CIS-332 -- Principles of Operating Systems

CIS-332 -- Principles of Operating Systems -- Spring 1999

Professor: Franz J. Kurfess

Home page:http://www.cis.njit.edu/~franz   E-mail:franz@cis.njit.edu

Textbook:

	Required: A. Silberschatz and P.B. Galvin
	``Operating System Concepts'', 5th Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1998.

	Additionally recommended: W. Stallings
	``Operating Systems'', 3dd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1998.	
	A copy of this book is on hold in the library.

Grading:

	  Midterm (open book, notes)			20%
	  Final Exam (open book, notes)			30%
	  Implementation Project or Research Paper 	20%
	  Homework					30%

Contact			Office Hours
Phone:	(973) 596 5767	Tuesday	5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
E-mail:	franz@cis.njit.edu	Thursday	10:00 am - 11:00 pm

The best time to talk to me about CIS 332 topics is during the "contact hour" on Tuesday, 1:00 pm - 1:40 pm (after the regular lecture). Feel free to contact me for appointments at other times; I'm usually at NJIT Monday through Thursday.

Schedule

You can find a tentative schedule with the topics and homework assignments on a separate Web page.

Course Material

Transparencies as Powerpoint files; I'll also try to make them available as Web pages. You can find viewers for popular formats like PowerPoint (.PPT), Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) and PostScript (.PS) under the software section of the CIS Department's homepage. Printouts are also available from Affordable Copies Center, 68 Halsey Street, Newark, Tel. (201) 802 1007.
Tentative schedule for homework and project with pointers to homework tasks
Term Project
Description of the term project (WWW Page on an Operating System, Research Paper, or Community Service)
Honor Code for Projects
A collection of relevant items from the NJIT Student Handbook
Web Pages by Students
WWW Pages on an Operating System issues put together by the students of the CIS 332 class in the Fall 1998 semester, Spring 1998 semester, Fall 1997 semester, Spring 1997 semester and previous semesters. Unfortunately, some pages are not accessible any more since the accounts were deactivated.
WWW Hints
Where to find further information, e.g. how to install your own home page on the hertz system (might be a little out of date)
Old Exams
PostScript files of exams from previous semesters

Grades

Current grades for the students enrolled in CIS 332 section 002 . The four last digits of the Student Id/SSN are used for identification. Sorry, the formatting is a little messy, but it's the best I could get.

Additional Material

Here you find pointers to potentially useful or interesting additional material.

CIS 332 Principles of Operating Systems Spring 1999 Franz Kurfess.