Operating systems

Education facts

Code: 5DV171

The goal of the course is to introduce the students to modern operating systems design. Both practical and theoretical aspects of operating Systems will be studied. The course will cover 5 main topics, namely, Topic 1: Introduction This module will provide a top level description of modern operating systems. Topic 2: kernels and processes  Introduces the students to the design and implementation of different operating system kernels in some detail. Topic 3: concurrency, synchronization and scheduling The module covers threads and the semantics of concurrency, synchronization of multi-threaded programs, deadlocks, race conditions, processor scheduling and other related topics. Topic 4: memory management The fourth module cover topics related to memory such as hardware and software address translation mechanisms, caching and virtual memory.  Topic 5: I/O and File Systems This module introduces  the File system abstraction, different storage devices and filesystems

Entry requirements

To be admitted you must have 60 ECTS-credits in Computing Science or 2 years of completed studies, in both cases including good knowledge and experience of the programming language C, including working with threads. You should also have knowledge and experiences of programming directly with/to an operatingsystem. These requirements are fulfilled by the course C-programming and Unix or equivalent.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Operating systems

  Umeå University

  Start date: 18 January 2027

  End date: 24 March 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %