BSc in Computer science and music (Università degli Studi di Milano)
BSc in Digital communication (Università degli Studi di Milano)
This course explains the working of the fundamental components of a modern operating system.
News
| Date | Info |
|---|---|
| 21/01/2015 |
Results of the Operating system written test of January, 19th 2015 and oral test calendar The results of the Operating systems written test of 19/1 and the oral tests calendar are available. |
| 15/01/2015 |
Place and time of the Operating systems written test of January 19th, 2015 The Operating systems written test of 19/1 will take place in aula 400 in Via Celoria starting from 14:30. |
| 29/09/2014 |
Results of the Operating system written test of September, 22nd 2014 and oral test calendar The results of the Operating systems written test of 22/9 and the oral tests calendar are available. |
| 18/09/2014 |
Place and time of the Operating systems written test of September 22th, 2014 The Operating systems written test of 22/9 will take place in aula Beta in Via Comelico starting from 8:30. |
| 11/09/2014 |
Results of the Operating system written test of September, 8th 2014 and oral test calendar The results of the Operating systems written test of 8/9 and the oral tests calendar are available. |
| 05/09/2014 |
Place and time of the Operating systems written test of September 8th, 2014 The Operating systems written test of 8/9 will take place in aula Beta in Via Comelico starting from 8:30. |
| 22/07/2014 |
Results of the Operating system written test of July, 21st 2014 and oral test calendar The results of the Operating systems written test of 21/7 and the oral tests calendar are available. |
| 17/07/2014 |
Place and time of the Operating systems written test of July 21, 2014 The Operating systems written test of 21/7 will take place in aula Beta in Via Comelico starting from 8:30. |
| 13/07/2014 |
Results of the Operating system written test of July, 4th 2014 and oral test calendar The results of the Operating systems written test of 4/7 and the oral tests calendar are available. |
| 02/07/2014 |
TGIF workshops: source code management The fifth TGIF worksop will be on Friday 4/7 at 15:00 in aula Alfa at the Computer Science Department. The workshop theme will be an introduction to source code management. |
| 02/07/2014 |
Place and time of the Operating systems written test of July 4, 2014 The Operating systems written test of 4/7 will take place in aula Beta in Via Comelico starting from 8:30. |
| 27/06/2014 |
Results of the Operating system written test of June, 20th 2014 and oral test calendar The results of the Operating systems written test of 20/6 and the oral tests calendar are available. |
| 24/06/2014 |
Office hours canceled Regular office hour are canceled until next semester; students can arrange an appointment via e-mail. |
| 16/06/2014 |
Place and time of the Operating systems written test of June 20, 2014 The Operating systems written test of 20/6 will take place in aula Beta in Via Comelico starting from 14:30. |
| 20/05/2014 |
TGIF workshops: shell scripting The third TGIF worksop will be on Friday 30/5 at 15:00 in aula Alfa at the Computer Science Department. The workshop theme will be an introduction to shell scripting |
| 27/05/2014 |
Schedule change for the Operating systems course The last two classes of the operating system course will be at 8:30 of Monday 16/6 (aula Beta) and on 10:30 of Tuesday 17/6 (aula Alfa). |
| 20/05/2014 |
TGIF workshops: Introduction to Arduino The second TGIF worksop will be on Friday 23/5 at 15:00 in aula Alfa at the Computer Science Department. The workshop theme will be an introduction to Arduino |
| 16/05/2014 |
Home page of the TGIF workshops Information about the TGIF meetings can be found on the page of the initiative. |
| 08/05/2014 |
Office hours canceled Office hours of 22/5 are canceled. |
| 08/05/2014 |
Schedule reminder for the Operating systems course There will be no classes on 19/5 and on 22/5. |
| 07/05/2014 |
TGIF workshops: Introduction to LaTeX The first TGIF worksop will be on Friday 9/5 at 15:00 in aula Alfa at the Computer Science Department. The workshop theme will be an introduction to LaTeX |
Language
Lectures are in italian.
Course schedule
Lectures will take place at the Computer science department, according to the following schedule:
| Day | Hour | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 8:30 - 10:30 | aula beta |
| Thursday | 10:30 - 12:30 | aula beta |
Any change to the schedule will be announced in class and published in paragraph News of this page.
Office hours
By appointment, room 5015 of the Computer Science Department.
It is possible contact the teacher by e-mail, taking care to read in advance the guide prepared by Prof. Sebastiano Vigna and clearly specifying in the message the course name and the academic year. In particular, students are encouraged to always use their academic address (i.e. based on the domain studenti.unimi.it) signing with name and student ID number and recalling that the response time may vary depending on the teacher commitments.
Course material
The course is mainly based on the following textbook: A. Silberschatz, P. B. Galvin, G. Gagne, Operating Systems Concepts, 8th Edition, International Student Version, Wiley, 2009 (ISBN 978 - 0-470-23399-3).
Students who are not familiar with the C programming language may refer to the historical text: B. W. Kernighan, D. M. Ritchie, The C Programming language, Prentice Hall, 1988 (ISBN 0-13-110362-8). A more in-depth text is K. N. King, C Programming - A Modern Approach, second edition, W. W. Norton (ISBN 978-0-393-97950-3).
Multi-process code is covered by the textbook and the paper Delve into UNIX process creation.
C sockets are covered by the howto Sockets tutorial.
Shell scripts are explained in the tutorial BashGuide.
Syllabus
The course explains the topics listed in the lecture calendar, covering the textbook contents in chapters 1, 2 (excluding section 2.8), 3, 4 (until section 4.4.1, included), 5 (until section 5.7, included, together with section 5.9.4) 6 (excluding sections 6.6 and 6.7), 7, 8 (until section 8.6.2, included), 9 (excluding sections 9.7, 9.8, 9.9.6, and 9.10), 10, 11 (excluding section 11.5) e 12 (until section 12.5, included), as well as the contents of the remaining documents listed in Course material.
Lectures calendar
Exam modalities
The exam consists in a written test (canceled in case a sensibly low number of students) followed by an oral one.
Exam sessions
| Session | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| June | 20/06/2014 | Results |
| July | 04/07/2014 | Results |
| July | 21/07/2014 | Results |
| September | 08/09/2014 | Results |
| September | 22/09/2014 | Results |
| January | 19/01/2015 | Results |