CS 545 Advanced Operating System Principles
  Fall 2009
Instructor: Qi Li

Office	TCCW 135, x6225, Qi.Li@wku.edu
Homepage	http://www.wku.edu/~qi.li
Office Hours	MW: 10:00—12:00, 13:30—14:30
	TR: 10:00—11:30
	and by appointments
Prerequisties	CS445 or CS445G
Text	Operating System Concepts by Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne, John Wiley & Sons
	2008 (8th Edition)
Grading	Test I and II 15%
	Final 30%
	Homeworks 35%
	Attendence 5%
Grading scale	90-100 A
	80-89 B
	70-79 C
	60-69 D
	< 60 F
Exam dates	Dates for the first two exams will be announced at least one week in advances.
	The final exam is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec 15, 1:00pm-3:00pm.

Course Description:

• Theoretical and practical material on operating systems. Examines system optimization, protection and security, and distributed systems.

Course Policy:

1. Submit your homeworks on time. If you have to submit homeworks after the due day, you must get the permission from the instructors TWO days before the due day.

2. Students are responsible for attending the exams on time. If you cannot attend the exam, you must get permission from the instructor, and present documented excuse.

3. If the instructor is late, students should remain in the class orderly working (studying) until the instructor arrive or until the class is dismissed officially by a person of authority.

4. No food or drink is permitted in the classroom, and no mobile phone usage in the classroom.

5. Plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty will result in F for the course. Copying code from other groups, or the Internet is not allowed.

Student Disability Services:

      In compliance with university policy, students with disabilities who require academic and/or auxiliary accommodations for this course must contact the Office for Student Disability Services in Downing University Center, A-200. The phone number is 270 745 5004.
      Please DO NOT request accommodations directly from the professor or instructor without a letter of accommodation from the Office for Student Disability Services.

Course Content: We will attempt to cover the following topics, as time allows.

• Processes and Threads
• Process synchronization
• Deadlock
• Virtual memory
• File systems
• Protection
• Security
• Distributed systems