Technology Building
- Range: (TBD), potentially Chap. 1-15, 18

Score

E-mail: jhwang AT csie DOT <the domain for our school>
Created: Sep. 11, 2022.
Last Updated: Dec. 28, 2022.