CI33010 - OPERATING SYSTEMS AND CONCURRENCY

Module Identifier	CI33010
Module Title	OPERATING SYSTEMS AND CONCURRENCY
Academic Year	2002/2003
Co-ordinator	Dr Mark B Ratcliffe
Semester	Semester 1
Other staff	Dr Frederick W Long, Dr Mark J Neal
Pre-Requisite	CI21120 Normally only available to students following Internet Computing schemes.
Mutually Exclusive	CS22210
Course delivery	Lecture	22 lectures
Assessment	Semester Exam	2 Hours	100%
	Supplementary Exam	Will take the same form, under the terms of the Department's policy.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module a student should:

be able to demonstrate understanding of the nature and function of operating systems at a generic level;
be able to critically review the issues of resource management, especially processes memory and filestore;
be able to critically evaluate a range of techniques for tackling the problems that arise in concurrent systems;
have an appreciation of the issues involved in security of computer systems and judge the applicability of different approaches to providing it.

Brief description

This course introduces the principles of operating systems and the important concepts underlying them, including concurrency and security. Alternative approaches are contrasted.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Abraham Silberschatz and Peter B. Galvin. (2001) Operating system concepts [Students should choose one of Siberschatz or Tanenbaum]. 6th. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass ISBN: 0471417432
Andrew S. Tanenbaum. (2001) Modern Operating Systems. 2nd. Prentice Hall ISBN: 0130313580
** Consult For Futher Information
Jeff Magee and Jeff Kramer. Concurrency: State Models and Java Programs. John Wiley and Sons ISBN 047198710713