COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

a. Class attendance and participate in discussion is important and expected.

b. You are responsible for all readings that are assigned - material provided in lectures, assigned from the textbook, or additional readings.

c. There will be three examinations at date to be determined by the instructor. You will be given a minimum of one week prior notice. The first two exams will only cover that material assigned or provided in lectures which has not already been tested. The third exam is the final and will be comprehensive.

d. Programming assignments will be given in class as projects. They are to be individual efforts and entirely your own work - programs will be written in C.

e. Homeworks will also be assigned. The homework submissions are expected on the due date and contribute to your final grade.

f. Assignments must be turned on time for full credit. Assignments turned in one day late will have five points deducted, two days late will have ten points deducted, over two days will receive 50% credit, and no work will be accepted one week past due.

g. Graduate students will be assigned a topic to research and present results on in the form of a technical paper. Requirements for the paper are as follows: IEEE format, length is to be 8 - 10 pages of text, not including references.

 ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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COURSE OUTLINE:

The course will cover material from the following topics:

Introduction - Computer and Operating System Overview (Chapters 1 and 2)

Processes (Chapter 3)

Threads (Chapter 4)

Concurrency - Mutual Exclusion and Synchronization (Chapter 5)

Concurrency - Deadlock and Starvation (Chapter 6)

Memory Management (Chapters 7 and 8)

Scheduling - Uniprocessor, Multiprocessor and Real-Time (Chapters 9 and 10)

I/O Management (Chapter 11)

File Management (Chapter 12)

Security (Chapters 14 and 15)

Distributed Systems (Chapter 16 and 18)

Networking - The need for a protocol architecture (Chapter 17)

ATTENDANCE AND ADD/DROP POLICIES:

Attendance is required. Roll will be taken, and absences will be listed on midterm and final grade reports. Attendance may i nfluence grades at border line. Makeup exams are allowed only in special circumstances where absences are certified by the Dean of Students o ffice. At the beginning of the semester, students are encouraged to also review the Add/Drop policy.

Students who are auditing this course must attend at least 75% of the class lectures to avoid a grade of F.

ACADEMIC HONESTY, ETHICS IN RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES:

Students are expected to follow MSU as well as the CS department's policies on academic misconduct and on academic honesty with regard to homeworks, projects, exams, papers. These policies can be found on the MSU ethics in research and other scholarly activities and Computer Science and Engineering Departmental policy regarding professional conduct pages, respectively. Also, as of fall semester 2007, Mississippi State University has an approved Honor Code that applies to all students, and reads as follows: As a Mississippi State University student I will conduct myself with honor and integrity at all times. "I will not lie, cheat, or steal, nor will I accept the actions of those who do". Upon accepting admission to Mississippi State University, a student immediately assumes a commitment to uphold the Honor Code, and accepts responsibility for learning and following the philosophy and rules of the Honor Code. For additional information, please see the Honor Code.

www.cse.msstate.edu/academics/gradstud/honesty.php

students.msstate.edu/honorcode/