本课程培养研究生对操作系统热点和核心的理解，对操作系统研究进行系统化、开放式的讨论和讲解，并以商用操作系统作为实例对操作系统原理在商用操作系统中的应用进行演示。本课程覆盖的内容包括操作系统中前沿研究、最新进展、发展趋势、当前最有影响的技术或理论创新。根据具体情况需要，本课程会选择性地覆盖Windows内核机制的设计和实现，或Linux内核的构造，或其他在当时看来最先进的操作系统设计和概念。通过对本课程学习，学生将获得对操作系统的深刻理解，掌握进行操作系统研究的方法和思路，能够自行从事操作系统及其相关的虚拟机、存储技术、云计算等方面的研究和实现。

This graduate level course teaches hot topics and subtle concepts of operating systems through systematical and open-ended discussion and instruction. Both commercial and experimental operating systems will be used as examples to demonstrate the application of critical operating system principles in real-world development. Topics covered in the course include current state of the art research, newest development, future trend, and the most influential technology and theory in operating systems. Based on the circumstances, we may cover either Windows or Linux or other cutting edge operating system concepts and design deemed important at the time.Through the study, students will gain a new and deeper understanding of operating systems, master the methods and thinking of operating system research, and carry on independent studies in operating system and its associate areas in virtual machine, storage, and cloud computing.