Florida International University
School of Computing and Information Sciences
COP 6611 — Advanced Operating Systems
Fall 2009 Course Syllabus
THU 18:25-21:05 (CBC 142)
Prof. Ming Zhao
Office: ECS 363
Telephone: (305) 348-2034
E-mail: zhaom@cis.fiu.edu
Web: http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~zhaom/
Office hours: TUE/FRI 2:00-4:30pm
Operating System Concepts, Seventh Edition or Eighth Edition
Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, and Greg Gagne
Wiley
ISBN 978-0470128725
Understanding the Linux Kernel, Third Edition
Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati
O'Reilly
ISBN 978-0596005658
Operating Systems Principles (COP 4610 or equivalent)
Proficiency in C programming
This lectures will consist of three major components, review of important OS concepts (such as process management, memory management), introduction of new advanced OS concepts (such as real-time OSes, virtualization), and discussions of latest research papers published in top OS conferences (such as OSDI, SOSP).
The main assignment of this course will be a term-long research-oriented project. Each student will select a topic of interest for term project, review the related publications, develop and implement a research idea, and finally report and present the results. The instructor will meet with students on a regular basis to guide them through each step of this entire research process.
Course materials will be available on SCIS online course support system https://online.cis.fiu.edu/portal/course/view.php?id=394.
Storage Systems
Distributed Systems
Virtualization
Real-time systems
Latest OS research papers
Class participation: 10%
Exercise: 10% (5% x 2)
Paper reviews and presentations: 30% (5% x 3 + 15%)
Project proposal, report, and presentation: 50% (10% + 30% + 10%)
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