cmsc412: Operating Systems

Tuesday		Thursday
Jan 23		Jan 25	Introduction Read chapters 1, 2 for reading homework 1 Project Z to be released Videos from pete.
Jan 30	Introduction Continued Slides: intro, hardware, process, OS overview, GeekOS slides and text	Feb 1	X86 Architecture (slides) Project Z due Sunday midnight (description, geekos src, geekos setup)
Feb 6	Processes Read chapters 3-5 for reading homework 2, due today at 2pm. (slides)	Feb 8	OS Structures Project 0 due Sunday midnight (spec, slides)
Feb 13	Processes (slides)	Feb 15	Threads (slides)
Feb 20	Synchronization (slides) Project 1 due tonight at midnight. (spec, slides, submit file) Read OSTEP lect05, chapters 7, 10.4 for reading homework 3	Feb 22	Synchronization (slides)
Feb 27	CPU Scheduling, Queuing (slides, Queueing Theory) Read OSTEP lect08, chapters 30 and 31 for reading homework 4	Feb 29	Deadlocks (slides) Project 2 due Sunday Midnight. (spec, slides, submit file)
Mar 5	Virtual Memory (slides) Read OSTEP lect09, lect10, a bit of chapters 30 and 31 for reading homework 5	Mar 7	Virtual Memory (slides) Project 3 due Sunday midnight (spec, slides, submit file)
Mar 12	Virtual Memory (slides) Read OSTEP chapters 18, 20, and 22 for reading homework 6 due at 8 PM	Mar 14	Exam 1 (answers)
Mar 19	Spring Break	Mar 21	Spring Break
Mar 26	Mass Storage (slides)	Mar 28	File Systems (slides) Project 4a due Sunday midnight (spec, slides, submit file)
Apr 2	File Systems (slides) Read OSTEP chapters 36-38 for reading homework 7, due at 8 PM	Apr 4	File Systems (slides)
Apr 9	Log-Structured File Systems (slides) Read OSTEP chapters 39-42 for reading homework 8, due at 8 PM	Apr 11	SSDs (slides) Project 4b due Sunday midnight (spec, slides, submit file)
Apr 16	Distributed Systems, NFS (slides) Read OSTEP chapters 42-45 for reading homework 9, due at 8 PM	Apr 18	Case Study: NFS/AFS/review (slides)
Apr 23	Case Study: Google File System (slides) Read OSTEP chapters 48-50 for reading homework 10, due at 2 PM	Apr 25	Exam 2 (answers) Project 5a due Sunday midnight (spec, slides, distribution, submit file)
Apr 30	Virtualization (slides)	May 2	Consensus (slides) (Distributed Systems textbook)
May 7	Consensus (slides)	May 9	(slides) Final Exam Review (Distributed Systems textbook for optional reading homework 11, due at 2 PM Project 5b due Wednesday, 5/15 midnight (slides, submit file, hard late deadline Friday 5/17 midnight)