CSE301 Operating System

Course Description

Welcome to CSE301 Operating System! 🦕 This course is one of the core course of computer engineering as operating systems are essential for most computing systems to better utilize hardware resources and run user applications.

Time & Location

• Tuesday 13:30-14:45 @ College of Electronics Information and Applied Science B01

• Thursday 13:30 -14:45 @ College of Electronics Information and Applied Science B01

Objectives

• Learn the basic concepts that underlie modern operating systems

• Understand how operating systems manage hardware and software

• Know how an existing operating system is implemented under the hood

Structure

This course consists of two parts:

• Lecture will be given by the instructor, covering the core concepts of operating systems in depth. 

• Exercise will be released at the end of every part, which contains theoretical and practical questions that may be related to the exams.

  • Students will be asked to submit their own written solutions within one week after each exercise session.

Schedule

Exercise

• Part 1. Overview

  • Date: September 10, 2025

  • Link: Handout

• Part 2. Process Management

  • Date: October 1, 2025

  • Link: Handout

• Part 3. Process Synchronization

  • Date: October 22, 2025

  • Link: Handout

• Part 4. Memory Management

  • Date: November 12, 2025

  • Link: Handout

• Part 5. Storage Management

  • Date: November 24, 2025 

  • Link: Handout

• Part 6. File System

  • Date: December 8, 2025 

  • Link: Handout

Evaluation

The grade will be given according to the following grading percentages.

• Midterm Exam 35%

  • Date: October 27, 2025 from 13:30 to 14:45

  • Format: Written exam, closed book

  • Coverage: Chapter 1. Introduction - Chapter 8. Deadlocks

• Final Exam 35%

  • Date: December 10, 2025 from 13:30 to 14:45

  • Format: Written exam, closed book

  • Coverage: Chapter 9. Main Memory - Chapter 14. File System Implementation

• Assignment 20%

• Attendance 10%

Teaching Assistant

• Gaeun Ko, COS Lab, Contact 📧

• Seungchan Bae, Undergraduate SW Mentor, Contact 📧

• Liwon Kim, Undergraduate SW Mentor, Contact 📧

Literature

• Avi Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, and Greg Gagne: Operating System Concepts. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2021.