PB167 Operating Systems Seminar

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. et Mgr. Zdeněk Říha, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jaromír Dobiáš (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tobiáš Smolka (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Luděk Matyska, CSc.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: Ing. Mgr. et Mgr. Zdeněk Říha, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable of Seminar Groups
PB167/01: Mon 10:00–11:50 G191a, Z. Říha
PB167/02: Mon 12:00–13:50 G191a, J. Dobiáš, T. Smolka
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PB153 Operating Systems Applications ||NOW( PB153 Operating Systems Applications )|| PB152 Operating Systems ||NOW( PB152 Operating Systems )
Absolvování nebo současný zápis s PB153.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Seminar focuses on practical aspects of issues discussed in PB153. The objective is to allow students to learn system details of OS which is useful for development of system tools as well as of other applications. Examples for Win32 and Linux systems illustrate basic building blocks of operating systems: kernel interface, system calls, IPC, process priorities, planning algorithms, processes vs. threads, access control, I/O operations, filesystems.
Syllabus
  • Kernel interface, system calls, IPC, process priorities, planning algorithms, processes vs. threads, access control, I/O operations, filesystems.
Literature
  • SILBERSCHATZ, Abraham, Peter B. GALVIN and Greg GAGNE. Operating system concepts : Windows XP update. 6th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2003, xxi, 951. ISBN 0471250600. info
  • STALLINGS, William. Operating systems. 2nd ed. London: Prentice-Hall International, 1995, xviii, 701. ISBN 0-13-180977-6. info
  • SILBERSCHATZ, Abraham, Peter B. GALVIN and Greg GAGNE. Applied operating system concepts. 1st ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000, xviii, 840. ISBN 0471365084. info
Teaching methods
seminars in computer lab, homeworks
Assessment methods
homeworks, written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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