CS-537: Introduction to Operating Systems

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Department of Computer Sciences
Fall 2009

Basic Information

Section 1: ( General deadlines )
Lecture: T and Th @ 11am-12:15pm in 1325 Computer Sciences
Discuss: Th @ 3:30pm in 2317 Engineering

Professor Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau (7357 CS)
Office hours: M @ 1:15pm and Th @ 2pm and (as always) by appointment

TA: Zhenxiao Luo (1307 CS)
Office hours: M/W/F @ 4-5pm

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Overview - Grades - Discussion
Homework - Handouts - Notes

Class News

12/15: Review: Wed 12/16 @ 7:15pm (1325 CS)
12/15: Final: Thu 12/17 @ 10:05am (Noland 168)
12/14: Midterm solutions (finally)
12/08: Yes, Windows uses semaphores (h/t Scott Rick)
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08/31 09/01 09/02 Class begins 09/03 Intro i1   i2 09/04
09/07 P1 09/08 Processes c1   c2 09/09 09/10 Scheduling c3 09/11
09/14 09/15 Scheduling(II) c4   c5 09/16 P1:Due 09/17 Mem Mgmt m1   m2   m3 09/18 P2
09/21 09/22 Segmentation/Paging(I) m4 09/23 09/24 Paging: TLBs m5 09/25
09/28 09/29 Paging: Smaller m6 09/30 10/01 Beyond Physical: Mech m7 10/02 P2:Due
10/05 10/06 Beyond Physical: Policies m8 10/07 P3 10/08 Case Study: VMS 10/09
10/12 10/13 Virtual Machines v1 10/14 10/15 Virtual Machines(2) 10/16 P3: Due(Sat)
10/19 Midterm 10/20 Threads t1 10/21 10/22 No Class 10/23
10/26 10/27 Locks t2 (P4) 10/28 10/29 Locks: H/W t3 , t4 10/30
11/02 11/03 CVs t5 11/04 11/05 Semaphores t6 11/06
11/09 11/10 Deadlock t7 (P4: Due) 11/11 11/12 I/O/Disks (P5) f1 - f2 11/13
11/16 11/17 RAID f3 11/18 11/19 Files 11/20
11/23 11/24 File Systems 11/25 11/26 Thanksgiving 11/27 Gobble!
11/30 12/01 FFS (P5:Due) 12/02 P6 12/03 Journaling 12/04
12/07 12/08 LFS 12/09 12/10 NFS and AFS 12/11
12/14 12/15 Last Class (P6:Due) 12/16 12/17 FINAL (10:05am) 12/18