CSE 30341 is the one of the core classes in the Computer Science and Engineering program at the University of Notre Dame. This course introduces all aspects of modern operating systems. Topics include process structure and synchronization, interprocess communication, memory management, file systems, security, I/O, and distributed files systems.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Class Information

Lecture
T/TH 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Location
129 DeBartolo Hall
Mailing List (Class)
fa19-cse-30341-01-group@nd.edu
Mailing List (Staff)
fa19-cse-30341-01-staff-list@nd.edu
Slack
#cse-30341-fa19
GitLab
nd-cse-30341-fa19

Instructor

Instructor
Peter Bui (pbui@nd.edu)
Office Hours
M/W/F 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM, and by appointment
Office Location
350 Fitzpatrick Hall

Teaching Assistants

Teaching Assistant
Edoardo Bianchi (ebianchi@nd.edu)
Teaching Assistant
Kathleen Capella (kcapella@nd.edu)
Teaching Assistant
William Diederich (wdiederi@nd.edu)
Teaching Assistant
Rosa Kim (jkim63@nd.edu)
Teaching Assistant
Kathleen Liebscher (kliebsc1@nd.edu)
Teaching Assistant
Emily Strout (estrout@nd.edu)
Teaching Assistant
Logan Yokum (lyokum@nd.edu)

Help Protocol

  1. Think
  2. Slack
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  4. Email
  5. Think
  6. Office

Office Hours

Unit Date Topics Assignments
Introduction Tue 08/27 Syllabus, Computer Hardware, OS Themes Slides Slides Panopto Reading 00
Thu 08/29 OS Taxonomy, OS History, Boot Sequence Slides Panopto
System Calls Tue 09/03 System Calls Slides Panopto Reading 01
Thu 09/05 I/O, Files, Directories Panopto
Processes Tue 09/10 Processes, Signals, Direct Execution Slides Panopto Reading 02
Thu 09/12 IPC, Pipes, Sockets Slides Panopto
Sat 09/14 Project Project 01
Tue 09/17 Scheduling (FIFO, Round Robin) Slides Panopto Reading 03
Thu 09/19 Scheduling (MLFQ, Lottery) Slides Panopto
Threads Tue 09/24 Events Slides Panopto Reading 04
Thu 09/26 Threads Slides Panopto
Sat 09/28 Project Project 02
Tue 10/01 Locks Slides Panopto Reading 05
Thu 10/03 Conditional Variables Slides Panopto
Tue 10/08 Semaphores Slides Panopto Reading 06
Thu 10/10 Concurrency Bugs Slides Panopto
Mon 10/14 Project Project 03
Midterm Tue 10/15 Checklist Panopto
Thu 10/17 Midterm Exam
Fall Break
Memory Tue 10/29 Address Spaces, Translation Slides Panopto Reading 07
Thu 10/31 Free-Space Management Slides Panopto
Tue 11/05 Segmentation Slides Panopto Reading 08
Thu 11/07 Paging Slides Panopto
Sat 11/09 Project Project 04
Tue 11/12 TLBs, Page Tables Slides Panopto Reading 09
Thu 11/14 Swapping Slides Panopto
Filesystems Tue 11/19 I/O Devices Slides Panopto Reading 10
Thu 11/21 RAID Slides Panopto
Mon 11/25 Project Project 05
Tue 11/26 File Systems Slides Panopto Reading 11
Thu 11/28 Thanksgiving
Tue 12/03 FFS, LFS Slides Panopto Reading 12
Thu 12/05 Consistency and Integrity Slides Panopto
Miscellaneous Tue 12/10 Checklist Panopto
Thu 12/12 Project Project 06
Reading Days
Final Mon 12/16 Final Exam

Coursework

Component Points
Readings Weekly reading assignments. 12 × 3
Projects Periodic group projects. 6 × 24
Exams Midterm and Final Exams. 50 + 70
Total 300

Grading

Grade Points Grade Points Grade Points
A 280-300 A- 270-279
B+ 260-269 B 250-259 B- 240-249
C+ 230-239 C 220-229 C- 210-219
D 195-209 F 0-194

Due Dates

All Readings are to be submitted to your own private GitLab repository. Unless specified otherwise:

  • Readings are due by noon on the Monday of each week.

  • Projects are due by noon on the Saturday of each week.

Policies

Participation

Students are expected to attend and contribute regularly in class. This means answering questions in class, participating in discussions, and helping other students.

Foreseeable absences should be discussed with the instructor ahead of time.

Students with Disabilities

Any student who has a documented disability and is registered with Disability Services should speak with the professor as soon as possible regarding accommodations. Students who are not registered should contact the Office of Disabilities.

Academic Honesty

Any academic misconduct in this course is considered a serious offense, and the strongest possible academic penalties will be pursued for such behavior. Students may discuss high-level ideas with other students, but at the time of implementation (i.e. programming), each person must do his/her own work. Use of the Internet as a reference is allowed but directly copying code or other information is cheating. It is cheating to copy, to allow another person to copy, all or part of an exam or a assignment, or to fake program output. It is also a violation of the Undergraduate Academic Code of Honor to observe and then fail to report academic dishonesty. You are responsible for the security and integrity of your own work.

Late Work

In the case of a serious illness or other excused absence, as defined by university policies, coursework submissions will be accepted late by the same number of days as the excused absence.

Otherwise, there is a penalty of 25% per week late (except where noted) for each assignment submitted after the corresponding deadline.

Classroom Recording

This course will be recorded using Panopto. This system allows us to automatically record and distribute lectures to you in a secure environment. You can watch these recordings on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. In the course in Sakai, look for the "Panopto" tool on the left hand side of the course.

Because we will be recording in the classroom, your questions and comments may be recorded. Recordings typically only capture the front of the classroom, but if you have any concerns about your voice or image being recorded please speak to me to discuss your concerns. Except for faculty and staff who require access, no content will be shared with individuals outside of your course without your permission.

These recordings are jointly copyrighted by the University of Notre Dame and your instructor. Posting them to other websites (including YouTube, Facebook, SnapChat, etc.) or elsewhere without express, written permission may result in disciplinary action and possible civil prosecution.

CSE Guide to the Honor Code

For the assignments in this class, you may discuss with other students and consult printed and online resources. You may quote from books and online sources as long as you cite them properly. However, you may not look at another student's solution, and you may not look at solutions.

The following table summarizes how you may work with other students and use print/online sources:

Resources Solutions
Consulting Allowed Not Allowed
Copying Cite Not Allowed

See the CSE Guide to the Honor Code for definitions of the above terms.

If an instructor sees behavior that is, in his judgement, academically dishonest, he is required to file either an Honor Code Violation Report or a formal report to the College of Engineering Honesty Committee.