263-3800-00L  Advanced Operating Systems

SemesterSpring Semester 2019
LecturersT. Roscoe
Periodicityyearly recurring course
Language of instructionEnglish



Courses

NumberTitleHoursLecturers
263-3800-00 VAdvanced Operating Systems2 hrs
Thu13:15-15:00CAB G 51 »
T. Roscoe
263-3800-00 UAdvanced Operating Systems2 hrs
Fri10:15-12:00CAB H 56 »
10:15-12:00CAB H 57 »
T. Roscoe
263-3800-00 AAdvanced Operating Systems
Project Work, no fixed presence required.
1 hrsT. Roscoe

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AbstractThis course is intended to give students a thorough understanding of design and implementation issues for modern operating systems, with a particular emphasis on the challenges of modern hardware features. We will cover key design issues in implementing an operating system, such as memory management, scheduling, protection, inter-process communication, device drivers, and file systems.
ObjectiveThe goals of the course are, firstly, to give students:

1. A broader perspective on OS design than that provided by knowledge of Unix or Windows, building on the material in a standard undergraduate operating systems class

2. Practical experience in dealing directly with the concurrency, resource management, and abstraction problems confronting OS designers and implementers

3. A glimpse into future directions for the evolution of OS and computer hardware design
ContentThe course is based on practical implementation work, in C and assembly language, and requires solid knowledge of both. The work is mostly carried out in teams of 3-4, using real hardware, and is a mixture of team milestones and individual projects which fit together into a complete system at the end. Emphasis is also placed on a final report which details the complete finished artifact, evaluates its performance, and discusses the choices the team made while building it.
Prerequisites / NoticeThe course is based around a milestone-oriented project, where students work in small groups to implement major components of a microkernel-based operating system. The final assessment will be a combination grades awarded for milestones during the course of the project, a final written report on the work, and a set of test cases run on the final code.

Performance assessment

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Performance assessment as a semester course
ECTS credits6 credits
ExaminersT. Roscoe
Typegraded semester performance
Language of examinationEnglish
RepetitionRepetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit.
Additional information on mode of examinationThe final assessment will be a combination of project milestone grades, final project report grade, and grades derived from tests run on the final code submission.

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ProgrammeSectionType
CAS in Computer ScienceFocus Courses and ElectivesWInformation
Computer Science MasterFocus Core Courses Distributed SystemsWInformation
Computer Science MasterCore Focus Courses General StudiesWInformation