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- 1. COSC 4302-01 Introduction to Operating Systems Fall 2015 Instructor: Dr. Bo Sun Office: Maes 70 Telephone: 409-880-8781 Email: bosun99@gmail.com Class Hours: TR 12:45pm – 2:05pm, Maes 107 Office Hours: TR 10:00am – 12:00am, 2:10pm – 3:00pm, and by appointment Course Description and Learning Objectives: This course will provide an introduction to the design and implementation of operating systems. The operating system provides a convenient and efficient interface between users programs and the hardware of the computer they are running on. OS is responsible for sharing resources, providing common services needed by different programs, and protecting individual programs from interfering with one another. Students will learn to analyze and design a software solution, and implement a software design specification using C language. Learning Outcomes: At the conclusion of the course, students will be able to: • Master fundamental concepts of operating systems, such as device management, process management, memory management, and file management. • Understand device drivers and I/O management, such as polling and Interrupt-driven I/O operations. • Understand process management, such as abstract machines, address space, context switch, process, thread, state transition diagram, and resource models. • Understand memory management such as virtual memory, segmentation, paging, and swapping, • Understand file management, such as basic read and write file operations, • Understand CPU scheduling, such as design and implementation of scheduler, preemptive scheduling policies, and non-preemptive scheduling policies. • Understand basic and high-level synchronization principles, such as critical section, deadlock, binary semaphore, general semaphore, Reader/Writer problem, Bounded- Buffer Problem, Dining Philosopher problem, monitor, conditional variable, signals, and basic Inter-Process Communication. • Develop corresponding programs using Unix system calls and program with the Unix/Linux operating system, such as fork(), signal(), pthread_create(), fopen(), sleep(), sem_init(), and wait().
- 2. • Analyze software development problems, design and implement software solutions, and write technical reports. There will be a term project, in which a complex problem will be analyzed, designed, implemented, and documented. Textbook (Required) • Operating Systems, Gary Nutt, Third Edition, Addison Wesley, ISBN: 0-2-0177344-9, 2003 • Unix System Programming, K.A. Robbins and S. Robbins, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0-13-042411-0, 2003 Prerequisite C programming, data structure Class Content Please log into BlackBoard to check all the latest information about this class. Grading Policies Attendance: 5% Homework/Project: 25% Midterm Exam: 30% Final Exam: 40% Note 1. You are expected to participate in class discussions. Failure to do so will result in reduction of your grade; 2. Some homework questions and the project require programming; 3. Final exam is comprehensive; No makeup exam will be given due to personal reasons. Student with Disabilities If you have a need for a disability-related accommodation, please contact the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SFSWD), Room 105 in the Communication Building, 880-8347; or write: SFSWD, P O Box 10087, Beaumont, TX 77710 Special Accommodations It is the policy of Lamar University to accommodate students with disabilities, pursuant to federal and state law, and the University’s commitment to equal educational opportunities. Any student with a disability who needs accommodations should inform the instructor at the beginning of the course. Academic Honesty Scholastic dishonesty will not be tolerated. We encourage discussions of assignments. However, the final submitted homework must be the individual work of the student turning it in. Anyone caught copying on a homework assignment (including copying of whole programs or portions of
- 3. programs) will get a 0 on that assignment. Anyone caught cheating on an exam will get a 0 on that exam. This course complies with university policies on academic honesty as printed in the Student Handbook. Late policy All assignments must be turned in at the beginning of the class on the due date specified. Late assignments will be penalized 10% per day and will be accepted within maximum 2 days after the due date. Assignments that are more than 2 days late will not be accepted. All assignments should be typed. Handwritten assignments will not be accepted. Attendance Policy Students are required to attend every class and are solely responsible for anything missed in the class. Attendance accounts for 5% of the overall grade. Unexcused absence will result in a reduction of the class attendance grade. Emergency Procedures Many types of emergencies can occur on campus; instructions for severe weather or violence/active shooter, fire, or chemical release can be found at: http://www.lamar.edu/about-lu/administration/risk-management/index.html. Following are procedures for the first two: Severe Weather • Follow the directions of the instructor or emergency personnel. • Seek shelter in an interior room or hallway on the lowest floor, putting as many walls as possible between you and the outside. • If you are in a multi-story building, and you cannot get to the lowest floor, pick a hallway in the center of the building. • Stay in the center of the room, away from exterior walls, windows, and doors. Violence/Active Shooter (CADD) CALL - 8-3-1-1 from a campus phone (880-8311 from a cell phone). Note: Calling 9- 1-1 from either a campus phone or cell phone will contact Beaumont City Police Dispatch rather than University Police. AVOID- If possible, self-evacuate to a safe area outside the building. Follow directions of police officers. DENY- Barricade the door with desks, chairs, bookcases or any other items. Move to a place inside the room where you are not visible. Turn off the lights and remain quiet. Remain there until told by police it is safe.
- 4. DEFEND- Use chairs, desks, cell phones or whatever is immediately available to distract and/or defend yourself and others from attack. The Campus Closure Policy In the event of an announced campus closure in excess of four days due to a hurricane or other disaster, students are expected to login to Lamar University website's homepage (www.lamar.edu) for instructions about continuing courses remotely.