Course Objective

Get an insight into the internals of modern operating systems. Both
theory (architecture, design principles, interfaces, etc.) and practice
(operating system implementation aspects, user-level systems programming
in C, etc.).

Course Content

This course gives an introduction to the internals of operating system.
The following topics
are covered: operating systems architectures, processes, threads,
synchronization, memory
management, file systems, input/output, virtualization. The course uses
real-world operating
systems such as Linux and MINIX 3 as examples, providing insights into
both the theory and
practice of modern operating systems.

Teaching Methods

Lectures

Method of Assessment

Written exam and homework C programming assignments. Both exam and
assignments must each be passed with a grade >= 4. The final grade is
the weighted average of the exam grade (70%) and the assignments (30%).

There is no resit opportunity for the practical assignments.

Entry Requirements

Computer Programming or similar programming course in C/C++

Literature

Tanenbaum, A.S., Bos, H.J., "Modern Operating Systems", Fourth Edition.
Prentice-Hall, 2015.

Target Audience

2CS