ECS 150 (Spring 2026)
Operating Systems
General information
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Lecture time and location | M/W/F 11-11:50am in Wellman Hall 2 |
| Discussion time and location | Fri 10-10:50am Cruess Hall 1002 |
| Instructors | Yang Zhou (yayzhou@ucdavis.edu) and Sam King (kingst@ucdavis.edu) |
| TA | Shuang Ma and Jun Kim |
| Yang's Office Hours | TBD |
| Sam's Office Hours | Monday and Wednesday from 12:30-1:30pm in Kemper 3053 |
| TA Office Hours | TBD |
| Grades and assignments | Canvas |
| Project submission | Gradescope |
| Textbook | Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces |
| Projects | GitHub |
Overview
This class is on the fundamentals of operating systems. We'll cover the process abstraction, system calls, threads, concurrency, and file systems.
The prerequisite for this class is ECS 154A.
Lectures
You are responsible for knowing about all announcements made in lecture. We will discuss expectations about the projects, suggestions for how to succeed, and grading guidelines in class, and general class policy issues, so make sure you don't miss any lectures.
Discussion
In discussions we'll go over pragmatic aspects of system programming so that you'll be ready for the projects.