CI33010 - OPERATING SYSTEMS AND CONCURRENCY

Module Identifier

CI33010

Module Title

OPERATING SYSTEMS AND CONCURRENCY

Academic Year

2003/2004

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

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
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

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6