4/24/2017 Introduction

Agenda 1. Books & reference material 2. Introduction to the course 3. Workload 4. Course policies

1. Books & Reference Material Textbook: Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne, Operating System Concepts, 7th or higher edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Required) Doeppner, T.W., Operating Systems in Depth, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010. (Optional) Course website: connex.csc.uvic.ca (After you login to connex, you should be able to see the site “CSC360: 201501 A01.” If not, please tell me your uvic email, and I will manually add you into the list).

2. Introduction to the course (1) Contact information Kui Wu wkui@ieee.org Office: EOW 522 Office Hours: T 2:00 - 4:00 p.m or email for an appointment Phone: 472-5766 (T01) Yunlong Li, F 2:30 - 3:20 p.m. ECS 124 (beginning second week of classes)

2. Introduction to the course (2) Message from undergraduate advisor: Sue Butler: ECS 512, cscadvisor@uvic.ca Do not have the prerequisite course(s)? (For CSC 360: CSC 225; CSC230 or CENG 255; SENG 265 or CENG 241) need to obtain a waiver Taking the course more than twice? need to have a letter from the Chair and the Dean UVic email accounts used for messages forward to your favourite one if you want

2. Introduction to the course (3) Objective: To understand how a set of computing resources can be shared safely, efficiently, and effectively among many users, including the major concepts of modern operating systems and the relationship between the OS and the architecture of computer systems.

2. Introduction to the course (4) 4/24/2017 Topics: Introduction to Operating Systems Operating system structures Concurrent processes and programming CPU scheduling Memory management and virtual memory File systems and storage management Virtualization

3. Course workload Workload Assignment/Exam Weights Assignment 1 15% Midterm 1 Assignment 2 20% Midterm 2 Assignment 3 Midterm 3

4. Course policies See official course outline (http://courses.seng.uvic.ca/courses/2015/spring/csc/360) late assignments, mark appeals, etc academic integrity zero tolerance on cheating! No group assignment/project collaboration/discussion is encouraged responsibility: your submitted work is yours obligation: give credits to references