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This schedule, and the links contained in it, are subject to change during the semester. Exam dates, however, are final.
Reading assignments are from one of the required
textbooks:
Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective by
Bryant and O'Hallaron (indicated by B&O)
or from the online
book Operating
Systems and Middleware: Supporting Controlled Interaction, by
Max Hailperin (indicated by MH).
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| Mon | Jan 14 | Introduction & Themes | Reading: B&O: Ch1 | ||
| Wed | Jan 16 | History of Operating Systems and Dual Mode Execution | Reading: B&O: 8-8.1 |
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| Fri | Jan 18 | Optional Discussion Section: C and Linux Review | |||
| Wed | Jan 23 | Dual Mode
Execution (Continued) and Processes |
Reading: B&O: 8.2-8.8 Optional Reading (CPU Scheduling): MH: 3.2-3.6 Project 0 available. |
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| Fri | Jan 25 | HW1 due 8:45am | |||
| Mon | Jan 28 | Threads | Reading: B&O: 12.1-12.4 |
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| Wed | Jan 30 | Threads, Concurrency, and Too Much Milk! |
Reading: MH: 4.2-4.3.1 | ||
| Fri | Feb 1 | HW2 due 8:45am Project 0 due 11:59pm |
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| Mon | Feb 4 | Synchronization (I) | Reading: B&O: 12.5-12.8 Optional Reading: MH: 4.6 Project 1 available |
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| Wed | Feb 6 | Synchronization (II) | Reading: MH: 4.3.2-4.5 9a Readers/Writers Example 12p Readers/Writers Example |
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| Fri | Feb 8 | HW3 due 8:45am |
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| Mon | Feb 11 | Deadlock | Reading: MH: 4.7-4.8 Pemberley Solution |
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| Wed | Feb 13 | Synchronization Review | (1) Read the Therac-25 paper,
following these tips. If you are off-campus, this link through the UT libraries Web proxy may be useful. (2) While you are reading, view these two helpful graphics, which nicely illustrate linear accelerators and problems that they have caused. (3) Read this New York Times article and at least the first two pages of this one (make sure you see the pictures). |
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| Fri | Feb 15 | HW4 due 8:45am Project 1 due 11:59pm |
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| Mon | Feb 18 | |
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| Wed | Feb 20 | Exam 1 | 7p-9p in WCH 1.120 | ||
| Fri | Feb 22 | No Discussion Sections |
Project 2 available | ||
| Mon | Feb 25 | Memory: Overview | Reading: B&O: 9.1-9.2 |
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| Wed | Feb 27 | Virtual Memory I | Reading: B&O 9.3-9.6 | ||
| Fri | Mar 1 | HW5 due 8:45am | |||
| Mon | Mar 4 | Virtual Memory II | Reading: B&O: 9.7-9.8, MH: 6.4 Project 2 Stack Check Due |
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| Wed | Mar 6 | |
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| Fri | Mar 8 | HW6 due 8:45am |
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| Mon-Fri | Mar 11-15 | ---Spring Break!--- | |||
| Mon | Mar 18 | Heap Memory Management | Reading: B&O: 9.9-9.12 Project 3 available |
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| Wed | Mar 20 | Heap Memory Management
(Continued), and Introduction to I/O |
Reading: B&O: Chapter 6-6.2 |
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| Fri | Mar 22 | HW7 due 8:45am Project 2 due 11:59pm |
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| Mon | Mar 25 | I/O (Continued) and Disks | Reading: MH: 8-8.2 | ||
| Wed | Mar 27 | Disks, Memory (again), and Deadlock | |||
| Fri | Mar 29 | HW8 due 8:45am |
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| Mon | Apr 1 | In class exam review | |||
| Wed | Apr 3 | Exam 2 | 7p-9p in WEL 1.316 | ||
| Fri | Apr 5 | No Discussion Sections | |||
| Mon | Apr 8 | File System Fundamentals: Use, API, and Implementation | Reading: B&O: Chapter 10 MH: Chapter 8.3-8.6 |
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| Wed | Apr 10 | Exam 2 Discussion and finishing File System Fundamentals | Reading: Review MH 8.7-8.9, Chapter 5 Optional Reading: The Transaction Concept (Gray) Project 4 available |
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| Fri | Apr 12 | HW9 due 8:45am Project 3 due 11:59pm |
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| Mon | Apr 15 | File System Types and Consistency | Reading: Review MH 8.7-8.9, Chapter 5 Optional Reading: The Transaction Concept (Gray) | ||
| Wed | Apr 17 | Introduction to Networked Systems | Readings: B&O: Ch11 Congestion Avoidance and Control and Saltzer and Kaashoek Ch7 (read 6, 9) | ||
| Fri | Apr 19 | HW10 due 8:45am |
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| Mon | Apr 22 | Network Programming, Parallel and Distributed Computing (with Distributed Commit) |
Readings: MH 10.3 Ch7-7.4, "Concurrency Control in Database Systems", by Bernstein, Hadzilacos, Goodman MapReduce |
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| Wed | Apr 24 | Distributed File Systems and RPC | Reading: NFS The Google File System |
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| Fri | Apr 26 | HW11 due 8:45am | |||
| Mon | Apr 29 | The Security Mindset | Reading: MH: Chapter 11 Why Cryptosystems Fail |
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| Wed | May 1 | Putting It All
Together In class exam review |
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| Fri | May 3 | Discussion Section attendance optional. TAs available for help and review. |
Project 4 due 11:59pm You may only use 2 slip days on this project! |
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| Final Exam, May 9, 7p-10p, JGB 2.324. | |||||
