G 53 OPS Operating Systems Dr Graham Kendall

G 53 OPS Operating Systems Dr. Graham Kendall Course Introduction

G 53 OPS Course Introduction • Course – Operating Systems • Lecturer – Graham Kendall – GXK@CS. NOTT. AC. UK – Room C 76 (by appointment) • Web Page – http: //www. cs. nott. ac. uk/~gxk

G 53 OPS Course Introduction • Lectures – 20 (ish) • Lecture Times and Locations – Monday 10: 00 (C 33) – Friday 10: 00 (C 3) • Assessment – 75% examination (2 hours) - 4 Questions from 6 – 25% coursework (Processes)

G 53 OPS Course Introduction Textbooks • Modern Operating Systems (Andrew Tanenbaum) • Operating Systems Concepts (Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Galvin)

G 53 OPS Course Introduction Sample Lecture and Coursework Schedule • Introduction and Background (Tanenbaum, Ch. 1) – Lectures 1, 2 • Processes (Tanenbaum, Ch. 2) – Lectures 3, 4, 5, 6 • Memory Management (Tanenbaum, Ch. 3) – Lectures 7, 8, 9, 10 • File Systems (Tanenbaum, Ch. 4) – Lectures 11, 12, 13, 14

G 53 OPS Course Introduction Sample Lecture and Coursework Schedule • Input/Output (Tanenbaum, Ch. 5) – Lectures 15, 16, 17, 18 • Revision – Lectures 19, 20 • In addition, there may be some required reading from Tananbaum, which is examinable

G 53 OPS Course Introduction Proposed Lecture and Coursework Schedule • Guest Lecture – Possibly a guest lecturer giving six lectures – Subject is probably input/output – Will need additional lecture slots in the week the guest lecturer is here – Possibly six lectures that week