Operating Systems, Spring 2022 (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.

Course Information

Instructor: Jenq-Haur Wang
E-mail: jhwang AT <the domain for our school>
Office: R1534, Technology Building, ext. 4238
Office Hours: Wed. & Fri. 9:10-12:00am
Class Hours: Mon. 15:10-17:00pm, Wed. 15:10-16:00pm, R327, 6th Teaching Building
TA: Mr. Liu (R1424, Technology Building)
Textbook: Operating System Concepts, 9th ed., by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, and Greg Gagne, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2013.
- Note: The latest edition is the 10th edition, which is available as "Asia Edition" in Taiwan. I will try to cover some of the latest topics whenever possible.
- 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

*** [NOTE] *** Due to the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic, since there are more than 100 students in our class, it will be fully online until the end of this semester (Week 11-18).
*** [NOTE] *** Due to some confirmed cases of COVID-19 in our class, the midterm exam on May 2, 2022 will be fully online.
Please check the latest announcement in Teams or iSchool+ for this course.
Feb. 14, 2021: The homepage for Operating Systems (Spring 2022, Undergraduates) has been set up.

Tentative Schedule

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

Week	Date	Content	Homework
1	Feb. 21 & 23, 2022	Course Overview Chap. 1, Introduction	Ch.1 will be skimmed.
2	Feb. 28 & Mar. 2, 2022	(2/28: Leave for 228 Peace Memorial Day) Ch.1
3	Mar. 7 & 9, 2022	Chap. 2, Operating System Structures	Ch.2 will be skimmed. Exercsie #1
4	Mar. 14 & 16, 2022	Chap. 3, Processes	HW#1 Sec.3.8 will be skipped.
5	Mar. 21 & 23, 2022	Chap. 4, Threads & Concurrency	Sec.4.5 & 4.6 will be skipped.
6	Mar. 28 & 30, 2022	Chap. 5, CPU Scheduling Process Scheduling in Linux (Chap.7 in ULK3) Chap. 6, Synchronization Tools	HW#2
7	Apr. 4 & 6, 2022	(4/4: Leave for Children's Day) (4/6: Compensation Leave for University Anniversary for Students)	Due: HW#1
8	Apr. 11 & 13, 2022	Chap. 6, Synchronization Tools	Sec. 6.4 will be skimmed.
9	Apr. 18 & 20, 2022	Chap. 7, Synchronization Examples Synchronization in Linux (Chap.5 in ULK3) Chap. 8, Deadlocks	HW#3
10	Apr. 25 & 27, 2022	Chap. 9, Main Memory Memory Addressing in Linux (Chap.2 in ULK3)	Due: HW#2
11	May 2 & 4, 2022	(5/2: Midterm Exam -- Online)	5/2, 5/4: online
12	May 9 & 11, 2022	Chap. 10, Virtual Memory Memory Management in Linux (Chap.8 in ULK3)	5/9, 5/11: online
13	May 16 & 18, 2022	Chap. 11, Mass Storage Structure	Due: HW#3 5/16, 5/18: online
14	May 23 & 25, 2022	Chap. 12, I/O Systems Chap. 13, File-System Interface	HW#4 5/23, 5/25: online
15	May 30 & Jun. 1, 2022	Chap. 14, File System Implementation VFS in Linux (Chap.12 in ULK3) Chap. 15, File System Internals	5/30, 6/1: online
16	Jun. 6 & 8, 2022	Chap. 18, Virtual Machines	6/6, 6/8: online
17	Jun. 13 & 15, 2022	Chap. 18	Due: HW#4 6/13, 6/15: online
18	Jun. 20 & 22, 2022	(6/20: Final Exam -- Online)	6/20: online

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: Extended to Apr. 6, 2022
HW#2 : Ch.4-6
Due: Extended to Apr. 27, 2022
HW#3 : Ch.7-9 (OSc, 9th ed.)
Due: May 11, 2022
HW#4 : Ch.11-12 (OSc, 9th ed.)
Due: Jun. 13, 2022

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

Exams

Midterm Exam: Apr. 17 - 23, 2022.
- Date: May 2, 2022
- Time: 15:10-17:00pm
- Location: Online (via Microsoft Teams)
- Range: Chap. 1-9
  You can check the major topics in Ch.1-10 for preparing your exam.
Final Exam: Jun. 19 - 25, 2022.
- Date: Jun. 20, 2022
- Time: 15:10-17:00pm
- Location: Online (via Microsoft Teams)
- Range: Chap. 1-15, 18 (Open book)

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E-mail: jhwang AT <the domain for our school>
Created: Feb. 14, 2022.
Last Updated: Jun. 15, 2022.