The objective of this course is to introduce the fundamental mechanisms of operating systems.
The focus will be on understanding the design or modern operating systems, and its influence on computer performance and usability.
The
course uses a combination of reading, interactive lectures and exercises
to understand the organization of a computer system and the management
of processes, memory and files. It also covers synchronization and
scheduling as representative systems problems. We use examples from a
variety of operating systems (Mac OS, Linux, Windows, UNIX) in class but
the practical sessions use the Java programming language.
Only a
moderate technical background is required, corresponding to the computer
programming classes offered in the first years.
This course is a sound basis for any CS-oriented curricula. It also very well suited for non-CS majors wishing to understand the fundamentals of modern computer systems and explore some classical design and tradeoffs that can be found in many other branches of computer science and programming, including large-scale systems and Cloud computing.
Lectures: Fridays, 14h00->16h00
Practicals: Fridays, 16h00->17h00
Teacher: Dr. Valerio Schiavoni (valerio.schiavoni@unine.ch)
Sous-assistant: Loïc Schenker (loic.schenker@unifr.ch)
- Enseignant·e: Loïc Schenker
- Enseignant·e: Valerio Schiavoni