Course Catalog 2009-2010 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Implementation 1

Lecture times and places:

Periods 1 1 - 2

Description:

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~rinn/english/ Main topics of the course are: The need for concurrency, the problems resulted form it. (Complementary knowledge: Differenct kinds of cuncurrence: virtual and real concurrency, distribution. ), Critical section, mutual exclusion, idea of semaphores. (Complementary knowledge: Monitors, other tools for concurrency (rendes-vous, message passing) ), Deadlocking, starvation. The conditions of deadlocking and avoidance of deadlock. (Complementary knowledge: Priority inversion problem.)

Person responsible:

Johannes Koskinen
Pertti Lehtinen

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Methods of instruction:

Methods of instruction	Hours
Lectures	15.0
Excercises	30.0
Practical works	39.0

Methods of instruction	Hours
Online material not in finnish	2.0
Book	8.0

Other measurings	Hours
New tools and methods	8.0
Examination/partial examinatinss	3.0
	105.0

Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 5 %
Proportion of a student´s independent study: 0 %