ITK383: Principles of Operating Systems

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Course Description

The course reviews classical functional criteria for operating system design and introduces the fundamental paradigms of distributed operating systems. Topics includes: process allocation, processor scheduling, resource management, virtual memory, file system, I/O devices, multiprocessors, and distributed systems. Security and protection will be covered. The course also includes case studies for a practical approach.

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Course Information

Instructor: Kyoungwon (Ben) Suh
Class: Stevenson Hall 105

section1: MW9:35-10:50AM

section2: MW11:00-12:15PM
Credits: 3

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Course Staff

• Instructor: Kyoungwon Suh

School of Information Technology
Old Union building
Illinois State University
Normal, IL

Phone: (309) 438-3744
Email: kwsuh [at] ilstu.edu
Office Hours: Mondays and Tuesdays 2:00-4:00 PM or by appointment

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Course Announcements

· Programming assignment #1 is due on Feb 13.

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Course Materials

• Course Syllabus
• Supplemental Readings
• Lecture notes, handouts and course schedule
• Homeworks and Programming Assignments
• Course mailing list

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Kyoungwon Suh

Last modified: Tue Jan 15 11:30:00 PM CDT 2008