CMP642 - OPERATING SYSTEMS THEORY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPERATING SYSTEMS THEORY | CMP642 | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | English | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Experiment | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Ali Saatçi, Dr. Ahmet Burak Can | |||||
| Course objective | To teach basic concepts of operationg systems and operationg systems infrastructure. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Basic operating systems concepts, Input/Output subsystem, Process Management, Process syncronization, Memory management, File management, Distributed processing and network infrastructure, Operating Systems Kernels, Multi processor architectures | |||||
| References | Bilgisayar İşletim Sistemleri, Ali Saatçi, 2. Baskı, Bıçaklar Kitabevi. Modern Operating Systems, Andrew Tanenbaum, 3rd edition,Pearson Education. Operating System Design, Avi Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, 8th edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Basic operating system concepts, operatin systems layers |
| Week 2 | Input/Output subsytem |
| Week 3 | Processes, Process queues, Process scheduling, Threads |
| Week 4 | Low level synchronization methods, Semaphores |
| Week 5 | High level synchronization methods, pipe() call |
| Week 6 | Primitive memory management methods, Paged memory management |
| Week 7 | Virtual memory management, Segmented memory management |
| Week 8 | File/directory concept, Primitive file management systems, MS-DOS FAT |
| Week 9 | Midterm exam |
| Week 10 | UNIX file management system, Backup methods, RAID systems |
| Week 11 | TCP/IP network infrastructure, Connection-oriented and connectionless communication |
| Week 12 | Operating systems kernel architectures |
| Week 13 | Operating systems on multi processor architectures |
| Week 14 | Distributed operating systems architectures |
| Week 15 | Final exam preparation |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 3 | 25 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 95 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 9 | 126 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 3 | 20 | 60 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Total Workload | 33 | 72 | 268 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Graduates should have a mastery of computer science as described by the core of the Body of Knowledge. | X | ||||
| 2. Graduates need understanding of a number of recurring themes, such as abstraction, complexity, and evolutionary change, and a set of general principles, such as sharing a common resource, security, and concurrency. | X | ||||
| 3. Graduates of a computer science program need to understand how theory and practice influence each other. | X | ||||
| 4. Graduates need to think at multiple levels of detail and abstraction. | X | ||||
| 5. Students will be able to think critically, creatively and identify problems in their research. | X | ||||
| 6. Graduates should have been involved in at least one substantial project. | X | ||||
| 7. Graduates should realize that the computing field advances at a rapid pace. | X | ||||
| 8. Graduates should conduct research in an ethical and responsible manner. | X | ||||
| 9. Graduates should have good command of technical terms in both Turkish and English. | X | ||||
| 10. Graduates should understand the full range of opportunities available in computing. | X | ||||
| 11. Graduates should understand that computing interacts with many different domains. | X | ||||
| 12. Graduates should develop the knowledge acquired at master level and apply scientific methods in order to solve scientific problems. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest