Operating Systems

Course Description

The goal of this course is to have students understand and appreciate the principles in the design and implementation of operating systems software. Topics include: Introduction to operating systems concepts, process management, memory management, file systems, virtualization, fault tolerance, atomicity and consistency. The laboratory exercises will require implementing a simple operating system.

The suggested text for this course is Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition) by Andrew Tanenbaum. The book publisher is Prentice Hall.

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Course Information

This handout provides an overview of the course.

The lecture and lab times and office hours are shown below:

Lecture Times: Tue 2-3pm (GB119), Wed 1-2pm (GB220), Thu 11-12pm (GB220)

Lab Times: Mon 3-6pm (GB243), Tue 9-12am (SF2102 and GB251)

Office Hours: Tue 3-4pm (SF2001B)

Mid Term: Oct 25, Thu 11-12pm (GB220), during class hour

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