CSCI 3753: Operating Systems
Spring 2015
Department of Computer Science,
University of Colorado at Boulder
Course Summary
General Information
See the Moodle class Web page at
http://moodle.cs.colorado.edu
Schedule
& Location: Tues, Thurs 11:00-12:15 pm, ECCR 1B40
Course number: CSCI 3753. See also the registrar's Web site.
Prerequisites: CSCI 2400.
Instructor: Professor Rick Han,
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~rhan.
Office: ECCR 1B05F
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30 pm and Wednesdays 2-3
pm in my office (call my office phone to be let in).
Additional appointments as needed.
Email: rhan@cs.colorado.edu
Phone: 303-492-0914
Textbook:
Operating
System
Concepts, 9th Edition, Abraham Silberschatz,
Peter Galvin, Greg Gagne, Wiley, 2013 (electronic or
hardcover)
Other useful
(optional) references:
TAs:
Mohammad Hashemi and Rahat Rafiq
TA Office/Hours: Weekly recitation sections, and
more as needed. See moodle for announcements.
TA Email: seyedmohammad.hashemidoulabi@colorado.edu,
rahat.rafiq@colorado.edu
class Web
site:
See the Moodle class Web page at
http://moodle.cs.colorado.edu. Assignments, lecture slides, and
announcements can be found there. The moodle has a
variety of useful features, including a forum for posting
questions. Each student should establish an account
on the moodle and then subscribe to our class on the moodle
using the special enrollment key given out in class.
CSEL Accounts:
The Computer Science
department maintains the Computer Science Educational Labs
(CSEL) in the first floor of the ECCS Wing of the
Engineering Center. The CSEL consists of a cluster
of primarily Linux machines. It is a convenient
facility for doing your programming assignments. You
may sign up for an account in the CSEL by going to the
general CSEL Web site http://csel.cs.colorado.edu
and following the instructions there to sign up for an
account. This will also give you Buff One card key
access to the CSEL.
Class VM:
For some assignments, you
may need a VM. When needed, instructions for
downloading and installing the VM will be posted on the
moodle and gone over in the appropriate recitations.
Grading
25% Final Exam
15% Midterm
50% Programming Assignments
10% Problem Sets
Grading for Programming
Assignments:
Grading for
programming assignments (PAs) will be based on interview-style
grading, where about 40% of the grade will be based on the code
submitted (does it compile, does it execute the required
functions) and about 60% of the grade will be based on answering
questions from the TA in the interview (questions may be based
on explaining the code and/or explaining software concepts that
the PAs cover), unless otherwise noted.
Teams: Students may work in teams of up to two, but each student will still be responsible for scheduling their own grading meeting with the TA for each PA.
Code: Programming assignments must be submitted by uploading them to the moodle class Web page by their due date, unless otherwise noted. All PAs must be written in C and compiled for execution in the specified environment for that PA, unless otherwise noted. The late policy for submitting PAs is as follows: maximum 30 points out of 40 on the code grading portion of the assignment if submitted within 24 hours of the due date. If you submit your assignment over 24 hours after the due date, we reserve the right to assign you a zero for the code portion of the assignment. We highly encourage you to submit even partially completed programs for partial credit. Extensions will not be granted except at the instructor's discretion in documented cases of excused absences (extreme hardship, emergencies, etc.).
Interview: Each student must arrange an individual grading interview with a TA for each PA, even if they are part of a team. Interview time slots will be posted on the moodle. You may bring your own laptop to these grading sessions to demonstrate your program to the TA and answer questions. Even if your PA code is submitted in time, you must attend your grading meeting to be given a grade for the interview portion of the PA. Any missed meetings (without notifying your TA ahead of time with a suitable reason) may result in a zero grade for the interview portion of the assignment. The TA is under no obligation to reschedule your appointment if you miss your meeting, so write down your meeting times, and don't forget them!Grading
for Problem Sets:
Discrimination
and Sexual Harassment Policy