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| Title | CS 771/871 Operating Systems |
| Instructor | Chris Wild |
| Lectures | |
| Office | Education Room 243-2 |
| Office Hours | |
| Textbook | Advanced Concepts in Operating Systems, Mukesh Singhal, Niranjan Shivaratri, McGraw-Hill, 1994, ISBN 0-07-057572-X |
| Other References | Distributed Operating Systems: The Logical Approach, Andrzej Goscinski, Addison-Wesley, 1991, ISBN 0-201-41704-9 |
| Centralized and Distributed Operating Systems, Gary Nutt, Prentice Hall, 1992, ISBN 0-13-122326-7 | |
| Distributed Computing: A Practical Synthesis of Networks, Client-Server Systems, Distributed Applications and Open Systems, Amjad Umar, Prentice Hall, 1993, ISBN 0-13-036252-2 | |
| Distributed Operating Systems, Andrew Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 0-13-219908-4 |
Course Objective:
Gain a better understanding of advanced operating system principles. Explore new ideas and research possibilities in future operating systems design. Study existing and proposed operating system architectures.
Workload:
In order to explore a wide variety of subjects, each student will be expected to become knowledgeable about some aspect of operating systems and to present/lead discussion in this area. Each student is expected to maintain a course web site which will document lessons learned. In addition there will be a mid-term examination and course project.
Student Evaluation:
Due to the exploratory nature of this course, students are expected to actively participate in class discussions and to make material available to the class via a class web site. 30% of the grade will be based on class participation/web site. Mid-term exam 30%, Course Project (40%)
Honor Policy: All students are expected to adhere to the honor policy of Old Dominion University.
Fault Tolerant Systems