Section outline

• Select section Day 1: Introduction to Operating Systems & Process Management (7 hours)

  Day 1: Introduction to Operating Systems & Process Management (7 hours)

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  Session 1: Introduction to Operating Systems 

  • What is an OS?
  • Why do we need an OS?
  • Core tasks performed by an OS
  • Types of OS & Selection Criteria

  Session 2: Process Management 

  • Process Overview & States
  • Process Control Block (PCB)
  • Process Creation & Operations
  • Waiting for Process Termination
  • Zombie & Orphan Processes

  Session 3: Hands-on Lab – Creating and Managing Processes in Linux 

  Session 4: Case Study & Discussion (3:00 PM – 4:30 PM)
• Select section Day 2: Task Management & Context Switching (7 hours)

  Day 2: Task Management & Context Switching (7 hours)

  Session 5: Task Management 

  • Task Lifecycle
  • Creating & Deleting Tasks
  • Idle Tasks & Hooks
  • Analyzing CPU Utilization (MIPS) for a Task

  Session 6: Context Switching 

  • Task Context & Context Switching
  • Flow of Context Switching Between Tasks & Interrupts

  Session 7: Hands-on Lab – Implementing Task Scheduling & Context Switching 

  Session 8: Debugging & Performance Optimization 
• Select section Day 3: Scheduling Policies & Memory Management (7 hours)

  Day 3: Scheduling Policies & Memory Management (7 hours)

  Session 9: Scheduler & Scheduling Policies 

  • Preemptive & Non-Preemptive Scheduling
  • Round-Robin & Priority-Based Scheduling
  • Deadline Monotonic & Rate Monotonic Scheduling

  Session 10: Memory Management 

  • Memory Allocation & Management in Linux & FreeRTOS
  • Memory Layout of a Program: Code, Data, Stack, Heap Segments
  • Cache Management & Performance Considerations

  Session 11: Hands-on Lab – Memory Analysis in Linux & FreeRTOS 

  Session 12: Case Study – Optimizing Memory for Real-World Applications 
• Select section Day 4: Concurrency Management & Inter-task Communication (7 hours)

  Day 4: Concurrency Management & Inter-task Communication (7 hours)

  Session 13: Concurrency Management 

  • Atomic Operations & Synchronization Techniques
  • Mutexes & Semaphores
  • Deadlocks, Livelocks, and Starvation

  Session 14: Inter-task Communication (ITC) 

  • Events, Mailboxes, Queues, and Task Notifications
  • Waiting & Waking up Tasks Efficiently

  Session 15: Hands-on Lab – Implementing Concurrency Control & ITC 

  Session 16: Debugging Deadlocks & Synchronization Issues 
• Select section Day 5: Inter-Process Communication & Final Project (7 hours)

  Day 5: Inter-Process Communication & Final Project (7 hours)

  Session 17: Inter-Process Communication (IPC) 

  • Pipes & FIFOs
  • Message Queues & Shared Memory
  • Process Semaphores

  Session 18: Choosing the Right IPC Mechanism 

  • Comparison of IPC Techniques for Different Use Cases

  Session 19: Hands-on Lab – Implementing IPC in Linux 

  Session 20: Final Project & Certification 

  • Participants build a multitasking application with IPC & Synchronization