COSC6360OperatingSystems.pptVIP

Semester Timetable COSC 6360 Operating Systems Jehan-Fran?ois Paris jfparis@ Fall 2015 Course organization COSC 6360 is a survey course No textbook Reading list is entirely on-line All papers are required reading Supplemental papers will be covered more lightly than regular papers Our TA Carlos Rincon Email: carincon AT uh DOT edu Hours: MW from 1pm to 2pm Office: PGH 313 Administrative details Instructor: Jehan-Fran?ois Paris E-mail: jfparis AT uh DOT edu Office: 569 PGH Phone: 713-743-3341 (office hours) Office Hours: MW 4:30-5:00 7:15-7:45 pm Web page: /~paris Twitter: jehanfrancois The papers (II) My selection of papers is based upon Importance of Contribution: UNIX, NFS Actuality of Contribution: ARC, Corey, … Importance of the Topic: most papers New Insight: FAWN, RAFT Best paper from last SOSP Accessing the papers Papers that are put on line should only be used for instructional purposes They are freely accessible from within the UH domain From outside the UH domain, please use: Login: cosc6360 Password: cl*ss (replace the * by a letter) How to read a paper Download it first Start reading first The abstract to get a general idea The conclusions to see which ideas worked Read very attentively the parts of the paper I discuss in class Skim the rest (unless you are a slow reader) Grading policy Grade will be based on Five quizzes (75%) One term project (25%) Attendance is expected from all You can expect one or two pop quizzes Can boost your grades by up to 1 percent The papers (I) Thirty-something papers covering ten major themes UNIX Memory Management Caching Kernel Structures Distributed Systems Issues P2P Systems File Systems and Distributed File Systems Fault-Tolerance (Byzantine failures) Power Management The quizzes (I) Will take place every three weeks: Monday, September 14 Monday, October 5 Monday ,October 26 Monday, November 16 Monday, December 7 at 5:30 pm(advanced by general demand) The quizzes Will cover the readings o