The aim of this module is to get practical experience in the field of analysis, design, and implementation methods of components of operating systems and their interactions.

Professional competence
The students:

• Familiarise with complex software systems
• Implement hardware-related components of operating systems
• Describe parallel system operation executions
• Understand the basic concepts of the programming language C++
• Identify software errors systematically, especially regarding parallel software
• Work in teams
• Use UNIX standard software to solve problems
• Recognise the advantage of working with virtual machines

Methodological competence
The students:

• Are aware of the challenges in handling operating systems
• Transfer operating system concepts to a practical context
• Analyse different solutions to a problem wrt. their properties
• Select the most suitable solution

Social competence
The students:

• Solve problems in small teams
• Present their solutions to all teams
• Discuss their different solutions within their own team and among all teams   

Self-competence
The students:

• Accept criticism
• Organise the workflows within their teams
• Question their potential solutions in the light of criticism received
• Identify own shortcomings in their initial ability to successfully transfer theory to praxis

Patterson and Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design, 3rd edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2007

At the end of the semester

Active participation / work report and oral exam