Advanced operating systems

Summary

This course teaches advanced OS system design. Using an extensive hands-on approach, the course focuses on traditional and new concepts proposed in the past two decades in the area of operating systems.

Content

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

CS-200 Computer architecture

CS-202 Computer systems (or COM-208 Computer networks / CS-323 Introduction to operating systems)

CS-214 Software construction (or CS-210 Functional programming)

CS-300 Data-Intensive Systems (or CS-322 Introduction to database systems)

Important concepts to start the course

This course is a hands-on course that required solid background in operating systems, databases, programming language, and computer architecture.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Identify and manage key components of operating systems
• Choose or critique design choices for OS
• Create and design an OS with practical choices
• Report performance and possible optimizations for applications

Teaching methods

• In-class lectures
• Homework assignments
• Weekly preparatory exercises
• Programming exercise

Expected student activities

• Attend lectures and tutorial sessions
• Complete the homework assignments
• Participate actively in the course
• Complete programming exercises

Assessment methods

• Preparatory exercise 10%
• Labs 40%
• Final exam 50%

Supervision

Resources

Moodle Link

• https://go.epfl.ch/CS-477