COMPSCI 110, Spring 2006

Introduction to Operating Systems

 

Tentative Schedule

Assignments

Policies

Course News

Demo Scheduler

 

Course Vital Statistics

Lecture Time:       WF 4:25-5:40
Lecture Location: D106 LSRC

Discussion Sections:

Mon 4:25-5:40 A155 LSRC

Instructor: Robert Wagner
Office: D336 LSRC
Email: raw.nospam@cs.duke.edu
Office Hours: WF 2-4:25
and by appointment.

TAs:

Varun Marupadi

Email: varun.nospam@cs.duke.edu

Office: North N07

Regular office hours: 1-2:50PM W Th

and by appointment.

UTAs:

 

Communications

�.      Bulletin Board: http://www.cs.duke.edu/phpBB2

�.      Course mailing list: compsci110-001.nospam@duke.edu

�.      Anonymous feedback: http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/coursefeedback.html. Note that anonymous feedback is hard to respond to. Unless you really feel your comments must be anonymous, I encourage you to send mail to me directly so I can send a reply back to you.

�.      Getting to know you: class pics (will be private once they are out there); class questionnaire (if you didn't fill one out during 1st class [doc format])
Groups


Resources and Amusements

�.      Textbook: Modern Operating Systems, 2nd edition, by Andrew Tanenbaum

�.      Nachos Project Guide

�.      Andrew Birrell, "An Introduction to Programming with Threads" [Compressed PostScript]

�.      A token of the fondness for Nachos held by the Fall 1995 CPS 110 class (thanks to Rachel Pottinger)

�.      Priority inversion in the Mars Pathfinder mission


Previous Terms of CPS 110

�.      Spring 2002

�.      Fall 2002

�.      Spring 2004

�.      Fall 2004

�.      Spring 2005