CMPUT 379 - Operating System Concepts

★ 3 (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-3)

Faculty of Science

Introduction to the structure, components, and concepts behind modern general-purpose operating systems. Processes: process state transitions; operations on processes; interrupt processing; multiprocessor considerations; resource allocation; synchronization; critical sections and events; semaphores; deadlock: avoidance, detection, and recovery; memory management; virtual memory; paging and segmentation; page replacement strategies; working sets; demand paging; process scheduling; scheduling algorithms; file system functions; file organization; space allocation; virtual machines. Prerequisites: CMPUT 201 and 204, or 275; one of CMPUT 229, E E 380 or ECE 212.

No syllabi

Fall Term 2023

Lectures

Section Capacity Class times Instructor(s)
LECTURE A1
(81959)
116
2023-09-05 - 2023-12-08 (MWF)
12:00 - 12:50
CCIS L1-160

Final Exam:
2023-12-15
09:00 - 12:00
CCIS L2-200
Primary Instructor: Jonathan Schaeffer
LECTURE EA1
(81811)
80
2023-09-05 - 2023-12-08 (MWF)
12:00 - 12:50
CCIS L1-160

Final Exam:
2023-12-15
09:00 - 12:00
CCIS L2-200
Primary Instructor: Jonathan Schaeffer

Labs

Section Capacity Class times Instructor(s)
LAB D01
(81960)
52
2023-09-05 - 2023-12-08 (T)
17:00 - 19:50
CCIS L1-160
LAB D02
(81972)
11
2023-09-05 - 2023-12-08 (R)
14:00 - 16:50
CAB 311
LAB D03
(85159)
53
2023-09-05 - 2023-12-08 (F)
14:00 - 16:50
MEC 2-3
LAB ED01
(81923)
29
2023-09-05 - 2023-12-08 (T)
17:00 - 19:50
CCIS L1-160
LAB ED02
(81973)
11
2023-09-05 - 2023-12-08 (R)
14:00 - 16:50
CAB 311
LAB ED03
(85160)
40
2023-09-05 - 2023-12-08 (F)
14:00 - 16:50
MEC 2-3

Winter Term 2024

Lectures

Section Capacity Class times Instructor(s)
LECTURE B1
(13661)
156
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12 (MWF)
09:00 - 09:50
CCIS L2-190
Primary Instructor: Ehab Elmallah
LECTURE EB1
(13627)
36
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12 (MWF)
09:00 - 09:50
CCIS L2-190
Primary Instructor: Ehab Elmallah

Labs

Section Capacity Class times Instructor(s)
LAB EH01
(13943)
16
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12 (M)
14:00 - 16:50
CSC B-10
LAB EH02
(13544)
4
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12 (T)
17:00 - 19:50
CSC 1-25
LAB EH03
(15430)
16
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12 (R)
14:00 - 16:50
CSC B-10
LAB H01
(10902)
68
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12 (M)
14:00 - 16:50
CSC B-10
LAB H02
(13662)
20
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12 (T)
17:00 - 19:50
CSC 1-25
LAB H03
(15429)
68
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12 (R)
14:00 - 16:50
CSC B-10