| Course Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Section | Lecture Hours | Location | ||
| CMP 426 - OS1A | Mo, Tu, We, & Th 6:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Online via Zoom | ||
| Contact Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instructor: | Steven Fulakeza | Email: | steven.fulakeza(at)lehman.cuny.edu | |
| Phone: | NA | Office Location: | GI 232 | |
| Office Hours: | Mondays & Wednesdays from 12:50 pm to 1:50 pm and 03:50 pm to 4:50 pm | |||
| Instructor Availability: | I reply to students' emails regularly but please note that I do not typically check email or Slack messages during late hours on weekdays, and I do not check these at all on the weekends in order to devote time to family, rest, and religious observances. Messages received during these times will receive attention once I am back online. | |||
CMP 426 Course Description: 4 hours, 4 credits
Operating systems and their role in various types of computer systems; the principles of multiprogramming; algorithms for resource allocation; multiple-computer systems. PREREQ: CMP 334 and CMP 338.
Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
Textbook:
A. Silberschatz, P. Galvin, and G. Gagne, Operating System Concepts, 10 th Edition, Wiley, 2018. ISBN 978-1-119-29967-7
Textbook Web Site:
Grade Policy:
Your grades will be computed based on the following:
CMP 426:
| Activity | Percentages |
|---|---|
| Homework Assignments and Blackboard Quizzes | 40% |
| Midterm Exam | 30% |
| Final Exam | 30% |
Exam Schedule:
Final Exam: June 29th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
There are no make-up exams. However, makeup exam might be given only if when a student's absence is unavoidable. In such a case, the student must file formal written request with substantial evidence.
Homework Assignments and Submission
Several homework assignments are given during lectures. Students need to work on the homework for preparing exams but may not need to submit the homework assignments to the instructor. Some selected homework problems will be assigned as formal assignments to be submitted for grading.
Students must work in their own assignments unless I state otherwise. No late assignments will be accepted.
Homework assignments will include the following areas and more:
Honor Code
Students are encouraged to study together. However, you must do your own work for all your homework assignments, projects and exams. You should never copy code or antwork from the internet or another student. You are responsible for knowing and following Lehman's academic integrity code (available from the Undergraduate Bulletin, Graduate Bulletin, or the Office of Academic Standards and Evaluations). All incidents of cheating will be reported to the Vice President of Student Affairs.
Expectations
Students are expected to learn both the material covered in class and the material in the textbook and other assigned reading. Completing homework is an essential part of the learning experience. Students should review topics from prior courses as needed using old notes and books.
Blackboard & Communication
I will be communicating with you on a regular basis throughout the semester using the email address listed on Blackboard for this course. You are required to make sure that the email address on Blackboard is your current Lehman email address and you must check it on a regular basis. There will be no acceptable excuse for missing an email announcement.
Accommodating Disabilities:
Lehman College is committed to providing access to all programs and curricula to all students. Students with disabilities who may need classroom accommodations are encouraged to register with the Office of Student Disability Services. For more info, please contact the Office of Student Disability Services, Shuster Hall, Room 238.
Phone number: 718-960-8441
Email: disability.services@lehman.cuny.edu
Webpage: http://www.lehman.edu/student-disability-services
Recording of Remote Classes:
Students who participate in this class with their camera on or use a profile image are agreeing to have their video or image recorded solely for the purpose of creating a record for students enrolled in the class to refer to, including those enrolled students who are unable to attend live. If you are unwilling to consent to have your profile or video image recorded, be sure to keep your camera off and do not use a profile image. Likewise, students who un-mute during class and participate orally are agreeing to have their voices recorded. If you are not willing to consent to have your voice recorded during class, you will need to keep your mute button activated and communicate exclusively using the "chat" feature, which allows students to type questions and comments live.
All classes that are conducted online will be recorded. The link for the recordings will be made available on Blackboard. Classes done in person will not be recorded.
Course Outline:
Overview
Process Management
Process Synchronization
Memory Management
Storage Management
Tentative Schedule:
| Week | Day | Date | Topic | Reading Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 06/05/2023 | Introduction, Syllabus, Chapter 1 | Syllabus & Chapter 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 06/06/2023 | Chapter 1 | Chapter 1 |
| 1 | 3 | 06/07/2023 | Chapter 2 - OS Structures: OS Services, User and OS Interface, Shell, Kernel, System calls | Chapter 2 |
| 1 | 4 | 06/08/2023 | Chapter 2 - OS Structures: System calls, System Services, Linkers and Loaders | Chapter 2 |
| 2 | 5 | 06/12/2023 | Chapter 2 - OS Structures: Operating-System Design and Implementation, Operating-System Structure | Chapter 2 |
| 2 | 6 | 06/13/2023 | Chapter 3 - Processes: Process concept, Process state, process control block, Process scheduling, Operations on Processes, Write a program to create and execute a process using the fork() system call | Chapter 3 |
| 2 | 7 | 06/14/2023 | Chapter 3 - Processes: Sockets, Pipes | Chapter 3 |
| 2 | 8 | 06/15/2023 | Midterm Exam (from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Chapter 4 |
| 3 | X | 06/19/2023 | College Closed | |
| 3 | 9 | 06/20/2023 | Chapter 4 - Threads & Concurrency: Threads, relationship to processes, creation/termination and Threads & Concurrency | Chapter 4 |
| 3 | 10 | 06/21/2023 | Chapter 5 - CPU Scheduling | Chapter 5 |
| 3 | 11 | 06/22/2023 | Chapter 5 - CPU Scheduling | Chapter 5 |
| 4 | 12 | 06/26/2023 | Chapter 6 - Synchronization Tools: Critical sections, Peterson's, Atomic hardware solutions, Mutexes, spinlocks, Semaphores | Chapter 6 |
| 4 | 13 | 06/27/2023 | Chapter 7 - Synchronization Examples: Producer-Consumer, Readers-Writers, Dining Philosophers and Chapter 8 - Deadlocks: Deadlocks, Deadlock detection, Algorithms | Chapter 7 & Chapter 8 |
| 4 | 14 | 06/28/2023 | Chapter 8 - Deadlocks: Algorithms, Recovery from Deadlock | Chapter 8 |
| 4 | 15 | 06/29/2023 | Chapter 9 - Memory Management - Contiguous memory allocation | Chapter 9 |
Homework Assigments:
| Assignment | Release Date | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Blackboard Chapter 1 Multiple Choice Quiz 1 | 06/05/2023 | 06/07/2023 by 11:59 pm | Programming Homework Assignment 1 | 06/08/2023 | 06/10/2023 by 11:59 pm |
| Homework Assignment 1 | 06/08/2023 | 06/12/2023 by 11:59 pm on Blackboard |
| Blackboard Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Quiz 2 | 06/14/2023 | 06/15/2023 by 11:59 pm |
| Homework Assignment 2 | 06/14/2023 | 06/16/2023 by 11:59 pm on Blackboard | Programming Homework Assignment 2 | 06/14/2023 | 06/21/2023 by 11:59 pm |
Projects:
| Project | Release Date | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
C Programming Resources
Getting Started with the Command Line
The following links are useful you to get you started with the command line
Operating System Examples