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Sam Kumar

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Assistant Professor, UCLA Computer Science. Interested broadly in System Security and Networked Systems. https://www.samkumar.org

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Operating Systems: Principles and Practice by Tom Anderson and Michael Dahlin is my favorite, but Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces by Remzi & Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau is also very good and is freely available online.

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Image: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ro... [Josh Lee, CC BY-SA 3.0]

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Royce Hall, UCLA.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royce_Hall_Facade.JPG [Josh Lee, CC BY-SA 3.0]

Royce Hall, UCLA. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royce_Hall_Facade.JPG [Josh Lee, CC BY-SA 3.0]

This admissions cycle, I am recruiting PhD students to join my research group! If you're interested in systems or security (including intersections with cryptography, datacenters, AI, etc.), then please apply to UCLA Computer Science and list me on your application as a potential faculty advisor.

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I'm on a plane, and my flight is delayed for over 2 hours. Why? First, they had to replace a seat belt. But their computer system didn't recognize the new part number. As a result, they have to replace the entire seat before the plane is allowed to move. The computer made things less efficient...

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My first post on Bluesky. Hello!

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