COP4610/CGS5765
Operating Systems
Syllabus
Instructor
Xin Yuan (xyuan@cs.fsu.edu)
Office: 168 LOV
Office hours: W M F 9:10am – 10:00am,
or by appointments
Class website:
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~xyuan/cop4610
Teaching Assistant
Samidh Chatterjee (chatterj@cs.fsu.edu)
Office: 267 Love Building
Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday
2:00pm-2:45pm
Course Objectives
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Define and explain key operating system
concepts
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Apply key operating system techniques
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Operating system, process, process management,
scheduling, synchronization, file systems, etc
Many techniques in OS are also very useful in
applications.
Develop system-level programs
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Using OS API (system calls)
OS implementation (Kernel module, system call,
synchronization primitives, etc)
Prerequisites
 COP
4530
 Data
 CDA
structures
3101
 Computer
organization
Required Skills
 COP4530
 Proficiency
in UNIX programming and
debugging environment
 Proficiency in C
Course Material
 Lecture
notes (posted at the class
website)
 Textbooks:
 Silberschatz,
Galvin, Gagne,
Operating System Concepts,
8th Edition
Class Grading
 Exams
(55%)
 Programming projects (30%)
 Quizzes and homework assignments
(15%)
Exams
 Exam
1 (15%)
 Exam 2 (15%)
 Comprehensive final exam (25%)
 There
will be questions closely related
to the programming assignments in the
exams.
Programming Projects
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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
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First unknown bug of any kind: -15 points – points
for the feature
First known bug/unimplemented feature: -10
points – points for the feature.
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
 91.9 – 90
 89.9 – 88
 87.9 – 82
 81.9 – 80
 79.9 – 78
 77.9 – 72
 71.9 – 70
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A
AB+
B
BC+
C
C-
69.9 – 68
 67.9 – 62
 61.9 – 60
 59.9 – 0
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D+
D
DF
If your score < 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-
Be aware: COP4610 is NOT a
normal 3-credit hour course.
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Recitation is an integrated part of the course.
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Most theoretical components covered in lectures
Most practical components covered in recitations.
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Course load would roughly equal to a 4- to 5hour course.
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OS involves many concepts. There is interdependence among some concepts.
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To really understand OS (or the concepts in OS),
you will need to read the book/lecture notes
repeatedly.
Computer Accounts
 Computer
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Various tools
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SSH, E-mail, text editor, g++, make
 ACNS
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science account
account (@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.
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
Dos and Don’ts
 Do
share debugging experiences
 Do share knowledge of tools
 Do acknowledge help from others
 Do acknowledge sources of information
from books and web pages
Dos and Don’ts
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Don’t cheat
Don’t copy code from others
Don’t paraphrase code from others either
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E.g., changing variable names & indentations
Don’t leak your code to any place
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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.
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Zero for the particular assignment/exam AND one
letter grade deduction for the level 1 agreement
(first violation).
Course Policies
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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
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Report to Student Disability Resource Center
Bring me a letter within the first week of class
To see or not to see me & TA
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Student feedbacks of ANY KIND are always
very welcome for a serious teacher.
 We are not psychics
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Please let us know if…
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We know the materials, but we may not know the
most effective way to pass the knowledge to you.
Class is too hard
You don’t have the background
Class can be improved in certain ways
When in doubt, email us…