CS 410 - Operating Systems - Spring 2016
Instructor
Dr. Hoang Bui, Assistant Professor, School of Computer ScienceEmail: h-bui at wiu dot edu
Office: 447L Stipes Hall
Class Meetings
MWF 9:00am-9:50am, 132 Stipes HallOffice Hours
MWF 2:00pm-3:00pm W 10:00am-11:00amAdditional office hours are available by appointment.
Office hours are subjected to change. Any changes will be updated on the course website.
Course Overview
This course will provide an overview of the concepts of operating systems with emphasis on process management, memory management, file management, scheduling, and synchronization. Students will learn and understand a number of basic services provided by an operating system. We will also discuss the mechanisms and algorithms used to implement these services. Additionally, students will practice applying these mechanisms and algorithms to implement some parts of operating system services.Course Textbooks
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Required: Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne, Operating System Concepts, Wiley, 9th edition. |
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Recommended: Kernighan and Ritchie, The C Programming Language, Prentice-Hall, 1988. |
Programming Assignment
Programming Assignment 0 Due date: Wednesday, February 17th, 2016Programming Assignment 1 Due date: Friday, March 4th, 2016
Programming Assignment 2 Due date: Friday, April 1st, 2016