Start of classes for EECS 3221.

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, Monday December 7, 2015, 23:59.

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

Time: Monday October 26, 2015, 17:30-19:00

Location: CLH J

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. 21, 2015 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 2015-16 F

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.

Regarding Assignment 1 (Topic Study):

Each group is required to have 4 students currently enrolled in the class. (Unfortunately, students who are on the waiting list cannot form a group with other students to reserve a topic.)

Topics are “First-Come-First-Served”. After organizing a group with the required number of students, each group may send by e-mail to the instructor the list of the student names in the group, and reserve one of the topics below. Please note that only a whole group of 4 students can reserve a topic.

Please also note that the deadline for forming a group of 4 students and reserving a topic is Wednesday September 30, 2015.

Topics are to be presented in the same order of the time of reservation of the topics. If a group is the first group to select and reserve a topic, then that group will be the first group to present their reserved topic.

For each presentation date, the topic title and the names of the students in the group will be listed.

For all students that have not joined a group and selected a topic by the deadline of Wednesday September 30, 2015, such students will be randomly assigned to groups, and each of such groups will be randomly assigned to one of the available topics, and the topic presentation dates will also be randomly assigned.

Please note that the same groups for Assignment 1 (Topic Study) will also be used for completing Assignment 2 and Assignment 3, which are programming assignments.

I have been approached by a group of 3 students who are looking for a fourth student to join their group. if you are interested in joining their group, you may send email to the instructor, and the instructor will forward your email address to the group.

LECTURE ROOM CHANGE

Please note that starting from Monday September 21, 2015, the EECS 3221 lectures will be held in ACE 013.

(Accolade East 013)

MIDTERM EXAM ROOM LOCATION

Please note that the EECS 3221 midterm test will be held at the following time and location:

Time: Monday October 26, 2015, 17:30-19:00

Location: CLH J

Please note that EECS 3221 Assignment 2 has been posted in /cs/course/3221/3221assgn2_F15.pdf

The due date of EECS 3221 Assignment 2 is Monday, November 2, 2015, 17:30.

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.