COP4610/CGS5765 Operating Systems

Syllabus

Instructor

Xin Yuan (xyuan@cs.fsu.edu)

Office: 168 LOV

Office hours: W M F 9:10am – 10:00am, or by appointments

Class website: http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~xyuan/cop4610

Teaching Assistant

Samidh Chatterjee (chatterj@cs.fsu.edu)

Office: 267 Love Building

Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday 2:00pm-2:45pm

Course Objectives Define and explain key operating system

concepts Operating system, process, process management,

scheduling, synchronization, file systems, etc Apply key operating system techniques

Many techniques in OS are also very useful in applications.

Develop system-level programs Using OS API (system calls) OS implementation (Kernel module, system call,

synchronization primitives, etc)

PrerequisitesCOP 4530

Data structuresCDA 3101

Computer organization

Required SkillsCOP4530Proficiency in UNIX programming and

debugging environmentProficiency in C

Course MaterialLecture notes (posted at the class

website)Textbooks:

Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne, Operating System Concepts, 8th Edition

Class Grading

Exams (55%) Programming projects (30%) Quizzes and homework assignments

(15%)

ExamsExam 1 (15%)Exam 2 (15%)Comprehensive final exam (25%)

There will be questions closely related to the programming assignments in the exams.

Programming Projects Three or four projects, equally weighted In teams of two people Late project will be accepted for up to 2 days

with 20% penalty per day. All programs handed in will be checked by

automatic plagiarism detection programs. WRITE PERFECT PROGRAMS

First unknown bug of any kind: -15 points – points for the feature

First known bug/unimplemented feature: -10 points – points for the feature.

If both exam grades and project grades are more than the thresholds (70% for both), the letter grade will be assigned as follows

100 – 92 A 91.9 – 90 A- 89.9 – 88 B+ 87.9 – 82 B 81.9 – 80 B- 79.9 – 78 C+ 77.9 – 72 C 71.9 – 70 C-

69.9 – 68 D+ 67.9 – 62 D 61.9 – 60 D- 59.9 – 0 F

If your score < the threshold on one componentThe threshold is 70% of the total

possible score (38 for the exams and 21 for the projects)

Say… 55% on exams 150% on projects and assignments

The highest grade is C-

Be aware: COP4610 is NOT a normal 3-credit hour course. Recitation is an integrated part of the course.

Most theoretical components covered in lectures Most practical components covered in recitations.

Course load would roughly equal to a 4- to 5-hour course.

OS involves many concepts. There is inter-dependence among some concepts. To really understand OS (or the concepts in OS),

you will need to read the book/lecture notes

repeatedly.

Computer Accounts Computer science account

Various tools SSH, E-mail, text editor, g++, make

ACNS account (@garnet.fsu.edu) Receiving class emails

Please communicate with the instructor and the TA using a fsu account (cs or garnet). Emails from outside fsu accounts (yahoo, hotmail, gmail, etc) will be ignored.

Your ResponsibilitiesUnderstand lecture and reading

materialsAttend office hours for extra help, as

needed Uphold academic honesty Turn in your assignments on timeCheck class Web page and your email

account and regularly

Dos and Don’tsDo share debugging experiencesDo share knowledge of toolsDo acknowledge help from othersDo acknowledge sources of information

from books and web pages

Dos and Don’ts Don’t cheat Don’t copy code from others Don’t paraphrase code from others either

E.g., changing variable names & indentations Don’t leak your code to any place

There is no difference in terms of penalty between copying and being copied.

All honor code violation will be reported to and resolved through the Office of the Dean and the Faculties. Zero for the particular assignment/exam AND one

letter grade deduction for the level 1 agreement (first violation).

Course Policies Attendance mandatory There are no make-up exams for missed

exams unless one (1) has a really good excuse AND (2) notice the instructor before the exam.

Honor code: read your student handbook Students with disabilities

Report to Student Disability Resource Center Bring me a letter within the first week of class

To see or not to see me & TA Student feedbacks of ANY KIND are always

very welcome for a serious teacher. We are not psychics

We know the materials, but we may not know the most effective way to pass the knowledge to you.

Please let us know if… Class is too hard You don’t have the background Class can be improved in certain ways

When in doubt, email us…