School of Informatics, Humanities and Social Sci.
Undergraduate

Term: Summer 2024
Session: Full Term (May 13 - Aug 23)
Start Date: Monday, May 13, 2024
End Date: Friday, Aug 23, 2024
Availability: On Campus
Day(s): Tues.
Time: 06:00 PM to 08:50 PM

The Operating Systems course introduces the fundamental principles of an operating system. The course starts with a brief overview of operating system history and then covers major components and algorithms of most modern operating systems. Students learn critical design issues and their trade-offs in designing and implementing an operating system. Emphasis is placed on process management concurrency memory management persistence and security in an operating system. The course combines understanding theoretical concepts of operating systems and their hands-on implementation using a multithreaded programming library.