CS162: Operating Systems and Systems Programming

Note: This semester's offering is very different from all previous offerings (including projects). For more information about the changes please visit the course info page.

Day # Title Reading HW Assigned Project Event
08/29 1 Intro to CS162 [ppt] A&D Ch1 HW0: Executable
due 9/8
09/01 - Labor Day
09/03 2 Intro to the Process [ppt] A&D CH2 1-7
09/05 3 Intro to I/O [ppt] A&D 2.8-9, 3.1-3, 11.1-2
Drop Deadline

09/08 4 File sys structure and Fork [ppt] A&D 2.10-11, 3.4-6 HW1: Basic Shell
due 9/15
09/10 5 Intro to Networks [ppt] OSC 2.7, 3.6
09/12 6 Concurrency [ppt] A&D Ch 4.1-5
Group Creation Deadline
09/15 7 Kernel Threads [ppt] A&D Ch 4.5-10 Threads release
09/17 8 Coordination [ppt] A&D 5.1-6 HW2: HTTP Server
due 9/26
09/19 9 Deadlock [ppt] A&D 6.5
09/22 10 Scheduling A&D 5.7-9
09/24 11 Scheduling A&D ch7 MT1 Study Guide checkpoint 1
09/26 12 Linking and Loading A&D 2.7, 8.2 OSC 8.1, 21.6
09/29 13 Address Space and Virtual Memory A&D 8.2, 9.1-3 Midterm 1
10/01 14 Address translation and Protection A&D 8.3, 9.4-9.5 HW3: Address Translation
checkpoint 2
10/03 15 Sharing and Optimizations A&D 10.1-6
10/06 16 Input/Output OSC 13.1-5
10/08 17 File Systems A&D 11.1-4 final code handin
10/10 18 Storage Devices A&D 12.1-3 HW4: Malloc
final report submission
10/13 19 File Systems - Naming A&D 13 UserProg release
10/15 20 File Performance - caching
10/17 21 File Performance & Reliability A&D 14.2
10/20 22 Virtual Memory - Demand Paging A&D 9.6-7
10/22 23 Databases & Transactions A&D 14.1 checkpoint 1
10/24 24 Transactions, Files, & Locking LFS MT2 Study Guide
10/27 25 Networking Protocols
10/29 26 Distributed Systems: Client/Server OSC e9 ch17 checkpoint 2
10/31 27 Remote Procedure Call Midterm 2
11/03 28 Networked File Systems
11/05 29 Distributed Systems: Key-Val, Location HW5:
due 11/12 final code handin
11/07 30 Guest Lecture final report submission
11/10 31 Consistency, Scalability, Fault Tolerance KVStore release
11/12 32 Multicast & Distributed Hash Tables HW6:
due 11/17
11/14 33 Guest Lecture
11/17 34
11/19 35 Fault Tolerance
11/21 36 Protection and Security OSC Ch15
11/24 37 Cloud Services & APIs
11/26 38 Cloud Infrastructure
11/28 - Thanksgiving
12/01 39 Advanced Topics
12/03 40 Advanced Locking 6.1-4,6.6-7
12/05 41 Wrapup final code handin
12/08 RR final report submission
12/10 RR
12/12 RR
12/15 - Midterm 3

Day	#	Title	Reading	HW Assigned	Project	Event
08/29	1	Intro to CS162 [ppt]	A&D Ch1	HW0: Executable due 9/8
09/01	-	Labor Day
09/03	2	Intro to the Process [ppt]	A&D CH2 1-7
09/05	3	Intro to I/O [ppt]	A&D 2.8-9, 3.1-3, 11.1-2			Drop Deadline
09/08	4	File sys structure and Fork [ppt]	A&D 2.10-11, 3.4-6	HW1: Basic Shell due 9/15
09/10	5	Intro to Networks [ppt]	OSC 2.7, 3.6
09/12	6	Concurrency [ppt]	A&D Ch 4.1-5			Group Creation Deadline
09/15	7	Kernel Threads [ppt]	A&D Ch 4.5-10		Threads release
09/17	8	Coordination [ppt]	A&D 5.1-6	HW2: HTTP Server due 9/26
09/19	9	Deadlock [ppt]	A&D 6.5
09/22	10	Scheduling	A&D 5.7-9
09/24	11	Scheduling	A&D ch7	MT1 Study Guide	checkpoint 1
09/26	12	Linking and Loading	A&D 2.7, 8.2 OSC 8.1, 21.6
09/29	13	Address Space and Virtual Memory	A&D 8.2, 9.1-3			Midterm 1
10/01	14	Address translation and Protection	A&D 8.3, 9.4-9.5	HW3: Address Translation	checkpoint 2
10/03	15	Sharing and Optimizations	A&D 10.1-6
10/06	16	Input/Output	OSC 13.1-5
10/08	17	File Systems	A&D 11.1-4		final code handin
10/10	18	Storage Devices	A&D 12.1-3	HW4: Malloc	final report submission
10/13	19	File Systems - Naming	A&D 13		UserProg release
10/15	20	File Performance - caching
10/17	21	File Performance & Reliability	A&D 14.2
10/20	22	Virtual Memory - Demand Paging	A&D 9.6-7
10/22	23	Databases & Transactions	A&D 14.1		checkpoint 1
10/24	24	Transactions, Files, & Locking	LFS	MT2 Study Guide
10/27	25	Networking Protocols
10/29	26	Distributed Systems: Client/Server	OSC e9 ch17		checkpoint 2
10/31	27	Remote Procedure Call				Midterm 2
11/03	28	Networked File Systems
11/05	29	Distributed Systems: Key-Val, Location		HW5: due 11/12	final code handin
11/07	30	Guest Lecture			final report submission
11/10	31	Consistency, Scalability, Fault Tolerance			KVStore release
11/12	32	Multicast & Distributed Hash Tables		HW6: due 11/17
11/14	33	Guest Lecture
11/17	34
11/19	35	Fault Tolerance
11/21	36	Protection and Security	OSC Ch15
11/24	37	Cloud Services & APIs
11/26	38	Cloud Infrastructure
11/28	-	Thanksgiving
12/01	39	Advanced Topics
12/03	40	Advanced Locking	6.1-4,6.6-7
12/05	41	Wrapup			final code handin
12/08	RR				final report submission
12/10	RR
12/12	RR
12/15	-					Midterm 3