CSE3221

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====== Course Outline ======

The course outline is a guideline to topics that will be discussed in the course, and when they will be discussed:

===== Weeks 1 and 2 =====
**Introduction**: multiprogramming, multitasking, interrupt-driven, kernel, system calls, etc.  (chapters 1,2)

===== Week 3 =====
**Process**: concept, PCB, context switch, Inter-Process Communication (IPC), Unix programming (signals, pipes, message queues).  (chapter 3)

===== Week 4 =====
**Thread**: concept (vs process), thread models, multithreaded programming (Pthreads). (Chapter 4)

===== Week 5 =====
**CPU scheduling**: criteria, algorithm, implementation. (chapter 5)

===== Week 6 =====
**Process Synchronization (I)**: critical-section problem & example, bakery algorithm, Peterson’s solution. (chapter 6.1-6.3)

===== Midterm =====

===== Week 7 =====
**Process Synchronization (II)**: hardware solution, semaphore, classic problems (B-B, R-W,_ D-P); high-level tools (monitor). (chapter 6.4-6.8)

===== Week 8 =====
**Deadlock**. (chapter 7)

===== Week 9 =====
**Memory Management (I)**: logical vs. physical memory, address binding, Contiguous memory allocation. (chapter 8.1-8.3)

===== Week 10 =====
**Memory Management (II)**: paging, segmentation, examples. (chapter 8.4-8.8)

===== Week 11 =====
**Virtual Memory**: demand paging, replacement, thrashing. (chapter 9)

===== Week 12 =====
**Protection and Security** (chapters 14 and 15)