Intended to create a foundation for operating systems research or advanced professional practice. Examines the design and implementation of a number of research and commercial operating systems and their components, system organization and structure, threads, communication and synchronization, virtual memory, distribution, file systems, security and authentication, availability, and Internet services. Department enforced prereq., equivalent undergraduate coursework in operating systems and computer architecture, or instructor consent. Same as ECEN 5573. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CSCI 3753 and CSCI 4593 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students or Computer Science Concurrent Degree (CSEN) majors only.
