CS 2510

Computer Operating Systems

Spring 1999
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:45-7:05, Alumni 234

Instructor

Prof. Mark Moir (moir@cs.pitt.edu)
Office: 225 Alumni Hall,
Phone: (412)624-8407
Fax: (412)624-8854
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 3:45-5:45. If you are unable to make these times, I am also available by appointment.

Teaching Assistant

Youtao Zhang (zhangyt@cs.pitt.edu)
Office: 301 MIB
Phone: 624-8846
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 11:30-2:00 and 3:20-3:50 or by appointment if necessary.

Textbook

Advanced Concepts in Operating Systems
By Mukesh Singhal and Niranjan G. Shivaratri
McGraw-Hill

Also occasional readings from the literature may be assigned.

Requirements and grading

In-class exam, Thursday, February 25th (tentative), 30%
Final exam, Tuesday, April 27th, 35%
Projects, 35%
Class participation will be used to decide borderline grades.

Policy on cheating and late projects

Programming projects are to be individual efforts. Collaboration is considered cheating. Cheating on exams or projects will be dealt with severely.

Late work will be accepted only under extenuating circumstances, and may incur a late penalty. Exams will not be rescheduled except under extraordinary circumstances.

Course Description

In this course, we will study various features of advanced computer operating systems, primarily distributed and multiprocessor operating systems. There will be a heavy emphasis on the principles, design issues, and algorithms, and relatively little emphasis on specific implementations. There will be three or four programming assignments, which will help you to understand various advanced operating systems mechanisms in detail.