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Course Outlines

Summer 2024 - CMPT 300 D100

Operating Systems I (3)

Class Number: 4051

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 6 – Aug 2, 2024: Tue, 8:30–10:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

    May 6 – Aug 2, 2024: Fri, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    CMPT 225 and (CMPT 295 or ENSC 254), all with a minimum grade of C-.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

This course aims to give the student an understanding of what a modern operating system is, and the services it provides. It also discusses some basic issues in operating systems and provides solutions. Topics include multiprogramming, process management, memory management, and file systems.

COURSE DETAILS:

Operating systems, being a fundamental part of any computer system, provide an environment in which users can execute their programs on the underlying computer hardware. This course explores the field of operating systems with an emphasis on basic operating systems concepts and design principles. We will cover fundamentals of operating systems such as processes, scheduling, synchronization, multiprogramming, memory management, file system and protection. Additionally, we will briefly touch on a few advanced topics like virtual machines. Students will also get a hands-on experience via multiple programming exercises. This is a programming-heavy course and basic knowledge of C and C++ programming and the UNIX environment is assumed.

More details at course webstie: https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~tzwang/teaching/cmpt300-summer24

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

Topics

  • Operating System Structures
  • Processes and Threads
  • CPU Scheduling and Process Coordination
  • Memory Management
  • File Systems
  • I/O Systems
  • Protection

Grading

NOTES:

To be discussed in the first week of class.

Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams in the course in order to obtain a clear pass (C- or better).

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

  • Operating System Concepts , 9th Edition, Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, J. Wiley & Sons, 2012, 9781118063330
  • Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau, 9791156007395

Registrar Notes:

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