Operating Systems

Class overview

The course is for students pursuing a master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent. This course closely follows the syllabus of the master's in computer science/Application in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Kalyani. We will explore the different functionalities of Operating System and how they work. Some basic knowledge of computer architecture is required as prerequisite.

Course Materials

Introduction to OS
Process Scheduling - I
Process Scheduling - II
Thread
Process Synchronization - I
Process Synchronization - II
Deadlock
Memory Management - I
Memory Management - II
Memory Management - II

Reference Books

Silberschatz, Abraham, Peter Baer Galvin, and Greg Gagne. Operating system principles. John Wiley & Sons, 2006. (Download Slides for this book)
Stallings, William, Lawrie Brown, Michael D. Bauer, and Michael Howard. Computer security: principles and practice. Vol. 2. Upper Saddle River: Pearson, 2012.