UNSW Handbook Course - Advanced Operating Systems

Advanced Operating Systems - COMP9242


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Computer Science and Engineering
	Contact: Heiser,Gernot Alexander
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 4
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: A mark of at least 75 in COMP9201 or COMP3231.
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)

Description

Covers operating systems design and implementation issues at an advanced level, focussing on specific issues such as performance and on current OS research areas. Topics selected from: Microkernels; user-level servers; performance; kernel implementation; device drivers; scheduling for real-time; effects and control of hardware caches; security and protection; persistent systems; security; dealing with large, sparse address spaces; experimental systems. A laboratory running a state-of-the-art microkernal system will be used to provide hands-on experience with low-level implementation of OS components.

Further Information

CSE class page: www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~cs9242

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