CS-C3140 - Operating Systems, Lecture, 13.9.2021-15.12.2021

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

After completing the course, you will be able to: explain the principles behind the implementation of operating systems; discuss abstraction and management of system resoures; describe the typical data structures and algorithms that are commonly employed in operating sytems; experiment with the command line, virtual machines, and software containers; evaluate how to build efficient and dependable systems.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 13.09.2021 - 15.12.2021

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Vesa Hirvisalo, Mario Di Francesco

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Operating system structure and elements of computer architecture. Processes and threads. Memory management and file systems. Concurrency and parallelism. Virtualization.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Exercises and final exam.

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021 Autumn I-II

    2021-2022 Autumn I-II

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