0. 4/24/2017
Introduction

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

2. 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., (Optional)
Course website: connex.csc.uvic.ca
(After you login to connex, you should be able to see the site “CSC360: A01.” If not, please tell me your uvic , and I will manually add you into the list).

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

4. 2. Introduction to the course (2)
Message from undergraduate advisor:
Sue Butler: ECS 512,
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 accounts used for messages
forward to your favourite one if you want

5. 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.

6. 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

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

8. 4. Course policies
See official course outline (
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