MTL458: Operating Systems

July - December, 2018
Instructor: Minati De

Course Syllabus

The main objective of the course is to cover basic concepts of operating systems for UG students. Operating Systems functions, Basic Concepts, Notion of a process, Concurrent processes, Problem of mutual exclusion, Deadlock, Process Scheduling, Memory management, Multiprogramming, File systems; time sharing systems and their design consideration.

Text Books

  • [TB1] Operating Systems: Principles and Practice 2nd Edition
    — Thomas Anderson, Michael Dahlin
  • [TB2] Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
    — Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau

    • Other Reference Text Books

  • The Design of the UNIX Operating System (Prentice Hall)
    — M.J. Bach
  • Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment (Addison Wesley)
    — W. Richard Stevens and Stephen A. Rago
  • Operating System Concepts
    — Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne

    • Other Resources on The Web

  • [W1] Lecture Slides by Prof. Mandar Mitra.

    • Time and Place

  • 5 PM to 6:30 PM on Friday
    12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM on Wednesday
  • LH 308, Lecture Hall Complex

    • Teaching Assistants

  • Kapil Ahuja
    Email: Kapil.Ahuja.mt614@maths.iitd.ac.in
  • Sahil Bhatnagar
    Email: Sahil.Bhatnagar.mt614@maths.iitd.ac.in

    • Weightage

    Assignment: 20%; Minor1: 15%; Minor2: 15%; Surprise Quiz: 15%; Major: 35%