Start of classes.

Please note that Morteza Zihayat, who is a Ph.D. candidate in the EECS Graduate Program, and who is also the TA for this course, will deliver the first two 3221 lectures on Monday September 8 and Wednesday September 10 on my behalf, as I will be temporarily away presenting a paper at an international conference during that time.

Lecture notes for the next few classes will be posted in the CSE3221 course directory on red: /cs/course/3221

The topics for Assignment 1 will be made available in the file /cs/course/3221/3221_topics

The topic study slides are due on the day of the presentation. The topic study report is due on the last day to hand in term work, that is, Friday December 5, midnight.

You are required to hand in hard copies, and electronic copies of all assignments. Please use the “submit” command to submit electronic copies of all assignments, including topic studies PowerPoint slides and reports, programming assignment reports and source code, etc., to the course directory /cs/course/3221/submit. Use the command “man submit” to learn how to use the “submit” command.

The CSE 3221 midterm test will be held at the following time and location:

Time: Monday October 27, 2014, 17:30-19:00

Location: TEL 0010

The Midterm Test will cover the following:

a) Chapters 1-5 of the textbook “Operating System Concepts” 9th Edition.

b) All the slides in OS_ch1.pdf, OS_ch2.pdf, OS_ch3.pdf, OS_ch4.pdf, OS_ch5.pdf - as well as all the material covered in the lectures up to and including the Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014 lecture. Please make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of the lecture notes.

It is possible that the Midterm Test may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that require calculations, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require slightly longer answers, questions that may require the writing of short programs using pseudo C code similar to that used throughout the textbook, and other possible question formats.

- Please note that, in order to make sure that everyone in the class gets exactly the same information regarding the midterm and final exam, the instructor will not answer individual e-mail questions regarding what will be on and what will not be on the midterm and final exam, because that would not be fair to those students who do not receive such information. - If you have any questions related to the midterm or final exam, please ask such questions during the lectures.

Please note that course component marks, when available, can be accessed by logging in to red.cse.yorku.ca, then typing the following command:

courseInfo 3221 2014-15 F

Please note that the location of the EECS 3221 Midterm Exam has changed as follows (The EECS 3221 Midterm Exam location is NOT the room where lectures are held):

EECS 3221 Midterm Exam Date: Monday October 27, 2014 5:30-7:00 PM

EECS 3221 Midterm Exam Location: TEL 0010

Reading the first 4 chapters, that is, pages 1-129, of the book “Programming with POSIX Threads” by David R. Butenhof (This book is currently on reserve at Steacie Science Library, Call Number QA 76.76 T55 B88 1997), will not only be helpful for understanding the material on POSIX Threads in Chapter 4 of the textbook, but will also be important for doing the second assignment.

A student in 3221 is looking for partners to form a group. If interested please email cse73182@cse.yorku.ca

Please note that EECS3221 Assignment 2 has been posted in the 3221 course directory /cs/course/3221/3221assgn2_F14.pdf

The due date for ECS3221 Assignment 2 is MONDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2014, 17:30.

The CSE 3221 midterm test will be held at the following time and location:

Time: Monday October 27, 2014, 17:30-19:00

Location: TEL 0010

(Note that the midterm test room is NOT the same room as the room used for 3221 lectures.)

The Midterm Test will cover the following:

a) Chapters 1-4; Sections 5.1 to 5.7.2 (pages 203-222) of Chapter 5, of the textbook “Operating System Concepts” 9th Edition.

b) All the slides in OS_ch1.pdf, OS_ch2.pdf, OS_ch3.pdf, OS_ch4.pdf; and slides 1-34 (up to The Readers-Writers Problem) of OS_ch5.pdf - as well as all the material covered in the lectures up to and including the Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014 lecture. Please make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of the lecture notes.

It is possible that the Midterm Test may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that require calculations, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require slightly longer answers, questions that may require the writing of short programs using pseudo C code similar to that used throughout the textbook, and other possible question formats.

- Please note that, in order to make sure that everyone in the class gets exactly the same information regarding the midterm and final exam, the instructor will not answer individual e-mail questions regarding what will be on and what will not be on the midterm and final exam, because that would not be fair to those students who do not receive such information. - If you have any questions related to the midterm or final exam, please ask such questions during the lectures.

Please note that course component marks, when available, can be accessed by logging in to red.cse.yorku.ca, then typing the following command:

courseInfo 3221 2014-15 F