NOC | Introduction to Operating Systems

Course abstract

Operating systems (OS) provide the crucial interface between a computer's hardware and the applications that run on it. It allows us to write programs without bothering much about the hardware. It also ensures that the computer's resources such as its CPU, hard disk, and memory, are appropriately utilized. In this course, we dwell into how the OS manages to do all this in an efficient manner. This is an introductory course, for students with prior knowledge of computer organization. The course is based on an OS called xv6, which in many ways is similar to the Linux operating systems.

Course Instructor

Prof. Chester Rebeiro

Chester Rebeiro is an Assistant Professor at IIT Madras. He completed his PhD from IIT Kharagpur and a post-doc from Columbia University. His research interests are in cryptography, system security, especially hardware and operating system security.
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Course Duration : Jul-Sep 2021

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Syllabus

Enrollment : 20-May-2021 to 02-Aug-2021

Exam registration : 17-Jun-2021 to 20-Aug-2021

Exam Date : 26-Sep-2021

Enrolled

6767

Registered

484

Certificate Eligible

353

Certified Category Count

Gold

Silver

Elite

125

Successfully completed

208

Participation

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold

Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Note:We have taken best assignment score from both July 2020 and July 2021 course

Introduction to Operating Systems - Toppers list

Top 1 % of Certified Candidates