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Operating Systems

Operating Systems. CS 3013. Topics. Background Admin Stuff Motivation Objectives Operating Systems!. Professor Background. Dr. Mark Claypool (professor, “Mark”) Systems guy operating systems distributed systems collaborative systems (multimedia performance, network games)

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Operating Systems

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  1. Operating Systems CS 3013

  2. Topics • Background • Admin Stuff • Motivation • Objectives • Operating Systems!

  3. Professor Background • Dr. Mark Claypool (professor, “Mark”) • Systems guy • operating systems • distributed systems • collaborative systems • (multimedia performance, network games) • TRS-DOS, MS-DOS, Win95, Solaris • Windows and Linux

  4. Student Background • Who are you? • Name • Class (freshman, junior …) • Major (CS, EE, Basket Weaving ...) • C experience • Intro course: cs1005, cs1006, other? • Linux experience • Operating Systems? • Other (Super Bowl predictions)

  5. Syllabus Stuff • http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~claypool/courses/3013-A05/ • TAs: Mingzhe Li, Feng Li • Office hours: (see Web page) • TBD • Email • Text Book(s)

  6. Course Structure • Prerequisites • C programming (must) • Machine organization (recommended) • Chapter in Silberchatz text • Unix (recommended) • Grading • Homework and/or Quizzes (10%) • Exams (50%) • Projects (40%) • Attendance (100% … kidding)

  7. Homework and Quizzes • Designed to get you ready for exam • (And maybe encourage you to come class) • Stress ideas taught in class • (So, come to class) • Maybe done in groups, but specified in class

  8. Exams • 2 exams • 50% of grade • Non-cumulative • Closed-note • Closed-book • Closed-friend

  9. Projects • 4 projects (plus some extras) • Implementation in Linux! • “Fossil Lab” • Assigned clients (see TA) • Groups! • Project 0 • Linux dabbling • admin, tools, kernel ...

  10. Slides • Trying notes on the whiteboard • But slides on the Web • Powerpoint and PDF • Caution! Don’t rely upon the slides alone! Use them as supplementary material • (so, come to class)

  11. Why This Class? • WPI CS requirements • “core course” for majors • Combines CS concepts • algorithms, languages, data-structures, hardware • system design w/tradeoffs • Better use of the computer • C programming in Unix environment • Networks, Distributed Computing Systems, WebWare • Fun!

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