CSEC209
Fundamentals of Operating Systems
Faculty
Konstantin Yegupov
Core Engineer at CausalApp Ltd.
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Overview
The course focuses on understanding why Operating Systems are necessary and how they enable software to use various hardware resources. Awareness of these details helps to design programs correctly, optimize their execution and debug potential problems, especially when deploying to various environments. We briefly discuss hardware fundamentals, then introduce practical tools that allow us to study the subject and cover basic components of operating systems: processes, file systems, network. We discuss various means of virtualization and presentation of OS interfaces in various programming languages.
Learning highlights
- Understand what are the computing resources and how they are shared in operating systems.
- Learn the APIs of modern operating systems.
- Get familiar with diagnostic and management tools.
Course outline
15 classes
Introduction into Operating Systems
Computing resources. Hardware and virtual platforms. OS APIs
CPU and low-level code
CPU ISAs and assembly basics. C language basics. Program memory layout. Calling conventions
Compilation and execution of code
Compilation step-by-step. Libraries and linkage: static, dynamic. ELF. Translation. glibc and system calls
Processes
Process attributes & lifetime. CPU scheduling. Memory protection. Privilege levels
OS Kernel & Services
Monoliths vs microkernels. Kernel modules. Service (daemon) management. Init levels
Memory addressing, paging, process memory
Paging. Translation. Memory sharing. Process memory. Swapping
Signals, interrupts
Exceptions. Interrupts: software, hardware. Signal types
Midterm exam
Parallel and concurrent programming
Processes vs threads vs async. Memory models. Synchronisation primitives
Parallel and concurrent programming - continued
High-level concurrent programming tools. Inter-process communication. Multi-CPU systems and clusters
Persistence
Storage devices. Caching. Filesystems. Error recovery. Permissions
Network
OSI model. Networking hardware. IP layer. Modern application protocols
Virtualisation
Resource abstraction and isolation. Virtualisation software. Hardware virtualisation assistance. Containers
Security & GUI
Authentication. Encryption. Update mechanisms
Final exam
Methodology
Lectures,practical assignments relevant to the topic, home assignment, midterm exam (exam will include individual tasks and mini-group activities), final exam.
Grading
Konstantin is a software engineer with more than 15 years of experience. He has designed and contributed to web services while working in various companies, from Google and Palantir to small startups. Konstantin enjoys learning new technologies, having professionally written code in many different languages, including Java, Python, Typescript, Go and Rust. He is passionate about making code easier to understand and maintain. He likes to be able to understand all the parts of the project he works on and is thrilled to solve mysterious problems that arise when multiple software components interact in complex ways.
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Fundamentals of Operating Systems
by Konstantin Yegupov
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Apr 11 - Apr 29, 2022
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
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Can I get a discount?
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