COP4610/CGS5765 Operating Systems Syllabus

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COP4610/CGS5765 Operating SystemsSyllabus
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Instructor

• Xin Yuan (xyuan_at_cs.fsu.edu)
• Office 168 LOV
• Office hours W M F 910am 1000am, or by
  appointments
• Class website
• http//www.cs.fsu.edu/xyuan/cop4610

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Teaching Assistant

• Samidh Chatterjee (chatterj_at_cs.fsu.edu)
• Office 267 Love Building
• Office hours Tuesday and Thursday 200pm-245pm

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Course Objectives

• Define and explain key operating system concepts
• Operating system, process, process management,
  scheduling, synchronization, file systems, etc
• Apply key operating system techniques
• Many techniques in OS are also very useful in
  applications.
• Develop system-level programs
• Using OS API (system calls)
• OS implementation (Kernel module, system call,
  synchronization primitives, etc)

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Prerequisites

• COP 4530
• Data structures
• CDA 3101
• Computer organization

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Required Skills

• COP4530
• Proficiency in UNIX programming and debugging
  environment
• Proficiency in C

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Course Material

• Lecture notes (posted at the class website)
• Textbooks
• Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne,
• Operating System Concepts,
• 8th Edition

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Class Grading

• Exams (55)
• Programming projects (30)
• Quizzes and homework assignments (15)

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Exams

• Exam 1 (15)
• Exam 2 (15)
• Comprehensive final exam (25)
• There will be questions closely related to the
  programming assignments in the exams.

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Programming Projects

• Three or four projects, equally weighted
• In teams of two people
• Late project will be accepted for up to 2 days
  with 20 penalty per day.
• All programs handed in will be checked by
  automatic plagiarism detection programs.
• WRITE PERFECT PROGRAMS
• First unknown bug of any kind -15 points
  points for the feature
• First known bug/unimplemented feature -10 points
  points for the feature.

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If both exam grades and project grades are more
than the thresholds (70 for both), the letter
grade will be assigned as follows

• 100 92 A
• 91.9 90 A-
• 89.9 88 B
• 87.9 82 B
• 81.9 80 B-
• 79.9 78 C
• 77.9 72 C
• 71.9 70 C-

• 69.9 68 D
• 67.9 62 D
• 61.9 60 D-
• 59.9 0 F

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If your score lt the threshold on one component

• The threshold is 70 of the total possible score
  (38 for the exams and 21 for the projects)
• Say
• 55 on exams
• 150 on projects and assignments
• The highest grade is C-

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Be aware COP4610 is NOT a normal 3-credit hour
course.

• Recitation is an integrated part of the course.
• Most theoretical components covered in lectures
• Most practical components covered in recitations.
• Course load would roughly equal to a 4- to 5-hour
  course.
• OS involves many concepts. There is
  inter-dependence among some concepts.
• To really understand OS (or the concepts in OS),
  you will need to read the book/lecture notes
  repeatedly.

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Computer Accounts

• Computer science account
• Various tools
• SSH, E-mail, text editor, g, make
• ACNS account (_at_garnet.fsu.edu)
• Receiving class emails
• Please communicate with the instructor and the TA
  using a fsu account (cs or garnet). Emails from
  outside fsu accounts (yahoo, hotmail, gmail, etc)
  will be ignored.

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Your Responsibilities

• Understand lecture and reading materials
• Attend office hours for extra help, as needed
• Uphold academic honesty
• Turn in your assignments on time
• Check class Web page and your email account and
  regularly

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Dos and Donts

• Do share debugging experiences
• Do share knowledge of tools
• Do acknowledge help from others
• Do acknowledge sources of information from books
  and web pages

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Dos and Donts

• Dont cheat
• Dont copy code from others
• Dont paraphrase code from others either
• E.g., changing variable names indentations
• Dont leak your code to any place
• There is no difference in terms of penalty
  between copying and being copied.
• All honor code violation will be reported to and
  resolved through the Office of the Dean and the
  Faculties.
• Zero for the particular assignment/exam AND one
  letter grade deduction for the level 1 agreement
  (first violation).

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Course Policies

• Attendance mandatory
• There are no make-up exams for missed exams
  unless one (1) has a really good excuse AND (2)
  notice the instructor before the exam.
• Honor code read your student handbook
• Students with disabilities
• Report to Student Disability Resource Center
• Bring me a letter within the first week of class

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To see or not to see me TA

• Student feedbacks of ANY KIND are always very
  welcome for a serious teacher.
• We are not psychics
• We know the materials, but we may not know the
  most effective way to pass the knowledge to you.
• Please let us know if
• Class is too hard
• You dont have the background
• Class can be improved in certain ways
• When in doubt, email us