Kennesaw State University

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Fall 2008

CSIS 3530 Operating Systems

Course Description:

This course introduces the fundamental concepts and principles of operating systems. Topics covered include system performance, processes and threads, multiprogramming, scheduling, memory management, synchronization, deadlocks, file systems, Input/output systems, security and protection, network and distributed OS (and top level TCP/IP).

The structure and design of operating systems such as UNIX/LINUX will also be covered. Hands-on assignments and projects are carried out using the Linux operating with the CS3 server.

Hands-on will involve solving assignments using discrete-event object-oriented simulation with the Psim3 package. This facilitates the study of models of various aspects of operating systems to determine their dynamic behavior, and to determine their performance.

Students are expected to participate in class discussion and exercise initiative (and creative and critical thinking) in their work. In addition to learning the principles and concepts on operating systems, students are expected to learn and use the appropriate terminology and to exercise good writing knowledge and skills.

Students should have practical knowledge of SSH (for file transfer and remote login), and ZIP necessary for the assignments. Programming background (the minimum is CSIS 2302) is also necessary. Knowledge of system architecture is also required (CSIS 3510 prerequisites).

For the assignments, students need to login to the CS3 server, "cs3.kennesaw.edu". The Psim3 library for the Linux system is installed on the CS3 server.

Course links:

· Official site for Psim, the simulation software (not needed for this course, it’s already installed on CS3).

· Directory with course notes, PowerPoint slides and text files with instructions on connecting and using CS3.

Directory with documents of assignment descriptions.

Prerequisites:

CSIS 2520 Introduction to Data Communications;
CSIS 3510 Computer Organization and Architecture.

Textbook and Resources:

Principles of Modern Operating Systems by Jose M. Garrido and Richard Schlesinger. Jones and Bartlett, 2008. This (required) book was designed to fulfill the objectives and learning outcomes of the course.

Operating System Concepts. A. Silberschatz, P. Galvin and G. Gagne. 6th edition, Wiley, 2002 (this book only for reference).

Instructor:

Dr. Jose M. Garrido

Office:

CL 3035 (CL 3015)

Email Address:

jgarrido@kennesaw.edu

Phone:

770-499-3652

Office Hours:

See instructor’s Web page

Fax Number:

Website Address:

science.kennesaw.edu/~jgarrido

Learning Outcomes:

As a result of completing this course, students will be able to:

Understand the conceptual workings and design fundamentals of operating systems.
Understand and be able to evaluate the features offered by various types of operating systems.

· Understand and be able to evaluate performance issues of computer systems.

· Write short reports on the performance of various aspects of operating systems.

Policies:

GRADING

Quizzes 20%

Assignments 25%

Mid-Term Exam 25%

Final Exam 20%

Class discussions and optional assignments 10%

CSIS Grade Policy:

The CSIS department has a "C" or better grade policy in all CSIS prerequisites. If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, please come and see the CSIS Department Chair.

Withdrawal Policy:

The last day to withdraw without academic penalty is June 20, 2007. Ceasing to attend class or oral notice thereof DOES NOT constitute official withdrawal from the course. Students who simply stop attending classes without officially withdrawing usually are assigned failing grades. Students wishing to withdraw after the scheduled change period (add/drop) must obtain and complete a withdrawal form from the Academic Services Department in the Registrar’s Office.

Enrollment Policy:

Only those students who are enrolled in the class may attend lectures, receive assignments, take quizzes and exams, and receive a grade in the class. If a student is administratively withdrawn from this course, they will not be permitted to attend class nor will they receive any grade for the class.

Electronic Devices

In order to minimize the level of distraction, all beepers and cellular phones must be on quiet mode during class meeting times. Students who wish to use a computer/PDA for note taking may do so. Please use these devices only for class-related work. Recording of lectures by any method requires prior approval of the instructor.

Classroom Behavior

Students are reminded to conduct themselves in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct, as published in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provision. For more details, visit http://ww.kennesaw.edu/academicaffairs/acadpubs/ucat2003-04/x.genpolicies%20.pdf . Students who are in violation of this policy will be asked to leave the classroom and may be subject to disciplinary action by the University.

Student Email and Web Account Access:

KSU is moving towards a central authentication server that will allow one username and password to be used by all KSU users to access an increasing variety of applications (email, WebCT etc.) This unified network identification is referred to as your "NetID". The new source for university-provided email and web space for students will be located at students.kennesaw.edu All students will have access to this system once they have established their NetID. This system will provide email service through a web based interface, FTP and SFTP.

How to Activate your NetID:
To activate your NetID go to http://netid.kennesaw.edu and click on the "Sign up Now!" link. You will be asked to provide information to verify your identity and set your password. This password will only be for NetID enabled applications.

How to Look Up a NetID:
After you have activated your NetID, you can look up other users by logging into http://netid.kennesaw.edu and clicking on Directory Search.

How to Send Email:
For student email, your NetID in combination with the new email address would look like netid@students.kennesaw.edu .

Web Address:
For student web address, your NETID in combination with the new server address would look like http://students.kennesaw.edu/~netid.

If you have problems please call the Service Desk at ext. 6999 or e-mail service@kennesaw.edu .

Computing in the Information Age Scholarship (CIAS)

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Computing in the Information Age Scholarship (http://cias.kennesaw.edu) provides selected CSIS majors with $1,500 per semester. The purpose of the scholarship is to increase retention in the computing sciences by providing aid to high-achieving students with financial need, and involving them in scholarly activities with CSIS faculty.


Class sessions	Topic	Chapters
1	Introduction, Basic Concepts	1
2	Processes, Threads, Performance	2,3
3	Multiprogramming	4
4	CPU Scheduling	5
5	CPU Scheduling
6	File Management	6
7	Review
8	MID-TERM Exam
9	I/O System	7
10	Synchronization	8
11	Deadlock	9
12	Memory Management	10
13	Network and Distributed OS top level TCP/IP	12
14	Security and Protection	11
15	Network Security	12
16	review
Final Exam

Special Dates:
Holidays/No Class	September 1, Nov 26 - 30.
Last day to withdrawal without penalty
Last day of class	Dec 3
Final Exam	Dec 4 - 10
Graduation

Class Format:

Interactive! Questions and discussions on all topics are expected throughout the class sessions. On many topics, there may be other students in the class who are also knowledgeable in the area and they are encouraged to initiate discussions.

Evaluation of quizzes and exams is based on the knowledge of the topic area and the manner of how students answer the questions. Good writing skills and good interpretation of questions is important.

Lecture Notes:

Copies of the presentations will be made available online

Assignments:

Project Requirements:

To be provided

Additional Resources:

All participants to the course must have access to the Internet for e-mail interaction with all other participants and the instructor (course forum), and for accessing the various additional material and assignments posted on the Web. The projects are carried out in teams of two to four persons. Some projects will be executed on Unix (Linux) (see below) using the CS3 server.

Links:

· Official site for Psim, the simulation software (not needed for this course, already installed on CS3).

· Directory with several files: course notes, PowerPoint slides and text files with instructions on connecting and using CS3.

· Directory with documents of assignment descriptions and additional instructions.

Instructor Absence:

Computer Labs:

Please be aware of and follow all computer lab user policies.

Burruss Building

The labs on the fourth floor of the Burruss Building are open 7 days each week as follows:

M-Th 7:45am - 11pm
Friday 7:45am - 5pm
Sat 10am - 6pm
Sun noon - 8pm

The Burruss labs are open most holidays. Be prepared to show your current student ID card upon entering the lab. The telephone number of the Burruss Building lab is 770-423-6110.

Science and Mathematics Building

The lab in SC 228 of the Science and Mathematics Building is open as follows:

M-Th 10am - 9pm
Fri & Sat 10am - 3pm
Sun closed

The telephone number of the Science and Mathematics Building lab is 770-499-3351.

Assessment:

Quizzes	20%
Assignments	25%
Mid-Term Exam	25%
Final Exam	20%
Class discussion and extra quiz assignments	10%

Grade Evaluation

A	90% - 100%
B	89% - 80%
C	79% - 70%
D	69% - 60%
F	59% or below

Student Course Evaluation:

A standard questionnaire (described below) will be administered during the last two weeks of the semester in all classes. Additional questions developed by the college or instructor(s) may be included as well. It is important that each student provide meaningful feedback to the instructor(s) so that changes can be made in the course to continually improve its effectiveness. We value student feedback about the course, our teaching styles, and course materials, so as to improve our teaching and your learning. At a minimum, the following two questions will be asked: 1) Identify the aspects of the course that most contributed to your learning (include examples of specific materials, exercises and/or the faculty member's
approach to teaching and mentoring), and 2) Identify the aspects of the course, if any, that might be improved (include examples of specific materials, exercises and/or the faculty member's approach to teaching and mentoring).

Acquiring Final Grades:

The final grades for this course will be posted to the student’s permanent record using the KSU Banner system. Students may acquire their final grades by accessing their Banner account online. Grades are no longer mailed to students. Students needing verification of grades or enrollment should request either an official transcript or an enrollment verification through the Office of the Registrar.

Academic Integrity Statement:

Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct, as published in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Section II of the Student Code of Conduct addresses the University's policy on academic honesty, including provisions regarding plagiarism and cheating, unauthorized access to University materials, misrepresentation/falsification of University records or academic work, malicious removal, retention, or destruction of library materials, malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and/or services, and misuse of student identification cards. Incidents of alleged academic misconduct will be handled through the established procedures of the University Judiciary Program, which includes either an "informal" resolution by a faculty member, resulting in a grade adjustment, or a formal hearing procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of Conduct's minimum one semester suspension requirement.

Students are encouraged to study together and to work together on class assignments and lab exercises; however, the provisions of the STUDENT CONDUCT REGULATIONS, II. Academic Honesty, KSC Undergraduate Catalog will be strictly enforced in this class.

Frequently students will be provided with “take-home” exams or exercises. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure they fully understand to what extent they may collaborate or discuss content with other students. No exam work may be performed with the assistance of others or outside material unless specifically instructed as permissible. If an exam or assignment is designated “no outside assistance” this includes, but is not limited to, peers, books, publications, the Internet and the WWW. If a student is instructed to provide citations for sources, proper use of citation support is expected. Additional information can be found at the following locations.

http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html

http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htm

http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html

http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/papers/copyright/ipdummie.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html
http://plagiarism.phys.virginia.edu/links.html
http://www.arts.ubc.ca/doa/plagiarism.htm
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/%7ejanicke/plagiary.htm
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/plagiarism.htm
http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm
http://www.engr.washington.edu/~tc231/course_info/plagiarism.html
http://quarles.unbc.edu/lsc/rpplagia.html

APA Documenting Examples:

All MSIS students are required to have a copy of the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual, available in the KSU bookstore and elsewhere.

When any portion of another author's work is used, whether it be from a course textbook or outside work, including the World Wide Web, in whole, in part, or paraphrased, that work must be cited. Proper citation formats are provided on the reverse of this document. Failure to do so can result in Academic Misconduct Proceedings.
Acceptable Reference Formats (from North and Blade, 1998 (see below) reprinted with permission)

There are two components to a proper citation: the text citation and the reference or endnote. The text citation will usually consist of the author's or authors' last name(s) and the year of the publication. The endnote citation will read as follows:

Books

(Author. Date. Book Title. Publication Data.)

A reference for a single-author book:

North, M. M. (1996). Virtual reality technology. New York: Best Press.

A reference for a multi-author book:

North, M. M. & Blade, R. A. (1998). How to build skills for research. Colorado Springs: IPI Press.

Journals

(Author. Date. Article Title. Journal Title. Publication Data.)

Journal Reference

Kelly, F. G. (1997). Networking made efficient. Journal of Computer Networking. 45(3), 54-61.

(Here is an article in Volume 45, Issue 3, spanning pages 54-61)

Conference Proceeding

Vanner, F. D. (1996). A survey of medical issues using virtual reality. Proceedings of the Virtual Reality Medical Technology. 119-132. Nice, France.

APA Documenting Examples Continued:

World Wide Web (from http://www.apa.org/books/pubmant.html):

(Author. Date. Page Title. Publishing Information. Retrieval Date. WWW URL)

Entire site no specific page

Kidspsych is a wonderful interactive Web site for children (http://www.kidspsych.org).

No reference entry is needed.

Citing Specific Documents on a Web Site:

American Psychological Association. (1995, September 15). APA public policy action alert: Legislation would affect grant recipients [Announcement]. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved January 25, 1996, from the World Wide Web: http://www.apa.org/ppo/istook.html

An independent document (no author identified): 1

Electronic reference formats recommended by the American Psychological Association. (2000, August 22). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Retrieved August 29, 2000, from the World Wide Web: http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html

If the primary author is not available for the body citation, the first key word is to be used (Electronic, 2000).

Acknowledgment and Acceptance of Academic Integrity Statement:

In any academic community, certain standards and ethical behavior are required to ensure the unhindered pursuit of knowledge and the free exchange of ideas. Academic honesty means that you respect the right of other individuals to express their views and opinions, and that you, as a student, not engage in plagiarism, cheating, illegal access, misuse or destruction of college property, or falsification of college records or academic work.

As a member of the Kennesaw State University academic community you are expected to adhere to these ethical standards. You are expected to read, understand and follow the code of conduct as outlined in the KSU graduate and undergraduate catalogs. You need to be aware that if you are found guilty of violating these standards you will be subject to certain penalties as outlined in the college judiciary procedures. These penalties include permanent expulsion from KSU.

Read the Academic Integrity Statement and then sign and date in the space below. You are required to abide by these ethical standards while you are a student at KSU. Your signature indicates that you understand the ethical standards expected of you in this academic community, and that you understand the consequences of violating these standards.

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