OS Homework 1

A homework problem has been posted at the Exercise page . This is an extra credit assignment. Please work on this problem until next week and show the (intermediate) result to the instructor at the class. The problem specification may be updated for clarification or correction. If you have question (before the class next week), please write email to the instructor.

Mid-Term Exam and Quiz

The review of the mid-term exam and Quiz 1 are extra credit assignments. Therefore, their credits will be added on top of the total points (which consist of mid-term, exercises and final).

From today, we have started pre-lecture execise problems and it is expected that we will have more exercise problems than the past. Therefore, we plan to increase the maximum number of exercise submissions that each student can miss.

From Syllabus:

If a student miss more than three (four) exercises by the mid-term (final) exam, he/she will automatically fail the course. One excuse can be granted if the reason of absence is out of his/her control and proved by an official document (such as doctor's note).

Dr Pedroso's Lecture

All the students in the Operating Systems course are required to attend Dr Pedroso's lecture and work on the problems he will present. Students satisfying these requirement, together with asking a question to him (this can be either about the lecture, University of Porto, or Portugal) will receive extra credits (bonus points) toward his/her course grade.

Extra Credits for the Final Grades

The following generous extra credits and grading scheme have been applied to the final grades of both courses:

• 50% of exercise grades are based on the answers and the other half are graded by the number of submissions. In other words, if you have submitted all exercises, you got 10pts towards the final grades.
• Up to 5pts extra credits for class participation (i.e. answering to the question or reading the textbook).
• Up to 10pts extra credits for the make up of the midterm exam.
• The project presentation, which is 15pts towards the final grade, has been inflated by 5/4 (+25%).