Textbook for OS and AOS

The Operating Systems class and the Advanced Operating Systems class will use the same textbook, Modern Operating Systems, 3rd edtion, by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (the latter course is in the graduate program and will go through different chapters than undergrad, off course).

Undergrad students will receive email from the university bookstore regarding the textbook order for the 2nd semester soon. There are several reasons you should order the textbook through the bookstore:

• the Japanese subsidiary of the publisher gives us a deep discount (you should compare it with that of amazon, for example),
• since the import books cannot be returned, the bookstore orders a limited quantity. If you miss the first batch of the orders, you won't get it for several weeks after the semester. You might have come an easy way that you didn't have to buy textbooks (even thought you were required), but it is not the case this time.
• The book is a very popular, standard and well written as a reading material. For some of you, to take a course might have meant, copy-and-paste web search results and collecting past-exam problems. Now it's time for reading comprehension.

AOS Syllabus Revised

The (tentative) syllabus of the Advanced Operating Systems has been revised.

• Textbook will be Modern Operating Systems, International Edition, 3/E (the same book as the undergrad. Operating Systems, but will use the Chapters of advanced topics),
• The (tentative) schedule has been significantly revised.

If you plan to take (or are interested in taking) the course, please contact the instructor.

OS Final Grade

The final exams have been graded and the final grade for the course has been registered with the course admin. system.

Office Hours

For the rest of this semester, office hours are by appointment only. Please send email to the instructor for appointment.

OS Final Exam Tomorrow

The final exam of the Operating Systems takes place tomorrow. Please read the Examination Policies and Rules again. You may need a calculator for the exam.

OS11 Disqualification

All the exercise submissions have been graded and the results have been posted at the Exercise Grade page. Those who disqualified for the class (due to six or more missed/poor submissions) have received email from the instructor.

Please note that this year, we had 'pre-lecture' exercise problems and more exercise problems were expected than pas year. In fact, we only had 14 Exercises and we had to use the same guideline as the past (i.e. 5 or more missed submission for disqualification). However, the revision has already been announed on this board (6 or more for disqualification), we decided to stick with this revised guideline.

The results of Exercise and Exams have been posted on the web. Those who disqualified should be advised that you needed to understand your situation and had to ask questions (or ask assistance) to the teaching staff. If your exercise or exam was graded poor, you should understand that you found points to improve.

OS Exercise 13 Graded

We have graded Exercise 13* and posted the results at TA's Exercise Grade page. There are some students who disqualify for the final exam as the result of Exercise 13 grade. Please read the post on January 13.

* Problem 4 Q2 has been excluded due to poor results.