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 many different aspects of modern operating systems. Topics may include process structure and synchronization, interprocess communication, concurrency and parallelism with threads, virtual memory, resource allocation, file systems, security, and distributed systems.

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

Class Information

Lecture
T/TH 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Location
140 DeBartolo Hall
Zoom Meeting
980 5694 7181
Mailing List (Class)
fa24-cse-30341-01-group@nd.edu
Mailing List (Staff)
fa24-cse-30341-01-staff-list@nd.edu
Slack
#cse-30341-fa24
GitHub
nd-cse-30341-fa24

Instructor

Instructor
Peter Bui (pbui@nd.edu)
Office Hours
M/T/W/TH/F 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM, and by appointment
Office Location
326D Cushing Hall

Teaching Assistants

Teaching Assistant
Walker Bagley (wbagley@nd.edu)
Teaching Assistant
Daniel Blittschau (dblittsc@nd.edu)
Teaching Assistant
Carolina Carpenetti (ccarpene@nd.edu)
Teaching Assistant
Ellie Jensen (ejensen7@nd.edu)
Teaching Assistant
Victoria Mendez (vmendez@nd.edu)
Teaching Assistant
Clayton O'Dell (codell2@nd.edu)
Teaching Assistant
Jakub Wielgus (jwielgus@nd.edu)

Help Protocol

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Office Hours

Unit Date Topics Assignments
Unit 01: Virtualization with Processes
Hardware, Operating Systems Tue 08/27 Syllabus, Computer Hardware, Boot Sequence Slides 00 Slides 01 Panopto Reading 01
Thu 08/29 OS Taxonomy, History, Themes Slides 02 Panopto
System Calls, Processes Tue 09/03 System Calls Slides 03 Panopto Reading 02
Thu 09/05 Processes Slides 04 Panopto
Scheduling Tue 09/10 FIFO, Round Robin Slides 05 Panopto Reading 03
Thu 09/12 MLFQ, Lottery Slides 06 Panopto
Exam 01 Mon 09/16 Project Project 01
Tue 09/17 Events Slides 07 Panopto
Thu 09/19 Exam 01
Unit 02: Concurrency with Threads
Threads, Locks Tue 09/24 Threads Slides 08 Panopto Reading 04
Thu 09/26 Locks Slides 09 Panopto
Condition Variables Tue 10/01 Condition Variables Slides 10 Panopto Reading 05
Thu 10/03 Structures Panopto
Semaphores Tue 10/08 Semaphores Slides 11 Panopto Reading 06
Thu 10/10 Patterns Panopto
Exam 02 Mon 10/14 Project Project 02
Tue 10/15 Concurrency Bugs Slides 12 Panopto
Thu 10/17 Exam 02
Fall Break
Unit 03: Virtualization with Memory
Virtual Memory Tue 10/29 Address Space, Translation Slides 13 Panopto Reading 07
Thu 10/31 Free-Space Management Slides 14 Panopto
Heap Management, Segmentation Tue 11/05 Heap Management Panopto Panopto Reading 08
Thu 11/07 Segmentation Slides 15 Panopto
Paging Tue 11/12 Paging Slides 16 Panopto Reading 09
Thu 11/14 TLB / Multi-Level Slides 17 Panopto
Exam 03 Mon 11/18 Project Project 03
Tue 11/19 Swapping Slides 18 Panopto
Thu 11/21 Exam 03
Unit 04: Persistence with File Systems
I/O Devices Tue 11/26 I/O Devices Slides 19 Panopto Reading 10
Thu 11/28 Thanksgiving
File Systems Tue 12/03 RAID Slides 20 Panopto Reading 11
Thu 12/05 File Systems Slides 21 Panopto
Consistency, Integrity Tue 12/10 FFS, LFS Slides 22 Panopto Reading 12
Thu 12/12 Consistency, Integrity Slides 23 Panopto Project 04
Exam 04 Thu 12/19 Exam 04

Coursework

Component Points
Readings Weekly individual reading assignments. 10 × 4
Projects Periodic group projects. 4 × 15
Exams Four timed exams. 3 × 45, 65
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 GitHub repository. Unless specified otherwise:

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

Note: As described below, there is a grace period that allows for late submissions with no penalty up to 12 hours after each deadline.

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.

Community

Recalling one of the tenets of the Hacker Ethic:

Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not criteria such as degrees, age, race, sex, or position.

Students are expected to be respectful of their fellow classmates and the instructional staff.

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 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 an automatic 25% late penalty for assignments turned in 12 hours past the specified deadline.

No assignments will be accepted after the last day of class without the permission of the instructor.

Classroom Recording

This course will be recorded using Zoom and 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 Canvas, 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 are allowed to consult printed and online resources and to discuss the class material with other students. You may also consult AI Tools such as CoPilot or ChatGPT for help explaining concepts, debugging problems, or as a reference. Viewing or consulting solutions, such as those from other students, previous semesters, or generated by AI Tools is never allowed.

Likewise, you may copy small and trivial snippets from books, online sources, and AI Tools as long as you cite them properly. However, you may not copy solutions or significant portions of code from other students or online sources, nor may you generate solutions via AI Tools.

Finally, when preparing for exams in this class, you may not access exams from previous semesters, nor may you look at or copy solutions from other current or former students.

Resources Solutions
Consulting Allowed Not Allowed
Copying Cite Not Allowed

See the CSE Guide to the Honor Code for definitions of the above terms and specific examples of what is allowed and not allowed when consulting resources.

If you are unclear about whether certain forms of consultation or common work are acceptable or what the standards for citation are, you responsible for consulting your instructor.

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.