ECS 150 (Winter 2025)
Operating Systems
General information
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Lecture time and location | M/W/F 11-11:50am in Hunt Hall 100 |
| Discussion time and location | Thurs 8-8:50am Kleiber Hall 3 |
| Instructor | Sam King (kingst@ucdavis.edu) |
| TA | Hari Venugopalan and Wei Shao |
| Sam's Office Hours | Monday and Friday from 12:30-1:30pm in Kemper 3053 |
| TA Office Hours | TBD |
| Grades and assignments | Canvas |
| Discussion board | Piazza |
| Project submission | Gradescope |
| Textbook | Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces |
| Project git server | https://ecs150-projects.io/git/ecs150-projects.git |
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.