Operating systems

By Dr. N. Thangaraj, Associate Professor, Department of Information Science and Technology | College of Engineering, Guindy Campus

Learners enrolled: 29

1. To learn the fundamentals of Operating Systems.

2. To learn the mechanisms of OS to handle processes and threads and their communication

3. To learn the mechanisms involved in memory management in contemporary OS

4. To gain knowledge on distributed operating system concepts that includes architecture, Mutual exclusion algorithms, deadlock detection algorithms and agreement protocols

5. To know the components and management aspects of concurrency Process management.

6. To know the file concepts, types and its organization in the memory

7. To learn programmatically to implement simple OS mechanisms using Unix Shell scripts

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Computer Science
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	14 Jul 2025
End Date :	31 Oct 2025
Exam Date :
Translation Languages :	Tamil
NCrF Level	5.0
Industry Details :	SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

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Course layout

Week 1 :
Introduction of operating systems, components of operating system, Basics of I/O operation,Multi-processing, System calls, system booting process, Open source OS

Week 2 :
Register, Address binding, Swapping, Allocation

Week 3 :
Process management- Process state, Process Scheduling

Week 4 :
Scheduling IPC systems, Peterson solution (process synchronization), critical Section

Week 5 :
Multi-Threading Model and issues, Signal Handling

Week 6 :
Deadlock, detection, Avoidance, Banker’s Algorithms,ect,. Deadlock example and explanation of resource allocation graph

Week 7 :
CPU Scheduler, dispatcher scheduling algorithm,

Week 8 :
Storage Magement- Paging, Virtual memory management ,Page replacement and segmentation

Week 9 :

File Concepts, structures, types and its access methods, Disk Structure and file Sharing and protection

Week 10 :
System & network threats, authentication techniques Implementing security defences (firewalls) Computer security classification

Week 11 :
File system Implementation, Directory Implementation, File Allocation Table, Free space management

Week 12 :
I/O hardware, I/O interface, Domain Structure and Access matrix Case study – windows OS Case study- Linux / Unix Sample programming concepts in Linux / Unix ( shell scripting)

Books and references

1) A. Silberschatz P.B. Galvin, G.Gagne, 2012, Operating System Concepts, 8th Edn., John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

2) D.M. Dhamdhare , 2012, Operating Systems: A Concept Based Approach, 3rd Edn.Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.

3) A.S. Tanenbaum, H. Bos ,2014, Modern Operating Systems, 4th Edn, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi

Instructor bio

Dr. N. Thangaraj, Associate Professor, Department of Information Science and Technology

College of Engineering, Guindy Campus

Dr. N. Thangaraj is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science and Technology, College of Engineering, Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai, TN, India. He is a dedicated and experienced faculty member with over 22 years of teaching experience in the field of computer science. He has handled courses in operating systems, computer networks, computer architecture, mobile computing, and next-generation network technologies at both UG and PG levels. He has delivered many invited talks and lectures in various technical forums and affiliated institutions with Anna University. He has attended many seminars and workshops in various reputed engineering institutes across the country. Apart from teaching and research, he has been involved in various additional academic and administrative responsibilities throughout his career at this university. He has international exposure as a visiting researcher and CNRS post-doctoral fellow in wireless network on chip—many-core architecture at South Brittany University in France.

Course certificate

30 Marks will be allocated for Internal Assessment and 70 Marks will be allocated for end term proctored examination. Securing 40% in both separately is mandatory to pass the course and get Credit Certificate