• Lectures:
  • Wed 2:30pm – 4:15pm, MMW LT1
  • Thu 11:30am – 12:15pm, MMW LT1
• Tutorials:
  • Thu 2:30pm – 3:15pm, SHB 904
  • Thu 5:30pm – 6:15pm, SHB 123

The Piazza page for this course is here. All communication about this course is done over Piazza. This includes questions, discussions, announcements, as well as private messages. The self-signup code is "3150 rocks!".

This course discusses the principles in the design and implementation of operating systems (OS). Main topics include: OS concepts and abstractions, process management, memory management, file systems, and virtualization.

The course materials are partly based upon the following classic textbook:

• Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau
• The book is free online: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/

*: To encourage tutorial participation, quiz or simple programming task will be conducted at the tutorials randomly. We will randomly pick 5 tutorials and perform this at the end of the tutorial. Each quiz/programming task is worth one mark. There will also be a midterm written quiz worth 5 marks; the date will be announced in a later time.

Click on the topic to access the slides, on the superscript to access the corresponding chapters in the textbook, and on the ► to watch the recording.

Midterm quiz will be held on Thur, Feb 23, during our lecture time.

*: No class on Apr 6.

• Assignments:
  • No late submission.
  • Grace tokens: You have 2 grace tokens, each can be used to give you a 24-hr extension on one assignment. You can apply at most 1 grace token on each assignment at your own discretion. This gives you some flexibility to cope with your own schedule.
  • According to the University’s regulation, every assignment must be accompanied by a signed declaration of originality; submissions without it will receive zero mark.
  • The declaration form is available here.
• Lectures and tutorials:
  • Be on time. Set your mobile device to vibration/silient mode.
  • Feel free to ask questions and raise comments during the lecture, but we can only entertain short questions and discussions in-class.
  • Longer and deeper discussion and questions can happen in tutorials.
  • Follow University's regulations on COVID, including use of masks, hand sanitization, seating with social distance, etc.