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.
CO-REQUIS: INFO0012 and INFO9012
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practicals and lab sessions.The students carry out several assignments (group).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Weekly lectures. Practical and lab sessions. Depending on the covid-19 situation, all activities may be held online.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
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
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire ) AND oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Group assignments, online tests and oral exam.
The final mark is computed as the geometric mean of the various components.
Students who do not submit half of the projects will receive an absence mark for the corresponding exam session.
All resubmissions are individual.
There is no guaranteed support for projects to be resubmitted for the resit session.
COVID-19 2020-2021: exams will be in-person unless the sanitary situation imposes remote exams.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
- Coordinator: L. Mathy, laurent.mathy@uliege.be
- Teaching assistants: Jonathan Francart et Gaulthier Gain, gaulthier.gain@uliege.be