CS 571 Planned Schedule, Fall 2023

All programming assignments will be posted and announced as early as we have them prepared, generally with at least two weeks to complete.
These dates are subject to change as needed during the semester.

Until release, all dates are estimated only.

• Programming Assignment 0: Aug 25 - Sep 8 (11:59pm deadline)
  
• Programming Assignment 1:
  • (Part 1): Sep 20 - Oct 4 (11:59pm deadline)
    
  • (Part 2): Sep 20 - Oct 18 (11:59pm deadline)
    
• Programming Assignment 2:
  
  • (Part 1): Oct 25 - Nov 8 (11:59pm deadline)
    
  • (Part 2): Oct 25 - Nov 29 (11:59pm deadline)
    

Exams are bigger milestones, and their dates are announced ahead of time.
Only severe scheduling anomalies would force a delay in test dates.

• Midterms:
  
• Midterm I: October 12th (First 75 minutes of class)
  
• Covers the following topics:
  • OS Structures and Interrupt Handling
  • Processes, Signals, and basic Unix I/O
  • Threads and Synchronization
• Midterm II: November 16th (First 75 minutes of class)
  
• Covers the following topics:
  • CPU Scheduling
  • Memory Management
  • Virtual Memory Management
• More information will be provided as the date closes in.
• The exams will given in-person during your normal class session.
• Final Exam: See Exam Schedule for the Date and Times.
  • The Final Exam is Comprehensive
  • https://registrar.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Final-Exams-202370.pdf
  • Section 001 (Th Evenings) with Prof. Andrea
  4:30pm - 7:10pm on Thursday, Dec 7th
  • The Final will be taken during these University Scheduled Times in your normal classroom.

Below is a tentative schedule, which is subject to change as needed.

• This is the Planned Schedule of Topics.  Individual lectures may vary, but this this the plan.
• This means that the topics below are general indications of when they will be instructed.
  • Each lecture section may vary in timing on individual topics.
  • Due to the Holidays, some classes may be out of sync by one lecture for some of the semester.
• Holidays:
• Sep 4th: Labor Day
• Monday is a Holiday and the University is Closed.
• Monday Classes are Cancelled This Week.
• The rest of the Week is Normal Classes.
• Oct 9th: Fall Break
• Monday is a Holiday and the University is Closed.
• Monday Classes meet on Tuesday.
• Tuesday Classes are Cancelled.
• The rest of the Week is Normal Classes.
• Nov 22 - 24th: Thanksgiving Break
• Monday Classes and Tuesday Classes meet as Normal.
• Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday are Holidays and the University is Closed.

Week	Lecture Topics	Text Readings	Homework
1 Aug 24	Course Intro Overview of OS Structures and Interrupts	Ch. 1-2 (Overview)	None
2 Aug 31	Processes Process Communications	Ch. 4-6 (Processes)	Intro to OS (Aug 31 - Sep 10)
Sep 4th, Labor Day: Monday Holiday. Tuesday - Friday Normal Classes
3 Sep 7	Process Graphs Signals and IPC	Ch. 4-6 (Processes)	None
4 Sep 14	Threads Synchronization	Ch. 26 (Threads) Ch. 26-27 (Synchronization)	Processes (Sep 14 - Sep 24)
5 Sep 21	Locks and Primitives Mutexes and Semaphores	Ch. 28-29 (Locks) Ch. 29-31 (Mutexes, Semaphores)	None
6 Sep 28	Classic Problems and MCS Scheduling Metrics	Ch. 30-32 (Problems) Ch. 7 (Scheduling)	Synchronization (Sep 28 - Oct 6)
7 Oct 5	Non-Preemptive Scheduling Preemptive Scheduling	Ch. 7 (Scheduling) Ch. 7-8 (Scheduling)	None
Oct 9th, Fall Break: Monday Holiday. Monday classes on Tuesday. Wednesday - Friday Normal Classes
8 Oct 12	MIDTERM I Real-Time and Multi-Core Scheduling	*Not Including Scheduling Ch. 9-10 (Real-Time)	None
9 Oct 19	Memory Overview Segmentation	Ch. 13-21 (Memory Management)	Scheduling (Oct 19 - Oct 29)
10 Oct 26	Paging and Page Tables Virtual Memory (Performance)	Ch. 13-21 (Memory Management) Slides	None
11 Nov 2	Page Replacement Working Sets	Ch. 13-21 (Memory Management)	Memory Topics (Nov 5 - Nov 13)
12 Nov 9	File Systems	Ch. 36-45 (File Systems)	None
13 Nov 16	Midterm II Distributed Systems	*No Virtual Memory or File Systems Ch. 48 and Slides	Virtual Memory (Nov 16 - Nov 26)
Nov 22 - 24, Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday - Friday No Classes
14 Nov 20 - 24	Thanksgiving Break		None
15 Nov 30	Distributed Coordination OS Security	Slides Ch. 53-56 (Security)	File Systems, Distributed Systems, and Security (*Nov 30 - Dec 3)
16 Dec 4 - 5	Reading Days
Finals - See the Final Exam information at the top for Details