Course Information Sarah Diesburg Operating Systems COP 4610

Instructor Sarah Diesburg Office: 203B LOV Office hours: M T 3:00pm – 4:00pm Class website: Florida State University 2

Teaching Assistants Alejandro Cabrera Subject line: cop4610 Florida State University 3

Class Schedule Lecture M W F 8:00-8:50am in LOV 301  Mandatory: Two general OS lectures, one recitation lecture per week (subject to change) Workshop W 12:20-1:10pm in LOV 301  Hands-on assistance with projects  Note: no workshop on Jan 5th Florida State University 4

Why Study Operating Systems? The OS is the largest and the most complicated software running on most machines It contains many important system concepts  Design principles  Complexity hiding  Performance tuning  Resource coordination Florida State University 5

Applicability of OS Skills Software engineering Database design and implementation Network design and implementation Distributed computing Florida State University 6

Learning Objectives Operating system concepts  Process management, CPU scheduling, synchronization, caching, file systems, and so on Programming skills  User-level shell  Kernel module, system call, synchronization primitives, file system Florida State University 7

Prerequisites COP 4530  Data structures CDA 3101  Computer organization Florida State University 8

Required Skills Proficiency in UNIX programming and debugging environment Proficiency in C Florida State University 9

Course Material Lecture notes (posted at the class website) Textbook:  Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne, Operating System Concepts, 8 th Edition Florida State University 10

Class Grading Two components  Exams (50%)  Homework assignments and projects (50%) Florida State University 11

Exams Exam 1 (10%) Exam 2 (10%) Comprehensive final exam (30%) Florida State University 12

More on Exams 80% based on lectures, assignments, and projects 20% based on your ability to apply various principles learned in the class Florida State University 13

Assignments and Projects Homework assignments (10%)  Paper submissions 3 – 4 projects 1 ( % each) Florida State University 14

Passing the Course To receive a passing grade (>= C) for course, you must get a passing grade on  The projects (overall average)  The final exam Not that passing the above does not automatically imply a passing grade! Florida State University 15

If you pass projects and final, your grade will be: 100 – 92 A 91.9 – 90 A – 88 B – 82 B 81.9 – 80B – 78C – 72C 71.9 – 70C – 68D – 62D 61.9 – 60D – 0F Florida State University 16

If you score < 70% on either projects or final Say…  60% on final  90% on projects The highest grade is C- Florida State University 17

Assignments Individual homework assignments  One bonus point for each homework assignment Constructive comments on lectures and recitations Or, a funny story of the week Florida State University 18

Projects… Increasingly difficult In teams of two people  Team of 3 only in exceptional circumstances ( me) Florida State University 19

Computer Accounts Computer science account  Various tools SSH, , text editor, gcc, make ACNS account  Receiving class s  Discussion board  Grade posting Florida State University 20

Your Responsibilities Understand lecture and reading materials Attend office hours for extra help, as needed Uphold academic honesty Turn in your assignments on time Check class Web page and your garnet account and regularly Florida State University 21

Dos and Don’ts Do share debugging experiences Do share knowledge of tools Do acknowledge help from others Do acknowledge sources of information from books and web pages Florida State University 22

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 post more than 1 line of code to the discussion board Florida State University 23

Course Policies Attendance mandatory There are no make-up exams for missed exams… 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 Florida State University 24

To see or not to see me & TAs We are not psychics 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, us… Florida State University 25

Survival Tips Post messages and read the discussion board frequently  Sign up to receive s Web search engines are your good friends Florida State University 26