1. Introduction Andrew Whitaker
CSE451
Introduction
Andrew Whitaker 

2. Agenda
Meet the instructors
TODOs
Course Philosophy
Course Logistics

3. The Staff Andrew Whitaker Aaron Kimball William Rossiter
Office Hours: MF, 3:30-4:30, Allen 214
Aaron Kimball
William Rossiter

4. Stuff to do… Read the course web page Create project teams of three
Create project teams of three to
Sign up for the list
Start reading the text
Skim chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3, Sections 1-3

5. Course Philosophy Learning is the most important thing
Learning can come from many sources
Reading is important
Class time will be devoted to synthesis
Lots of different sources of reading: text book, papers, source code, …

6. Course Logistics No homework assignments :-)
Instead, we will distribute “sample test questions”
There will be 4-5 “mini-quizzes”
Should be easy if you’ve done the reading
Team-based projects…

7. Projects Two flavors Modifying the Linux kernel
Written in C
Applications that utilize OS features
Primarily written in Java

8. Grading Quizzes: 15% Projects: 40% Midterm: 20% Final: 25%
Lowest quiz score dropped
Quiz 1: project teams to
Projects: 40%
Midterm: 20%
Final: 25%

9. Rough Syllabus Operating systems overview (1 week)
Threads and concurrency (3 weeks)
Virtual memory (1 week)
File and storage systems (3 weeks)
Distributed Systems (1 week)
Other topics???

10. Questions??