Duration
30h Th, 6h Pr, 30h Proj.
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The goal of this course is to introduce the fundamental concepts and mechanisms used in operating systems. The content covers:
- Introduction/Overview: multi-programming; OS as a service; OS as a resource manager; OS organisation.
- Process management: computation abstraction; process, thread, multi-threading; inter-process communication; scheduling.
- Memory management: allocation strategies; dynamic address relocation; virtual memory.
- Storage management: file system structure; file system usage; file system implementation; protection; networked file system.
- Introduction to virtualisation: system virtualisation; paravirtualisation; kernel virtualisation.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
In this course, the students:
- learn the principles, core concepts and organisation of modern operating systems
- acquire practical system programming skills
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Knowledge of the C programming language. Computation structures.
PRE-REQUIS: INFO0946 or INFO2009
CO-REQUIS: INFO0012
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practicals and lab sessions.The students carry out several programming assignments (group).
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Weekly lectures. Practical and lab sessions.
Recommended or required readings
Recommended readings: Operating System Concepts; Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne; Wiley. Operating Systems Design and Implementation; Tannenbaum, Woodhull; Prentice Hall.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam and group assignments. The assignments count towards 40% of the final mark, while the exam counts towards 60% of the final mark. Students who do not submit half of the projects will receive an absence mark for the corresponding exam session. There is no guaranteed support for projects to be resubmitted for the resit session.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
- Coordinator: L. Mathy, mailto:laurent.mathy@ulg.ac.be
- Teaching assistants: Kenichi Yasukata, kenichi.yasukata@uliege.be et Gaulthier Gain, gaulthier.gain@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Remote live lectures
Assessment subjects
Overall course material
Assessment methods
Videocall oral exam, time-limited on-line MCQ and group assignments. The assignments count towards 40% of the final mark, while the oral exam and MCQ count towards 60% of the final mark. Students who do not submit half of the projects will receive an absence mark for the corresponding exam session. There is no guaranteed support for projects to be resubmitted for the resit session.
Contacts
- Coordinator: L. Mathy, laurent.mathy@ulg.ac.be
- Assistants: Kenichi Yasukata, kenichi.yasukata@uliege.be et Gaulthier Gain, gaulthier.gain@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Overall course material
Assessment methods
Videocall oral exam, time-limited on-line MCQ and group assignments. The assignments count towards 40% of the final mark, while the oral exam and MCQ count towards 60% of the final mark. For the resit exam session, students can resubmit coursework for which they did not obtain 10/20 or more, but can elect to keep marks from the first exam session. There is no guaranteed support for projects to be resubmitted for the resit session. If students resubmit the same work as in the first submission, they will get the same mark, including any potential late submission penalties. All submissions are INDIVIDUAL. Projects have the same weight as previously. There is no late submission possibility. Students who did not submit at least 2 projects across the two sessions will receive an absence mark for the corresponding exam session Submission deadline: 28/8 11:59pm