Operating Systems, Fall 2021 (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: 291737]

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. & Wed. 9:10-12:00am
Class Hours: Mon. 16:10-18:00pm, Tue. 16:10-17:00pm, R427, Technology Building
TA: Mr. Chang (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 is 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

Jan. 3, 2022: [NOTE] HW#4 has been announced.
Dec. 6, 2021: [NOTE] HW#3 has been announced.
Nov. 1, 2021: [NOTE] HW#2 has been announced.
Oct. 18, 2021: [NOTE] HW#1 has been announced.
Sep. 16, 2021: The homepage for Operating Systems (Fall 2021, 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. 20 & 21, 2021	(Leave and Compensation Leave for Mid-Autumn Festival)
2	Sep. 27 & 28, 2021	Course Overview Chap. 1, Introduction	Sec.1.9 will be skipped.
3	Oct. 4 & 5, 2021	Chap. 2, Operating System Structures
4	Oct. 11 & 12, 2021	(10/11: Compensation Leave for National Day) Chap. 2, Operating System Structures
5	Oct. 18 & 19, 2021	Chap. 3, Processes (10/19: Leave for taking COVID-19 vaccines; TA: Demo of VM installation, QA of homeworks)	HW#1 Sec.3.8 will be skipped. Exercsie #1
6	Oct. 25 & 26, 2021	Chap. 4, Threads & Concurrency Processes and Threads in Linux (Chap.3 in ULK3)	Sec.4.5 & 4.6 will be skipped.
7	Nov. 1 & 2, 2021	Chap. 5, CPU Scheduling Process Scheduling in Linux (Chap.7 in ULK3) Chap. 6, Synchronization Tools	HW#2 Due: HW#1 Sec.5.6 will be skipped. Sec. 6.4 will be skimmed.
8	Nov. 8 & 9, 2021	Chap. 7, Synchronization Examples Synchronization in Linux (Chap.5 in ULK3) Chap. 8, Deadlocks
9	Nov. 15 & 16, 2021	Chap. 9, Main Memory Memory Addressing in Linux (Chap.2 in ULK3)	Due: HW#2
10	Nov. 22 & 23, 2021	(Midterm Exam)
11	Nov. 29 & 30, 2021	(Leave for taking COVID-19 vaccines)
12	Dec. 6 & 7, 2021	Chap. 10, Virtual Memory Memory Management in Linux (Chap.8 in ULK3)	HW#3
13	Dec. 13 & 14, 2021	Chap. 11, Mass Storage Structure
14	Dec. 20 & 21, 2021	Chap. 12, I/O Systems	Due: HW#3
15	Dec. 27 & 28, 2021	Chap. 13, File-System Interface Chap. 14, File System Implementation
16	Jan. 3 & 4, 2022	VFS in Linux (Chap.12 in ULK3) Chap. 15, File System Internals	HW#4
17	Jan. 10 & 11, 2022	Chap. 18, Virtual Machines (Chap.17, Protection)
18	Jan. 17 & 18, 2022	(1/17: Final Exam)	Due: HW#4

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
Due: Nov. 1, 2021
HW#2 : Ch.4-6
Due: Nov. 15, 2021
HW#3 : Ch.7-9 (OSc, 9th ed.)
Due: Dec. 20, 2021
HW#4 : Ch.11-12 (OSc, 9th ed.)
Due: Jan. 17, 2022

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

Exams

Midterm Exam: Nov. 15-19, 2021.
- Date: Nov. 22, 2021 (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. 17-22, 2022.
- Date: Jan. 17, 2022
- Time: 16:10-18:00pm
- Location: R427, Technology Building
- Range: (TBD), potentially Chap. 1-15, 18

Score

Current score (including midterm exam, and HW#1, as of Dec. 13, 2021)

E-mail: jhwang AT csie DOT <the domain for our school>
Created: Sep. 16, 2021.
Last Updated: Jan. 3, 2022.