UCLA CS111
Operating Systems (Spring 2003, Section 1)

Instructor

Andy Wang (awang@cs.ucla.edu)

Teaching Assistants

Petros Efstathopoulos (pefstath@cs.ucla.edu (subject: cs111))

Ashu Razdan (razdan@cs.ucla.edu (subject: cs111))

Textbooks

Gary Nutt, Operating Systems: A Modern Perspective (2nd Edition)

Gary Nutt, Kernel Projects for Linux (ISBN #0201612518 or 0201741962)

Announcements

[Mar 31] Welcome to CS111!

[Mar 31] There will be a Linux installfest on April 12 (Sat), in Boelter Hall 4760

[Apr 2] Please purchase your textbooks online (www.bookfinder.com), since it will take the bookstore 2-3 weeks to get copies.

[Apr 11] Starting April 16 (Wed), the class will meet in A2 Haines Hall.

[May 17] Correction: Exam 2 will cover lectures 8-12 and chapters 8-12 (no device drivers and file systems.

[June 7] The final exam will cover lectures 13-20 in great details (70%). The remaining exam will be two OS design questions (30%).

[June 7] Unfortunately, I will not be able to host a review session.

Handouts

Lecture 1

Quiz 1: Experience Survey (Word 2000)

Course Information (Word 2000)

Introduction and History (Word 2000)

Reading: Chapter 1

Suggested Reading: The Emperor's Old Clothes, by Tony Hoare

Lecture 2

Concurrency: Threads, Address Spaces, and Processes (Word 2000)

Homework 1 (Word 2000 )

Reading: Chapter 2

Lecture 3

Genesis: From Raw Hardware to Processes (Word 2000)

Reading: Chapter 3

Lecture 4

CPU Scheduling (Word 2000)

Homework 2 (Word 2000)

Reading: Chapters 4 and 7

Lecture 5

Cooperating Threads (Word 2000)

Synchronization (Word 2000)

Reading: Chapter 8

Lecture 6

Implementing Mutual Exclusion (Word 2000)

Semaphores (Word 2000)

Homework 3 (Word 2000)

Reading: Chapter 9

Lecture 7

Exam 1 (lectures 1-6, chapters 7-8)

Mean: 86

Lecture 8

UCLA CS111 Operating Systems (Spring 2003, Section 1)

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UCLA CS111
Operating Systems (Spring 2003, Section 1)