CS440 Operating Systems Spring'17

• Syllabus  
• Course Policies
• Code in classroom (click here)
• Assignments. Please type both questions and your answers with a fine format. For programming assignments, copy both the code and I/O examples (screen-shots) to the document. Name the document as CS440assignment#_FirstnameLastname.doc(x). Email the document as attachment to the instructor (usvwccs@gmail.com^*). The email subject is the same as the file name. A hard copy of the document is required on the due date. 
  • Assignment 1
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• Topics Covered
  • 1/30 Intro to OS
  • 2/01 OS basics: space-multiplexed and time-multiplexed sharing
  • 2/06 Using the OS (ch2)
  • 2/08 OS organization (ch3)
  • 2/13 Computer organization (ch4)
  • 2/15 Device management (ch5) Algorithms in optimizing seeking time
  • 2/20 Process state diagram (ch6)
  • 2/22 Test 1A
  • 2/27 Process scheduling algorithms (ch7): FCFS
  • 3/01 More on scheduling: SJN; priority; RR (Round Robin) 
  • 3/06 More on scheduling. Critical section and race condition
  • 3/08 Synchronization
  • 3/13 More on syn.
  • 3/15 Test 1B
  • (spring break)
  • 3/27 On Test 1B. 
  • 3/29 Deadlock (ch10)
  • 4/03 More on deadlock
  • 4/05 Programming with concurrency.
  • 4/10 The Banker's algorithm
  • 4/12 More on Banker's 
  • (4/17 school close for Easter Monday)
  • 4/19 More on deadlock
  • 4/24 Review
  • 4/26 Test II. Using materials is allowed
  • 5/01 On Test 2. Memory management
  • 5/03 More on MM
  • 5/08 Review
  • 5/10 Exam
  • 5/12 Final project