Systempraktikum

Practical course in winter semester 2021/2022 (LMU) Prof. Dr. Dieter Kranzlmüller, Dr. Karl Fürlinger

News

For current news please refer to the German version of this page.

Topics of the practical course

This practical course is intended for students of the LMU and counts as part of the Computer Science Bachelor and Media Informatics Bachelor degree programs. During the practical course, selected problems and issues from the field of system-oriented programming will be dealt with. Topics and tasks include, but are not limited to:

Specification of interfaces and modular structures of system software
Formatted input/output
Parser construction
CPU scheduling
Processes and their management
Process communication and synchronization methods
Signals, pipes and sockets
Communication protocols
The TCP/IP protocol family
The client/server model

Prerequisites

In contrast to the software development practical course, previous knowledge of a specific programming language is not required. The required basic knowledge of the C programming language is taught in accompanying lectures and through practical excises at the start of the lecture period. Nevertheless, it is useful to have or learn basic knowledge of an imperative programming language (e.g. C/C++, Java) beforehand. It is also useful to be familiar with text editors.

Prerequisites for the participation of this practical course:

Basic knowledge of an imperative programming language
Place allocation via central registration

An accompanying attendance of the lecture Operating Systems is also advisable, but not mandatory. Some of the concepts from the lecture will be practically implemented/applied in this course. Both courses complement each other in this sense.

Schedule and Registration

Details about the schedule and registration for this course can be found in the German version of this page.

Lecture material

Slides are published on Uni2Work, the corresponding video recordings are available on LMUCast.

Assignment sheets

The exercise sheets are only available in German.

Introduction to Programming with C. These exercises are not to be handed in, they serve as a self-control of your skills. Work on these exercises on your own and, if necessary, with support from the tutors.

Exercises (Exercise block 1 to 3) [pdf]
Material: matrixBib.h
Example implementation [tgz]

Contact

If you have any questions, criticism or suggestions, please write an e-mail to sysprak-admin@nm.ifi.lmu.de.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

FAQ1: I have a question or comment. Who can I contact?
If you have a question or comment that is not answered here in the FAQ, please send an email exclusively to sysprak-admin@nm.ifi.lmu.de. If you have a request that goes beyond general information and concerns you personally, communication can only take place via your @campus.lmu.de e-mail address.

FAQ2: What is the rough schedule of this practical course?
This course takes place during the entire lecture period and is divided into two phases. The introductory phase (roughly the first three weeks of the lecture period) is concerned with teaching basic concepts in systems programming and an introduction to the C language. For this purpose there is a series of lectures introducing the contents and exercise sheets with small programming examples to be worked on by the students themselves.
In the subsequent group or project phase, small groups work on a project with predefined content milestones. For example, a client for a simulated board game could be implemented as a project, whereby concepts such as the creation of processes and threads, inter-process communication, message exchange, synchronization, and memory management are realized step by step. Tutors will be available to assist during both the introductory phase and the group phase.

FAQ3: Will this course be online or in presence this semester?
For details on the schedule this semester, please refer to News on the German page.

FAQ4: I missed to apply for a place in time via central registration or I participated in the central registration but did not get a place for this course. Can I still participate?
Usually all available places are already allocated during the central registration and any places that become free are automatically allocated to subsequent applicants from the central registration. Unfortunately, there is no other possibility to get a place in this course.

FAQ5: Is this course also offered in the summer semester?
No, this practical course only takes place in the winter semester.

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