Course Information

STAFF

Prerequisite

• basics of OS and computer architecture
• good programming skills in C and UNIX

Expected Work

• substantial readings (textbooks and papers)
• challenging project extended over the entire semester
• homeworks (require writing short programs)
• midterm and final exams

Grading

• Homeworks 		 20%

• Mid-term			 20%

• Paper presentation / survey 10%

• Final			 20%

• Project			 30%

Project

GOALS

• improve systems programming skills: virtual memory, threads, synchronization, sockets
• learn to design, implement and evaluate a distributed protocol (distributed shared memory)

STRUCTURE

• individual project
• multiple phases ended with project reports
• 10-15 minute oral defense of the final report

Textbooks

• William Stallings: Operating Systems Internals and  Design Principles, Prentice-Hall, 3rd edition
• Andrew S. Tanenbaum: Distributed Operating Systems, Prentice-Hall, 1995
• Papers will be made available in the course homepage