CSCE 351: Operating System Kernels (Fall 2011) *

Lectures: MW 3:30-4:45pm

Avery Hall 106

Name Office Phone Office Hours Email

Instructor Prof. Ying Lu Schorr Center 104 (402) 472 - 5793 MW 2:30-3:30pm and by appointment ylu and cse dot unl dot edu

Homework TA Weiyue Xu Schorr Center 207 Th 4:00-5:00pm at SRC (13 Avery) and by appointment weiyue and cse dot unl dot edu

Project TA Dongyuan Zhan Schorr Center 218 (402) 770 - 8372 T 4:00 - 5:00pm at SRC (13 Avery) and by appointment dzhan and cse dot unl dot edu

Announcements:

· Homework3 is posted online (due 3:20pm, Wednesday, November 16).

Syllabus

Class Roster

Lecture Notes	Reading List
1. Administrivia
2. Introduction	Chap 1
3-1. OS overview	Chap 2.1-2.4
3-2. Virtual Machines	Chap 2.5-2.6 (Virtualization for Dummies)
4. Processes Description and Control	Chap 3
5. Threads	Chap 4
6. Course Project Tutorial
7. Mutual Exclusion and Synchronization	Chap 5
8. Deadlock	Chap 6
9. Memory Management	Chap 7
10. Virtual Memory	Chap 8
11. Uniprocessor Scheduling	Chap 9
12. Disk Scheduling	Chap 11
13. Computer Security Techniques	Chap 15

Homework Assignments:

Web Handin

· Homework Assignment1 (Due 3:20 pm, Monday, September 26)

Files for question 3

· Homework Assignment2  (Due 3:20 pm, Wednesday, October 12)

· Homework Assignment3  (Due 3:20 pm, Wednesday, November 16)

Projects:

· Introduction

· Pre-Project Lab (09/12/2011 - 09/21/2011)

· Project 1 (09/22/2011 -10/05/2011)

· Project 2 (10/06/2011 -11/13/2011)

· Project 3 (11/14/2011 - 12/07/2011)

* Giving credit where it is due: some of the course materials are borrowed from Dr. Witawas Srisa-an who taught this course for 6 years.