Course Syllabus | Lecture Schedule
Posted: May 11, 2020
I will not be holding office hours tomorrow, Tuesday, May 12th. Please email me directly with any questions that you might have or send me a message on Discord.
Posted: May 7, 2020
Please be sure to complete Exam 3 by 2:30 PM EDT on Tuesday, May 11th, as was announced on Blackboard.
Posted: May 5, 2020
Homework 4 has been posted. The assignment is due by 11:59 PM EDT on Tuesday, May 12th (the last day of class). As I mentioned in today's lecture, this assignment is optional — you do not have to complete it and it will not (directly) negatively affect you grade if you do not.
Posted: April 15, 2020
The Chapter 11 slides linked below have been updated to add information about the SSTF, LOOK, and C-LOOK disk scheduling algorithms, as well as about RAID-2 and RAID-3 that were missing from the earlier version of the slides.
Posted: April 7, 2020
Homework 3 has been released. The assignment is due by 2:30 PM EDT on Thursday, April 16th. You will submit this assignment on blackboard.
Posted: April 5, 2020
Part 2 of Project 2 has been released. See Piazza for the link to create the repository for Part 2.
Posted: March 27, 2020
Part 1 of Project 2 has been released. This assignment is divided into two parts, the first of which is due by 11:59 PM EDT on April 12, 2020. You will be creating Linux kernel modules for this assignment to implement somewhat interesting (and fun) functionality into the kernel. As always, see Piazza for the link to create your repository for the project.
Posted: March 24, 2020
Due to a power outage in the CSEE data center, the course website was temporarily unavailable for most of the day on Monday. This has now been resolved (sort of).
My office hours for Tuesday, March 24 will be held on the CMSC 421 channel on the (unofficial) CSEE discord. There is a link on Piazza to join the discord. Plans for lecture will be sent out in the morning by email.
Posted: March 12, 2020
Due to the campus closure and general confusion related to COVID-19, the due date for Project 1 has been extended until Wednesday, March 18th at 11:59 PM EDT.
Further plans for lectures during the upcoming closure of campus after Spring Break will be announced in the upcoming days.
Posted: March 5, 2020
Per the myriad discussions in class, Exam 1 is a take-home exam and is on the course Blackboard. Please be sure to submit your exam before class on Tuesday, March 10th, as it is due before class!
Posted: February 25, 2020
Homework 2 has been posted. It is due by 2:30 PM EST (BEFORE CLASS) on March 5th. Please submit a PDF of your answers to the assignment to the Homework 2 section on Blackboard.
Posted: February 21, 2020
Project 1 has been posted. It is due by 11:59 PM EDT on Sunday, March 15th. Please see Piazza for the link to create your repository for the assignment.
Posted: February 7, 2020
Homework 1 has been posted. It is due by 11:59 PM EST on Sunday, February 23rd. Please see Piazza for the link to create your repository for the assignment.
Posted: February 4, 2020
A tentative schedule of lectures is now available (look in the header above). Please note most of the dates on it are subject to change as the semester progresses.
Posted: January 31, 2020
Project 0 has been posted. The project is due by 11:59PM EST on Sunday, February 16th. You will need to sign into the course Piazza in order to get the link to create your repository for the project on GitHub.
Posted: January 17, 2020
Welcome to the website for the spring semester's CMSC 421 course. Please feel free to browse the resources below at your leisure, as they may or may not become more useful as the semester goes on.
Arranged from most to least recently covered.
Most slides are Copyright © Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne. Used with permission (as granted on the textbook website). Slides marked with a [*] have been modified for use in this course. Slides marked with [†] are not from the book, but were written by the instructor for this class specifically.
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