Calendar

Spring 2005

The course calendar summarizes the important dates for the term, including examination and assignment due dates for all students in the course, and class meeting times for on-campus students. It will be updated, as necessary, throughout the term.

Examinations dates are firm. Other details of this calendar -- i.e., the topics that are discussed at the class meetings -- will be revised as the term progresses.

Programming assignments and electronic turn-ins of term papers are due at midnight on the day shown.

More detail about each week will be provided in the corresponding page of the Weekly Guide, as the term progresses.

Day	Date		Topic	Read	Project	Exams & Quizzes
Week 1 - Introduction & Overiew
Wed	05	Jan	Class Organization & Overview	Ch 1
Fri	07	Jan	Programming with C macros and the Linux list_head structure	Ch 1,2	Program P1	Quiz: C Programming
Week 2 - Processes
Mon	10	Jan	What is an Operating System?	Ch 3
Wed	12	Jan	Unix/Linux API View of Process Control	Ch 3
Fri	14	Jan	Linux Kernel List Structures; Process Concepts	Ch 3
Week 3 - Processes
Mon	17	Jan	M.L. King, Jr. Day	Ch 4		No class
Tue	18	Jan		Ch 3	P1 due
Wed	19	Jan	Assignment Explanation; Unix process API	Ch 3	Program P2
Fri	21	Jan	Process Implementation; Unix API	Ch 3
Week 4 - Threads & Mutual Exclusion
Mon	24	Jan	Threads	4.1-4.2, 4.6
Wed	26	Jan	Mutual Exclusion & POSIX Mutexes	Ch 5
Thu	27	Jan			P2 due
Fri	28	Jan	Producer-Consumer & POSIX CVs, Thread Programming Examples	Ch 5	Program P3	Quiz: Ch 1-3
Week 5 - Deadlock & Starvation
Mon	31	Jan	Deadlock	Ch 6
Wed	02	Feb	Deadlock Models & Detection	Ch 6
Fri	04	Feb	Preview of Midterm Exam	Ch 6		Quiz: Ch 4-5
Week 6 - Exam
Mon	07	Feb	Exam	Ch 1-6		Exam
Assignments and exam dates are valid above this point. Material below is still under construction.
Wed	09	Feb	...	Ch 7	P3 due
Fri	11	Feb	...	Ch 7	Program P4
Week 7 - Memory Management
Mon	14	Feb	Memory Management	Ch 7
Wed	16	Feb	Memory Management	Ch 7
Fri	18	Feb	Memory Management	Ch 7		Quiz: Ch 6
Week 8 - Virtual Memory
Mon	21	Feb	Virtual Memory	Ch 7
Tue	18	Jan		Ch 3	P4 due
Wed	23	Feb	Virtual Memory	Ch 7	Program P5
Fri	25	Feb		Ch 8		Quiz: Ch 7
Week 9 - Virtual Memory
Mon	28	Feb	Virtual Memory	Ch 9
Wed	02	Mar	Scheduling & Performance Analysis	Ch 9
Fri	04	Mar	Help Session on Program	Ch 8	P5 due	Quiz: Ch 8
Spring Break - 07-11 March
Week 10 - Process & Thread Scheduling
Mon	14	Mar	Scheduling & Performance Analysis	Ch 9	Program P6
Wed	16	Mar	Probabilistic Modeling & Analysis	Ch 9
Fri	18	Mar	Multiprocessor & Real-Time Scheduling	Ch 9		Quiz: Ch 9+
Week 11 - Scheduling & I/O Management
Mon	21	Mar	I/O Management and Disk Scheduling	Ch 10
Mon	21	Mar	I/O Management and Disk Scheduling	Ch 10
Tue	22	Mar			P6 due
Fri	25	Mar	Review & Preview of Midterm Exam	Ch 6-11	Program P7	Quiz: Ch 10
Week 12 - Exam, File Management
Mon	28	Mar	Exam	Ch 7-12		Exam
Wed	30	Mar	File Management	Ch 12
Fri	01	Apr	Solution to Program 1b/4a	Ch 12		Quiz: Ch 11
Week 13 - File Management
Mon	04	Apr	File Management	Ch 12
Wed	06	Apr	Operating System Security	Ch 15	Term Paper
Fri	08	Apr	Review of Midterm 2 Results, solution to Program 2b/4b	Ch 15		Quiz: Ch 12
Week 14 - File Management & Break
Mon	11	Apr	Operating System Security	Ch 15
Wed	13	Apr	Operating System Security
Fri	15	Apr	Operating System Security
Week 15 - Security
Mon	18	Apr	Reserved for schedule slip, topic TBD
Wed	20	Apr	Reserved for schedule slip, topic TBD
Fri	22	Apr	Review & Preview of Final Exam	Ch 1-12 Ch 15	Paper due	Quiz: Ch 15
Week 16 - Final Exam Week -
Fri	29	Apr	Final Examination 10:00AM-12:00 noon, 101 Love			Exam

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