IR3SP - System Programming

Course specification
Course title		System Programming
Acronym		IR3SP
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Computer Engineering and Informatics
Type of study		bachelor academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Dragan Bojić
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		professor PhD Saša Stojanović
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)		professor PhD Saša Stojanović
ESPB		6.0	Status	mandatory
Condition		Passed exams: Object-oriented programming 1, Algorithms and data structures, Computer architecture
The goal		Fundamentals of assembly programming x86 and ARM processor architectures. Getting to know the features and how to design different system tools, such as macro processors, assemblers, emulators, linkers and loaders.
The outcome		Enabling students to understand the function and structure of various system utilities, such as macro processors, assemblers, emulators, linkers and loaders. Students should be able to design and implement such tools or adapt existing ones. Students learn about the basics of assembly language programming.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Fundamentals of x86 and ARM assembler. Assembler tool main functions. Assembler design. Macroprocessor design. Case Study: preprocessor for C/C++. Design of interpretrative and JIT emulators. Program object formats. Functions of a linker. Linker design. Loader design. Overlays technique. Dynamic linking and loading.
Contents of exercises		Auditory exercises illustrating some of the concepts and techniques discussed in class. A practical student project in the area of designing systems tools.
Literature
System Software: An Introduction to Systems Programming, L. Beck, Addison Wesley 1997. (Original title) Linkers and Loaders, John Levine 1999. (Original title) Compilers and Compiler Generators, an Introduction with C++, P. D. Thery , International Thomson Computer Press, 1997 (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2	2	1
Methods of teaching		Lectures, exercises, individual work on a project
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper	60
Practical lessons		0	Oral examination	0
Projects		40
Colloquia		0
Seminars		0