1. CGS 3763 Operating Systems Concepts Spring 2013
Dan C. Marinescu
Office: HEC 304
Office hours: M-Wd 11: :30 AM

2. Lecture 1 – Monday, January 7, 2013
Today:
Class organization
What is an universal computer?
What are the main attributes of the von Neumann architecture?
What is the hardware software interface?
Next time
Operating Systems:
What is the role of an OS?
Why study this topic?
Are there different types of operating systems?
What is event-driven software?
Reading assignments:
Chapter 1 of the text book
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3. Class organization Class webpage:
Textbook:
Operating System Concepts by Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne.
8th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: , 2009.
TAs:
Bo Kang
Edward Aymerich
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4. Policies
Readings are assigned at each lecture. The students are required to study them and be prepared to discuss in class the concepts introduced by the materials assigned as a reading.
Class meetings will consist of discussions on each topic and the instructor will help guide the discussion by asking questions rather than traditional lectures, when the instructor presents a subject and students listen.
At the end of each week each student is required to fill out a “Student review” form available from the class Web site. Each student should list the new concepts and ideas discussed/introduced at each lecture s(he) attended during the week and then list the topics/concepts/ideas that were unclear. If a student misses a class s(he) should not fill in the form for the missed lecture and forfeit the 10 points. Filling out the form for a missed lecture is considered an act of academic dishonesty. This form should be submitted to the TA (Bo Kang, by10 AM on Monday the following week.
The penalty for late assignments (homework, review forms) is 5 points/day.
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5. Grading
Policy
30% - Class participation: based on the “Student review” forms and
participation in the class discussions. Total number of points
for reviews: 30 points/week x 14 weeks = 520 points.
20% - Midterm (closed book open class notes).
30% - Final Exam (closed book; closed class notes; comprehensive exam)
20% - Homework assignments 
Grades: 
A (90-100); A- (88-89);
B+ (86-87); B (80-85); B- (78-79);
C+ (76-77); C (70-75); C- (68-69);
D ( 68-60);
F (0-59);
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6. Topics OS fundamentals. Computer system structures OS structures
Processes, threads, concurrency, synchronization, deadlocks.
CPU scheduling
I/O System
Multi-level memory management; virtual memory; caching.
File system..
Client/Server Systems
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7. Objectives
The class covers basic principles guiding the design and implementation of operating systems.
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