Schedule for CSC 2/456, Spring 2000 (Tentative)

The following is my best guess as to the schedule for this spring. I haven't taught the course for 5 years, and a lot has changed in that time, so this is pretty rough. The second half of the semester is particularly fluid; we'll be playing it largely by ear.

                                          ASSIGNMENTS:                READING:
  W 12 Jan    intro                                                   chap. 1
  M 17 Jan    hardware                                                chap. 2
  W 19 Jan    OS services & kernel org.   threads out                 chap. 3
  M 24 Jan    process management                                      chap. 4; PLP chap. 12
  W 26 Jan    "                                                       chap. 6
  M 31 Jan    "                           threads in; syscalls out    chap. 5
  W  2 Feb    "                                                       chap. 7
  M  7 Feb    memory management                                       chap. 8
  W  9 Feb    "                           syscalls in; VM out
  M 14 Feb    virtual memory                                          chap. 9
  W 16 Feb    "                           
  M 21 Feb    "                                                       PLP secs. 9.6-9.7
  W 23 Feb    "                           VM in
  M 28 Feb    review for midterm;         
              bring questions             
  W  1 Mar    midterm exam                
  M  6 Mar    spring break                
  W  8 Mar    spring break                
  M 13 Mar    devices                     filesys out                 skim 12; read 13; skim 14
  W 15 Mar    "                           
  M 20 Mar    file systems                                            10, 11, 17.6.2; skim rest of 17
  W 22 Mar    "                           
  M 27 Mar    "
  W 29 Mar    " (maglis guest lecture)
  M  3 Apr    distributed systems         filesys in; distsys out     16, 18
  W  5 Apr    "                           
  M 10 Apr    "                           
  W 12 Apr    protection and security                                 19, 20
  M 17 Apr    "                           
  W 19 Apr    multiprocessor issues       
  M 24 Apr    "                           distsys in
  W 26 Apr    last day of classes:
              final exam review                   
  
  T  2 May, 8:30 am   Final exam (shared with grad student comps)
  


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