CS 0449: Introduction to Systems Software

CS 0449: Introduction to Systems Software

Instructor:	Jack Lange, Assistant Professor
	Sennott Square, Office #5407
	jacklange@cs.pitt.edu
Office Hours:	TTH. 5:30-6:30PM

Teaching Assistant:	Yuyu Zhou
	yuyuzhou@cs.pitt.edu
Office Hours:	TTH 9AM - 10AM

Lectures:	Tues/Thurs 4:00 - 5:15 PM
Room:	Benedum G29

Recitations:	Tue 12:00-12:50 PM Fri 1:00-1:50 PM
Room:	Sennott Square, Rm. 5502

Syllabus

Announcements

The final will be held on Tues, April 21st at 8AM
The room for the final will be 227 Benedum Hall

Textbooks

Projects

All projects should be submitted by email to the TA before the deadline

Project 1 -- Due before midnight on Jan 28th
Project 2 -- Due before midnight on Feb 18th
Project 3 -- Due before midnight on Mar 6th
Project 4 -- Due before midnight on Apr 8th
The driver file is located on thot in /u/SysLab/shared
Project 5 -- Due April 17th
(The server program is available on thot (/u/SysLab/shared/serv.c) and the port assignments can be found here)

Labs

Week 2: Lab 1
Week 3: Lab 2
Week 4: Lab 3
Week 5: Lab 4
Week 7: Lab 5
Week 8: Help on Project 3
Week 9: Help on Project 3
Week 12: Lab 6
Week 14: Lab 7

Reading Assignments and Outline

Week 1:	Chapter 1.1 and 1.2 from here
Week 2:	Chapter 1.3 and 1.4 from here Chapter 2.1 - 2.4 from here
Week 3:	Chapter 2.5 - 2.7 from here Chapter 4.1 - 4.3 from here
Week 4:	Continue Chapter 4 Chapter 6 from here
Week 5:	Chapter 9 from here
Week 6:	Tues. 2/10 -- Midterm
Week 7:	Assembly Language programming: (Lecture slides) -- Readings from the syllabus and this
Week 8:	Compiling and Linking: (Lecture slides) -- Readings from the syllabus Operating Systems: (Lecture slides) -- Readings from the syllabus
Week 9:	Processes: (Lecture slides) -- Readings from the syllabus Virtual Memory: (Lecture slides) -- Readings from the syllabus
Week 10:	Spring break
Week 11:	Midterm Review: (Review Slides) Thurs. 3/19 -- Midterm
Week 12:	Dynamic Memory: (Lecture slides) -- Readings from the syllabus
Week 13:	Threads: (Lecture slides) -- Readings from the syllabus Synchronization: (Lecture slides) -- Readings from the syllabus
Week 14:	Device Drivers: (Lecture slides) -- Readings from the syllabus Networking: (Lecture slides) -- Readings from the syllabus
Week 15:	Miscellaneous Topics: (Lecture slides) -- Readings from the syllabus Final Review: (Lecture slides)

Examples from class

Week 1:	examples-1.tar.gz
Week 2:	examples-2.tar.gz examples-3.tar.gz
Week 3:	examples-4.tar.gz examples-5.tar.gz
Week 4:	examples-6.tar.gz examples-6.zip examples-7.tar.gz examples-7.zip
Week 9:	examples-13.tar.gz
Week 12:	examples-20.tar.gz (pthreads)

Prerequisites

Required: CS 0441, Discrete Structures for Computer Science
Required: CS 0445, Data Structures
Co-Required: CS 0447, Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programing

Grading

15% Midterm 1
15% Midterm 2
15% Final
40% Projects (8% each)
10% Labs/Quizzes
5% Class Participation

Useful Documents

Disability Resources and Services

If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact the instructor and Disability Resources and Services, 216 William Pitt Union, 412-648-7890 or 412-383-7355 (TTY), as early as possible in the term.