CS 639: Computing Foundations: Operating Systems

Course Objective

• Provide knowledge of internal working principles of operating systems such as kernel structure, processes, and storage management.

Course Outcomes

• Understand concepts of operating systems along with their interactions with the components of computer architecture.
• Ability to design processes by efficiently utilizing memory.

Course Content: Mid-Sem Topics Mid-Sem

• Operating System Functions
• Processes, Scheduling, and Synchronization
• Deadlocks

Course Content: End-Sem Topics End-Sem

• Memory Management and Virtual Memory
• Secondary Memory Management

Textbook

1. Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, and Greg Gagne, Operating System Concepts, 8th Edition, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0470128725.

Reference Book

2. William Stallings, Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, Pearson Education, 2018, ISBN: 978-9352866717.