Lecture Schedule

The schedule listed on this page is tentative and may change during the term. I recommend that you print out the notes for each lecture and bring them with you to class, so that you can add additional notes during class. Recommended readings are listed at the beginning of the lecture notes for each topic.

Week 1

Lecture 1
Mon, Jan 07
Introduction, Operating System History[Slides]
Lecture 2
Wed, Jan 09
Processes, Threads, and Dispatching[Slides]
Lecture 3
Fri, Jan 11
Processes, Threads, and Dispatching, cont'd[Slides]
Concurrent Threads[Slides]

Week 6

Lecture 15
Mon, Feb 11
Demand Paging[Slides]
Lecture 16
Wed, Feb 13
Demand Paging, cont'd[Slides]
Lecture 17
Fri, Feb 15
Demand Paging, cont'd[Slides]
Thrashing and Working Sets

Week 2

Lecture 4
Mon, Jan 14
Concurrent Threads, cont'd[Slides]
Lecture 5
Wed, Jan 16
Locks and Condition Variables[Slides]
Lecture 6
Fri, Jan 18
Locks and Condition Variables[Slides]
Scheduling[Slides]

Week 7

Lecture 18
Wed, Feb 20
Storage Devices[Slides]
Lecture 19
Fri, Feb 22
Storage Devices, cont'd[Slides]
File Systems[Slides]

Week 3

Lecture 7
Wed, Jan 23
Scheduling, cont'd[Slides]
Implementing Locks[Slides]
Lecture 8
Fri, Jan 25
Implementing Locks, cont'd[Slides]
Deadlock[Slides]

Week 8

Lecture 20
Mon, Feb 25
File Systems, cont'd[Slides]
Lecture 21
Wed, Feb 27
File Systems, cont'd[Slides]
Lecture 22
Fri, Mar 01
Directories and Links
File System Crash Recovery

Week 4

Lecture 9
Mon, Jan 28
Deadlock, cont'd[Slides]
Linkers[Slides]
Lecture 10
Wed, Jan 30
Linkers, cont'd[Slides]
Dynamic Storage Management
Lecture 11
Fri, Feb 01
Dynamic Storage Management, cont'd
Virtual Memory[Slides]

Week 9

Lecture 23
Mon, Mar 04
File System Crash Recovery, cont'd
Lecture 24
Wed, Mar 06
File System Crash Recovery, cont'd
Protection[Slides]
Lecture 25
Fri, Mar 08
Protection, cont'd[Slides]
Flash Memory

Week 5

Lecture 12
Mon, Feb 04
Virtual Memory, cont'd[Slides]
Lecture 13
Wed, Feb 06
Virtual Memory, cont'd[Slides]
Lecture 14
Fri, Feb 08
Virtual Memory, cont'd[Slides]

Week 10

Lecture 26
Mon, Mar 11
Virtual Machines[Slides]
Lecture 27
Wed, Mar 13
Flash Memory, cont'd
Lecture 28
Fri, Mar 15
Technology and Operating Systems[Slides]
Review and Wrapup