 | Study programme 2024-2025 | Français | |
 | Operating Systems | ||
Programme component of Master's in Computer Science (CHARLEROI) (shift schedule) à la Faculty of Science |
| Code | Type | Head of UE | Department’s contact details | Teacher(s) |
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| US-MC-INFO60-019-C | Compulsory UE | VANDENHOVE Pierre | S829 - Informatique théorique |
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| Language of instruction | Language of assessment | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Credits | Weighting | Term |
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| Français | 30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 2nd term |
| AA Code | Teaching Activity (AA) | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Term | Weighting |
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| S-INFO-054 | Operating Systems | 30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q2 | 100.00% |
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Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes
- Have acquired highly specialised and integrated knowledge and broad skills in the various disciplines of computer science, which come after those within the Bachelor's in computer science.
- Carry out development or innovation projects in IT.
- Apply, mobilise, articulate and promote the knowledge and skills acquired in order to contribute to the achievement of a development or innovation project.
- Master the complexity of such work and take into account the objectives and constraints which characterise it.
- Master communication techniques.
- Communicate, both orally and in writing, their findings, original proposals, knowledge and underlying principles, in a clear, structured and justified manner.
- Develop and integrate a high degree of autonomy.
- Develop and integrate a high degree of autonomy to evolve in new contexts.
- Apply scientific methodology.
- Demonstrate thoroughness, independence, creativity, intellectual honesty, and ethical values.
Learning Outcomes of UE
By the end of this course, students will have mastered the fundamental principles governing the development of modern operating systems. They will be able to explain the interactions between different components of operating systems and solve complex problems related to resource management and synchronization.
Students will have applied their knowledge by developing scripts and system programs in C to automate process and file management in a UNIX environment.
UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance
Functions and features of an operating system, resource allocation and management.
CPU virtualization: processes, scheduling.
Memory virtualization: memory management, paging.
Concurrency: threads, deadlocks, locks, semaphores, synchronization.
Persistence: input/output, disk management, file systems, journaling.
UNIX: process, file system, and kernel manipulation through C programs and shell scripts.
Prior Experience
Mastery of a programming language, computer architecture, working of a processor, interrupt mechanism, memory addressing.
Type of Teaching Activity/Activities
| AA | Type of Teaching Activity/Activities |
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| S-INFO-054 |
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Mode of delivery
| AA | Mode of delivery |
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| S-INFO-054 |
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Required Learning Resources/Tools
| AA | Required Learning Resources/Tools |
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| S-INFO-054 | Slides and lecture notes available on Moodle. |
Recommended Learning Resources/Tools
| AA | Recommended Learning Resources/Tools |
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| S-INFO-054 | Not applicable |
Other Recommended Reading
| AA | Other Recommended Reading |
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| S-INFO-054 | - Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces (Version 1.10), Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, 2023, Arpaci-Dusseau Books. - Modern Operating Systems, 5th edition, Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Herbert Bos, 2022, Pearson. - UNIX, Programmation et communication, Jean-Marie Rifflet et Jean-Baptiste Yunès, 2003, Dunod. |
Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next
| AA | Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next |
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| S-INFO-054 | Authorized |
Term 2 Assessment - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q2 assessment |
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| S-INFO-054 |
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Term 2 Assessment - comments
| AA | Term 2 Assessment - comments |
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| S-INFO-054 | Oral examination on the theoretical and practical parts (Evaluation E1) and projects on the practical part (Evaluation E2). Final grade for the UE. If an evaluation is below 8, the final grade is equal to the minimal evaluation. Otherwise, the following weights are used: E1 (80%), E2 (20%). |
Term 3 Assessment - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q3 assessment |
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| S-INFO-054 |
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Term 3 Assessment - comments
| AA | Term 3 Assessment - comments |
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| S-INFO-054 | Same rules as for Q1. Any evaluation below 10 must be passed in Q3. |