CS2013-final-report

CPSC 3380 Operating Systems, U. of Arkansas at Little Rock
Dr. Peiyi Tang
pxtang@ualr.edu
Knowledge Areas that contain topics and learning outcomes covered in the course
Knowledge Area
Operating Systems (OS) 24
Parallel and Distributed Computing (PD) 5
Systems Fundamentals (SF) 4
Total Hours of Coverage
Course description and goals
An operating system (OS) defines an abstraction of hardware and manages resource sharing among the computer’s
users. The OS shares the computational resources such as memory, processors, networks, etc. while preventing
individual programs from interfering with one another. After successful completion of the course, students will
learn how the programming languages, architectures, and OS interact.
Course topics
After a brief history and evolution of OS, the course will cover the major components of OS. Topics will include
process, thread, scheduling, concurrency (exclusion and synchronization), deadlock (prevention, avoidance, and
detection), memory management, IO management, file management, virtualization, and OS’ role for realizing
distributed systems. The course will also cover protection and security with respect to OS.
Course textbooks, materials, and assignments
Textbook: “Operating System Concepts'' by A. Silberschatz, P. Galvin and G. Gagne, John Wiley & Sons, 2009,
ISBN: 978-0-470-12872-5
Lab System: Nachos 4.3 (in C++).
Assignment One: Program in Execution
Assignment Two: Process and Thread
Assignment Three: Synchronization with Semaphores
Assignment Four: Synchronization with Monitors
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