CS3161
Operating System Principles
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Lecturer
Office
Telephone
Email
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Tutors
: Victor Lee
: B6415
: 2788-8617
: csvlee@cityu.edu.hk
: http://www.cs.cityu.edu/~vlee
: Victor Lee
C. M. Tang
(chuntang@cityu.edu.hk)
Feel free to contact us by any means if you have any study problem.
Course Homepage
• http://www.cs.cityu.edu.hk/~vlee/CS3161.html
– username/password: cs3161
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Lecture powerpoint files
Tutorial exercises and suggested answers
Workshop hands-on exercises
Announcement
Last year’s lecture materials
Link to student resources of the textbook
My contacts
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Course Homepage
• Lecture slides
– will be posted one week before the lecture
– may be slightly modified from last year’s lecture slides
– adapted from the slides provided by the authors of the
textbook
• Tutorial / Workshop hands-on exercises
– will be distributed during the class (no need to make
copies)
– answers will be posted one week after the tutorial
Assessment Pattern
• 70% examination
– You must get 30 marks from the 100-mark
examination paper to secure a pass.
• 30% coursework
– 10%: mid-term quiz
• around Week 7 or 8
– 12%: 3 workshops
• throughout the semester
• requires basic C programming
– 8%: 1 case study report on an OS
• around Week 11
References
• Textbook
– W. Stallings, Operating Systems Internals and Design
Principles, 6th edition, 2009.
• Reference
– A. Silberschatz, P. B. Galvin, G. Gagne, Operating
Systems Principles, 7th edition, 2006.
• The fundamental concepts covered in this course
can be found in many other OS textbooks.
Course Overview
• Main topics and their relationship
Ch. 3 & 4
Ch. 7 & 8
Ch. 9
Ch. 5 & 6
Ch. 13
Ch. 11 & 12