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Course: COSC 513 Operating Systems; Spring 2002

Class Time THU Room 9 ----- 07:00PM-10:00PM, ------ April 6 to June 13, 2002

Instructor: Prof. Mort Anvari, (703) 757-6668 anvari@anvari.net

Course Description: This graduate operating systems course blends up-to-date theory with modern applications. The course covers a comprehensive treatment of operating systems with an emphasis on internals and design issues.

http://williamstallings.com/OS4e.html

Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, Fourth Edition

By William Stallings

Published 2001, 779 Pages by Prentice Hall Engineering, Science & Math

ISBN 0-13-031999-6

Winner of the Texty Award for the best Computer Science and Engineering Textbook, which is given by the Text and Academic Authors Association!

http://www.anvari.net

Date	Material Covered with Exercises
04-Apr-02	Course Topics: Introduction to Operating Systems Processes and Threads Processor Scheduling · Concurrent Processes, Synchronization, and Deadlocks
11-Apr-02
18-Apr-02
25-Apr-02
02-May-02
09-May-02	Midterm Exam	Review and Exam
16-May-02	(Subject to minor changes) · Memory Management · I/O Control and File Systems · Introduction to Distributed Systems · Future of Operating Systems · Networking
23-May-02
30-May-02
06-Jun-02
13-June-02	Final Exam	Review and Exam

Final Grade: Midterm Exam 40%, Final Exam 40%, and Homework and Attendance 20%