G53OPS Operating Systems Dr. Graham Kendall Course Introduction

Course Introduction Course Lecturer Web Page Operating Systems Graham Kendall GXK@CS.NOTT.AC.UK Room C76 (by appointment) Web Page http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gxk

Lecture Times and Locations Course Introduction Lectures 20 (ish) Lecture Times and Locations Monday 10:00 (C33) Friday 10:00 (C3) Assessment 75% examination (2 hours) - 4 Questions from 6 25% coursework (Processes)

Textbooks Modern Operating Systems (Andrew Tanenbaum) Operating Systems Concepts (Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Galvin)

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

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

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