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Computer Science (CSCI)

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D class assignments for undergraduates available in SAL300; Phone: (213) 740-4494.
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CSCI 101L: Fundamentals of Computer Programming (3.0 units)

Introduction to the design of solutions to computer solvable problems. Algorithm design, solution implementation using a high-level programming language, program correctness and verification.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29901R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	58 of 65	Massoud Ghyam	ZHS252
29906R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	33 of 35		SAL126
29908R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	25 of 30		SAL109

CSCI 103L: Introduction to Programming (3.0 units)

Basic datatypes, assignments, control statements (if, switch, for, while), input/output (printf, scanf, cin, cout), functions, arrays, structures, recursion, dynamic memory, file handling. Programming in C/C++. Corequisites: CSCI 109 or EE 109.

Corequisite: 1 from (CSCI 109 or EE 109)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30395R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	49 of 51	David Pritchard	MHP105
30024R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	226 of 250		TBA
29919R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 40	Mark Redekopp	RTH105
29920R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	46 of 50	Massoud Ghyam	ZHS252
29921D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	46 of 51	David Pritchard	THH114
29922R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	46 of 50	David Pritchard	THH114
29913R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	30 of 30	David Pritchard, Massoud Ghyam, Mark Redekopp	SAL109
29914D	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	33 of 37	David Pritchard, Massoud Ghyam, Mark Redekopp	SAL126
29924R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	29 of 30	David Pritchard, Massoud Ghyam, Mark Redekopp	SAL109
29925R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	33 of 37	David Pritchard, Massoud Ghyam, Mark Redekopp	SAL126
29926R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	34 of 36	David Pritchard, Massoud Ghyam, Mark Redekopp	WPHB36
29927D	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	0 of 1	David Pritchard, Massoud Ghyam, Mark Redekopp	KOH208
29902R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	33 of 36	David Pritchard, Massoud Ghyam, Mark Redekopp	SAL126
30180D	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	34 of 36	David Pritchard, Massoud Ghyam, Mark Redekopp	SAL127

CSCI 104L: Data Structures and Object Oriented Design (4.0 units)

Introduces the student to standard data structures (linear structures such as linked lists, (balanced) trees, priority queues, and hashtables), using the C++ programming language.Prerequisite: CSCI 103. Corequisite: CSCI 170.

Prerequisite: CSCI 103
Corequisite: CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29903R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 42	Aaron Cote	ZHS163
29910R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	39 of 42	Aaron Cote	MHP105
30397R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	18 of 36	David Kempe,Aaron Cote	WPH205
30025R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	120 of 250		TBA
29931R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	28 of 42	David Kempe,Aaron Cote	KAP146
29932R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	15 of 30		SAL109
29933R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	15 of 30		SAL126
29937R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	29 of 31		SAL126
29938R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Wednesday	11 of 30		SAL126
29905R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 30		SAL109
29907R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 30		WPHB36

CSCI 109: Introduction to Computing (3.0 units)

Computing as a discipline, a body of knowledge, and a domain of science/engineering concerned with information and its transformation.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30032R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	17 of 20		KAP146
30033R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	16 of 20		KAP146
30026R	001	Quiz	TBA	Wednesday	156 of 250		OFFICE
29940R	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	MWF	156 of 220	Paul Rosenbloom	SAL101
29941R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	32 of 33		GFS118
29942R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	33 of 33		GFS118
29943R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	31 of 33		ZHS252
29944R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	27 of 33		ZHS252

Crosslist CSCI 110: Introduction to Digital Logic (3.0 units)

Boolean algebra; number systems; Boolean function synthesis; binary arithmetic; codes; combinational logic devices; sequential circuits; state machine design and implementation. Duplicates credit in EE 154.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 101.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30896R	001	Discussion	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	Canceled
30400D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	50 of 51	Mark Redekopp	OHE230
30403D	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Tue, Thu	43 of 47	Mark Redekopp	OHE230
30404R	001	Lecture	6:00-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	30 of 45	Michael Castle	SGM601
30406R	001	Discussion	9:30-10:50am	Friday	31 of 36		VHE205
30407D	001	Discussion	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	34 of 37		VHE205
30408R	001	Discussion	12:30-1:50pm	Friday	36 of 37		VHE205
30892R	001	Discussion	8:00-9:20am	Friday	19 of 36		VHE205
30409R	001	Quiz	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	112 of 200		TBA
30401R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	27 of 45	Monte Ung	RTH105
30402R	001	Discussion	3:30-4:50pm	Thursday	30 of 45		VHE205

CSCI 170: Discrete Methods in Computer Science (4.0 units)

Sets, functions, series. Big-O notation and algorithm analysis.Propositional and first-order logic. Counting and discrete probability. Graphs and basic graph algorithms. Basic number theory. Prerequisites: CSCI 103L and CSCI 109. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 271.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 103 or CSCI 109)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29947R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 53	Ming-Deh Huang	ZHS352
29949D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	55 of 57	Aaron Cote	MHP106
29953R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	50 of 53	Aaron Cote	SOSB46
30200R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
29948R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	32 of 45		GFS116
29954R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	40 of 46		SLH102
29957R	001	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Thursday	42 of 45		GFS116
30198R	001	Discussion	4:30-5:20pm	Thursday	19 of 45		GFS116
30027R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	133 of 250		TBA

CSCI 201: Principles of Software Development (4.0 units)

Object-oriented paradigm for programming-in-the-large in Java; writing sophisticated concurrent applications with animation and graphic user interfaces; using professional tools on team project. Prerequisite: CSCI 104L.

Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29909R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	30 of 40	Jeffrey Miller	KAP163
30303R	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	62 of 75	Jeffrey Miller	THH208
30389R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	78 of 79	Michael Crowley	ZHS252
29904R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	19 of 25	Jeffrey Miller,Michael Crowley	SAL109
30134R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	23 of 25	Jeffrey Miller,Michael Crowley	SAL126
30237R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	24 of 25	Jeffrey Miller,Michael Crowley	SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	12 of 25	Jeffrey Miller,Michael Crowley	SAL127
30239R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	19 of 25	Jeffrey Miller,Michael Crowley	SAL126
30241R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	12 of 25	Jeffrey Miller,Michael Crowley	WPHB36
30381R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	11 of 25	Jeffrey Miller,Michael Crowley	SAL127
30385R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	25 of 25	Jeffrey Miller,Michael Crowley	SAL109
30396R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 26	Jeffrey Miller,Michael Crowley	WPHB36
30028R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	170 of 250		TBA

CSCI 270: Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of Computing (4.0 units)

Algorithm analysis. Greedy algorithms, Divide and Conquer, Dynamic Programming, graph algorithms. NP-completeness and basic recursion theory and undecidability. Sorting lower bounds. Number-theory based cryptography. Prerequisites: CSCI 104L and CSCI 170. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 303.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 104 and CSCI 170)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29959R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	49 of 50	Michael Shindler	SSL150
29960R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	47 of 50	Leonard Adleman	TBA
29961R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	54 of 55	Michael Shindler	VKC100
29994R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	49 of 51	Michael Shindler	SSL150
30029R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	199 of 250		TBA

Crosslist CSCI 280: Video Game Production (4.0 units)

History of video games; overview of game genres; phases of video game development (concept, preproduction, production, post-production); roles of artists, programmers, designers, and producers.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the ITP department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ITP 280.
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
31849R	001	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	13 of 80	Anthony Borquez	KAP163	PDF (186878 KB)
31853R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	2 of 23	Anthony Borquez	OHE542
31850R	001	Lab	11:00-12:50pm	Friday	6 of 23	Anthony Borquez	OHE542
31852R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	5 of 23	Anthony Borquez	OHE542

CSCI 281: Pipelines for Games and Interactives (3.0 units)

Explores the aesthetic development/technical implementation necessary to achieve unique, compelling, intuitive visual design in games. Students will develop group visual game design portfolios.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29990R	001	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	38 of 40	Scott Easley	EGG108

CSCI 350: Introduction to Operating Systems (4.0 units)

Basic issues in concurrency, deadlock control, synchronization scheduling, memory management, protection and access control, inter-process communication, and structured design. Laboratory experiences with Unix-like operating system. Prerequisites: CSCI 201L and EE 352. Duplicates credit in CSCI 402.

Prerequisite: CSCI 201 and EE 352

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30061R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	70 of 77	Ramesh Govindan	SLH100

Crosslist CSCI 357: Basic Organization of Computer Systems (3.0 units)

Organization and operation of the processor, memory and I/O of a minicomputer at the machine language level; assembly language programming; data representation and computer arithmetic. Prerequisite: EE 254. Recommended preparation: a high level programming language.

Prerequisite: EE 254
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 357.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30476R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	50 of 50	Mary Eshaghian	SGM601
30777R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 49	Mary Eshaghian	SGM601
30477R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	48 of 50		RTH109
30776R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	38 of 50		RTH109

CSCI 360: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (4.0 units)

Concepts and algorithms underlying the understanding and construction of intelligent systems. Agents, problem solving, search,representation, reasoning, planning, machine learning. Prerequisites: CSCI 104L and CSCI 170. Duplicates credit in CSCI 460.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 104 or CSCI 170)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30031R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	48 of 48	Sven Koenig	VKC152

Crosslist CSCI 380: Video Game Programming (4.0 units)

Underlying concepts and principles required for programming video games (topics include vectors, transformations, 3-D math, geometric primitives, matrices). Prerequisite: CSCI-104 or ITP-365.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 104 or ITP 365)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the ITP department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ITP 380.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31872R	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	24 of 29	Sanjay Madhav	KAP267	PDF (442543 KB)

CSCI 402: Operating Systems (4.0 units)

Concurrency, deadlock control, synchronization, process and thread scheduling, memory management, file systems, security and access control, communication and networking, distributed file systems, data management. Prerequisites: CSCI 201 or CSCI 455; EE 352 or EE 357.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 201 or CSCI 455) and 1 from (EE 352 or EE 357)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29945D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	49 of 74	William Cheng	OHE122
29946D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	2 of 20	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi
30203D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	61 of 80	William Cheng	SLH102
30243D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	55 of 80	William Cheng	SLH102

CSCI 420: Computer Graphics (4.0 units)

Computer graphics, OpenGL, 2D and 3D transformations, Bezier splines, computer animation, rendering including ray tracing, shading and lighting, artistic rendering, virtual reality, visualization. Prerequisite: CSCI 104L and MATH 225. Duplicates credit in CSCI 480.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 104 and MATH 225)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30230R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	63 of 70	Hao Li	THH208
30053R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	63 of 70		THH208

CSCI 445L: Introduction to Robotics (4.0 units)

Designing, building and programming mobile robots; sensors, effectors, basic control theory, control architectures, some advanced topics, illustrations of state-of-the-art. Teamwork; final project tested in a robot contest. Junior standing or higher. Prerequisites: CSCI 103.

Prerequisite: CSCI 103
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Note: Register for lecture and one lab.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29955R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 30	Nora Ayanian	KAP145
29956R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 15	Nora Ayanian	VHE205
29958R	001	Lab	7:00-9:50pm	Monday	13 of 15	Nora Ayanian	VHE205

Crosslist CSCI 450: Introduction to Computer Networks (3.0 units)

Network architectures; layered protocols, network service interface; local networks; long-haul networks; internal protocols;link protocols; addressing; routing; flow control; higher level protocols. Duplicates credit in CSCI 353.

Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 450.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30452D	001	Lecture	6:00-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	37 of 40	Ali Zahid	KAP140
30454D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	46 of 46	Ali Zahid	KAP144
30500D	001	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	42 of 50	Ali Zahid	OHE132
30501D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 55	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
30502D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	40 of 50	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
30782R	001	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Monday	Canceled
30450R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	Canceled
30503R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	56 of 60		THH116
30504R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	60 of 70		OHE132
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	59 of 60		THH114
30555R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	37 of 60		GFS118
30783R	001	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Thursday	Canceled
30684R	001	Quiz	4:00-8:00pm	Friday	139 of 250	Ali Zahid	TBA
30545D	014	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30546R	014	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 455x: Introduction to Programming Systems Design (4.0 units)

Intensive introduction to programming principles, discrete mathematics for computing, software design and software engineering concepts. Not available for credit to computer sciencemajors, graduate or undergraduate.

Note: Register for lecture and lab.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30100D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	106 of 120	Claire Bono	SGM124	PDF (128652 KB)
29936D	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled
29950R	001	Lab	4:30-6:20pm	Thursday	18 of 20	Claire Bono	SAL127
29951D	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled	Claire Bono
29952D	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	Canceled
30260R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	20 of 20	Claire Bono	SAL109
30261R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	13 of 20	Claire Bono	SAL127
30262R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	19 of 20	Claire Bono	SAL109
30360R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	16 of 20	Claire Bono	SAL109
30382R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	19 of 20	Claire Bono	WPHB36
29963D	014	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	9 of 20	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
29964R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	9 of 20	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 457: Computer Systems Organization (3.0 units)

Register Transfer level machine organization; performance; arithmetic; pipelined processors; exceptions, out-of-order and speculative execution, cache, virtual memory, multi-core multi-threaded processors, cache coherence. Prerequisites: EE 254L.

Prerequisite: EE 254
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 457.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
31284D	014	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (308712 KB)
31285R	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30775D	001	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Tuesday	21 of 32	Mary Eshaghian	SGM226
30780R	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	20 of 50	Mary Eshaghian	ZHS352
31126D	001	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Thursday	19 of 32	Mary Eshaghian	SGM226
30570R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	19 of 50	Mary Eshaghian	SLH100
30567D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	79 of 91	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE122	PDF (308712 KB)
30568D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	53 of 70	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS252	PDF (308712 KB)
30604R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Gandhi Puvvada		PDF (308712 KB)
30569R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	73 of 121		OHE122
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	59 of 80		SLH102
30571R	001	Quiz	10:00-11:50am	Friday	85 of 252		TBA

Crosslist CSCI 458: Numerical Methods (4.0 units)

Rounding errors in digital computation; solution of linear algebraic systems; Newton's method for nonlinear systems; matrix eigenvalues; polynomial approximation; numerical integration; numerical solution of ordinary differential equations.

Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 225 or MATH 245)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the MATH department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in MATH 458.
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39681D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	MWF	27 of 35	Ricardo Mancera	KAP148
39682D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	27 of 35		KAP145

CSCI 476: Cryptography: Secure Communication and Computation (4.0 units)

Introduction to modern Cryptography; Mathematical/algorithmic studies of methods for protecting information in computer and communication systems: Public-Key Cryptosystems, zero-knowledge proofs, data privacy. Prerequisites: CSCI 270.

Prerequisite: CSCI 270

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30030R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	13 of 20	Shanghua Teng	VHE217

CSCI 477a: Design and Construction of Large Software Systems (2.0 units)

Programming methodologies; intra-group and inter-group communication; software life-cycle; software economics. A large software project is a central aspect of the course. Prerequisite: CSCI 201. Open only to seniors.

Prerequisite: CSCI 201
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30235R	001	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Monday	94 of 140	Jeffrey Miller	SAL101

Crosslist CSCI 487: Programming Game Engines (4.0 units)

Techniques for building the core components of a game engine; 2-D/3-D graphics, collision detection, artificial intelligence algorithms, shading, programming input devices. Prerequisite: ITP-380.

Prerequisite: ITP 380
Crosslist: This course is offered by the ITP department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ITP 485.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31889R	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Mon, Wed	20 of 29	Joshua Glazer	KAP267	PDF (210307 KB)

CSCI 490x: Directed Research (1.0-8.0 units, max 12)

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29978D	001	2.0-8.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	13 of 40	Gaurav Sukhatme,Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE
30351D	001	2.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	6 of 6	Rajiv Maheswaran, Yu-Han Chang	OFFICE

CSCI 491aL: Final Game Project (4.0 units)

a: Design, iterative prototyping, and development of a 1st playable level. Open only to seniors.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29989R	001	Lecture-Lab	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	15 of 40	Scott Easley	SCI108

CSCI 492: Immersive Game Development (2.0 units)

Design/develop 3D immersive games using advanced input devices, including sensors, video cameras, Wii-motes, accelerometer-inertial-magnetic sensor combinations, Microsoft Kinect systems, Sony Move etc. Recommended preparation: CTIN-488, CSCI-480, and significant participation in a prior game development effort.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30386R	001	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Tuesday	9 of 30	Artjoms Kovalovs	EGG108

Crosslist CSCI 495: Senior Project (2.0 units)

An original project will be constructed applying computer technology (in either hardware or software) to produce a result useful in the physics classroom or laboratory.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the PHYS department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in PHYS 495.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
50526D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 3		OFFICE

Crosslist CSCI 502a: Numerical Analysis (3.0 units)

Computational linear algebra; solution of general nonlinear systems of equations; approximation theory using functional analysis; numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations.

Prerequisite: (MATH 425A and MATH 471)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the MATH department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in MATH 502a.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39700R	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	8 of 15	Wlodek Proskurowski	KAP141

Crosslist CSCI 505a: Applied Probability (3.0 units)

Populations, permutations, combinations, random variables, distribution and density functions, conditional probability and expectation,; binomial, poisson, and normal distributions; laws of large numbers, central limit theorem. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the MATH department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in MATH 505a.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39710R	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	MWF	42 of 50	Richard Arratia	ZHS352

CSCI 510: Software Management and Economics (3.0 units)

Theories of management and their application to software projects. Economic analysis of software products and processes. Software cost and schedule estimation, planning and control.

Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Note: Register for lecture and lab.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30007D	048	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	67 of 120	Barry Boehm	OHE122
30008R	048	Lab	8:00-8:50am	Friday	Canceled
30005D	034	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	15 of 30	Barry Boehm	DEN@Viterbi
30006R	034	Lab	8:00-8:50am	Friday	Canceled

CSCI 522: Game Engine Development (4.0 units)

The principles of developing game engines targeted at modern PC and game console hardware.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30183D	048	Lecture	7:00-10:00pm	Monday	52 of 70	Artjoms Kovalovs	EGG108

CSCI 523: Networked Games (3.0 units)

Design and implementation of networked games, from the origins of the supporting technologies in distributed systems, visual simulations, networked virtual environments, and shipped games. Recommended preparation: CSCI 420 or CSCI 580 or an equivalent course in graphics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29993D	048	Lecture	10:00-12:20pm	Tuesday	21 of 40	Mike Zyda	EGG108

CSCI 526: Advanced Mobile Devices and Game Consoles (3.0 units)

Explore the complex engineering process required to design and build a real-time graphics engine to support physical realism on mobile devices. Recommended preparation: CSCI 420 or CSCI 580 or an equivalent course in graphics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30189D	048	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	56 of 70	Mike Zyda	EGG108
30302D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	34 of 60	Scott Easley	EGG108

CSCI 529a: Advanced Game Projects (4.0 units)

Team projects intended to address the multifaceted technical and creative challenges that are inherent to comprehensive game development. Recommended preparation: CSCI 522 or CTIN 488.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29992D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	48 of 50	Mike Zyda,St Colon	EGG108

CSCI 530: Security Systems (4.0 units)

Protecting computer networks and systems using cryptography, authentication, authorization, intrusion detection and response. Includes lab to provide practical experience working with such systems.

Prerequisite: CSCI 402
Note: Register for lecture and lab.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30015D	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	66 of 75	Clifford Neuman	OHE132
30017R	048	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	57 of 75	David Morgan	OHE122
30014D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	8 of 13	Clifford Neuman	DEN@Viterbi
30016R	034	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	7 of 11	David Morgan	DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 536: Linear Programming and Extensions (3.0 units)

Linear programming models for resource allocation; simplex and revised simplex methods; duality; sensitivity; transportation problems; selected extensions to large scale, multiobjective, and special structured models.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 441 or MATH 225)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the ISE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ISE 536.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31536D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	30 of 36	Suvrajeet Sen	VKC203
31540R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	5 of 35	Harshavardhana Gangammanavar	KAP140

CSCI 540: Self-Organization (3.0 units)

Massively distributed systems whose global behavior emerges from local interactions of components. Global to local compilation;Robot swarms; Formation of shapes/spatial patterns;Self-assembly; programmable matter. Recommended preparation: Graduate standing in science or engineering.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29996D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	21 of 25	Aristides Requicha	KAP148

CSCI 548: Information Integration on the Web (3.0 units)

Foundations and techniques in information integration as it applies to the Web, including view integration, wrapper learning, record linkage, and streaming dataflow execution. Recommended preparation: CSCI 571, CSCI 573

Prerequisite: (CSCI 561 and CSCI 585)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29980D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 50	Craig Knoblock	VKC100	PDF (253289 KB)
30398D	048	Lecture	5:30-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	26 of 50	Pedro Szekely	THH212	PDF (253289 KB)

CSCI 551: Computer Communications (3.0 units)

Protocol design for computer communication networks, network routing, transport protocols, internetworking.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 402 and EE 450)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30001D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:20pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 40	Ethan Katz-Bassett	ZHS352
30051D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	4 of 5	John Heidemann	DEN@Viterbi
30052D	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	24 of 40	John Heidemann	OHE100D
30234D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 40	Ethan Katz-Bassett	KAP163

Crosslist CSCI 554: Real Time Computer Systems (3.0 units)

Structure of real-time computer systems; analog signals and devices; scheduling, synchronization of multiprocessors; reliability, availability; serial/parallel computations; real-time operating systems and languages; design examples.

Prerequisite: EE 457
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 554.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31293D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Monte Ung	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (888398 KB)
31296D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	31 of 41	Monte Ung	OHE100D

CSCI 555: Advanced Operating Systems (3.0 units)

Advanced issues in Computer Organization, Naming, Kernel Design, Protection Mechanism and Security Policies, Reliable Computing, data base OS, Secure Networks, Systems Specification, Decentralized Systems, Real Time Systems.

Prerequisite: CSCI 402

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30065D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	52 of 85	Clifford Neuman	SLH102

CSCI 556: Introduction to Cryptography (3.0 units)

Modern secret codes. Public key cryptosystems of Rivest-Shamir-Adleman, Diffie-Hellman and others. The underlying number theory and computational complexity theory.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 572 or CSCI 581)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30283D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 30	Ming-Deh Huang	OHE132
30284D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	6 of 10	Ming-Deh Huang	DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 557: Computer Systems Architecture (3.0 units)

Computer architecture from a design perspective: Pipelined processors, speculative execution, VLIW, vector processors, memory systems, interconnection networks, shared-memory and message-passing multiprocessors, chip multiprocessors.

Prerequisite: EE 457
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 557.
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30628D	034	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Michel Dubois	DEN@Viterbi
30630D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	53 of 57	Michel Dubois	OHE100D
30629R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	6 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	53 of 56		OHE122
31391D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Thursday	31 of 48	Heidi Ziegler	KAP156	PDF (378231 KB)
31390R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	28 of 48

CSCI 558L: Internetwork and Distributed Systems Laboratory (3.0 units)

Students complete laboratory exercises in operating system and network management, distributed systems, TCP/IP, SNMP, NFS, DNS, etc. Term project required. Recommended preparation: 551, 555

Prerequisite: (CSCI 402 and EE 450)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30073D	048	Lecture-Lab	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	60 of 70	Young Cho	THH210

CSCI 561: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (3.0 units)

Foundations of symbolic intelligent systems, search, logic, knowledge representation, planning, learning. Recommended preparation: good programming and algorithm analysis skills

Note: Register for lecture and discussion.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30195D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	309 of 330	Laurent Itti	SGM123
30034R	048	Discussion	7:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	31 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP146
30035R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	32 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP147
30036R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	27 of 33	Sheila Tejada	VKC261
30037R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	31 of 33	Sheila Tejada	VHE217
30038R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	30 of 33	Sheila Tejada	VHE217
30039R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	33 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP147
30040R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	33 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP144
30041R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Thursday	29 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP147
30042R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	30 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP156
30050R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	33 of 33	Bill Swartout	OHE136
30079D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 20	Laurent Itti	DEN@Viterbi
30305R	034	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	12 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 567: Machine Learning (3.0 units)

Statistical methods for building intelligent and adaptive systems that improve performance from experiences; Focus on theoretical understanding of these methods and their computational implications. Recommended preparation: Undergraduate level training or coursework in linear algebra, multivariate calculus, basic probability and statistics; an undergraduate level course in Artificial Intelligence may be helpful but is not required.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30049D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 60	Yan Liu	GFS116
30095D	048	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	107 of 130	Fei Sha	MRF340	PDF (81104 KB)

CSCI 570: Analysis of Algorithms (3.0 units)

Explores fundamental techniques such as recursion, Fourier transform ordering, dynamic programming for efficient algorithm construction. Examples include arithmetic, algebraic, graph, pattern matching, sorting, searching algorithms.

Note: Register for lecture and discussion.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30101D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	327 of 331	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
30102D	048	Lecture	6:50-9:30pm	Thursday	234 of 243	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM124
29911R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	57 of 57	Jeffrey Miller	VKC100
29912R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	52 of 57	Michael Shindler	THH212
29915R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	57 of 58	Michael Shindler	GFS101
29928D	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	56 of 57	Michael Shindler	VKC100
30000R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	56 of 57	Shahriar Shamsian	THH114
30107R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	57 of 58	Jeffrey Miller	VKC100
30199R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	56 of 57	Jeffrey Miller	SOSB46
30204R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	56 of 58	Shahriar Shamsian	OHE100D
30271R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	56 of 57	Michael Shindler	THH212
30399R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	58 of 58	Jeffrey Miller	SOSB46
30099D	034	Lecture	6:50-9:30pm	Thursday	16 of 20	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
30253R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	16 of 20	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 571: Web Technologies (3.0 units)

Advanced study of programming languages with application to the Web. Languages for client-side and server-side processing. Examples taken from: HTML, Java, JavaScript, Perl, XML and others. Recommended preparation: knowledge of at least two programming languages

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29975D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	45 of 40	Ellis Horowitz	OHE132
30221D	048	Lecture	5:30-6:40pm	Tue, Thu	157 of 160	Marco Papa	SAL101
30246D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:20pm	Tue, Thu	150 of 160	Marco Papa	SAL101
30265D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	16 of 16	Ellis Horowitz	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 572: Information Retrieval and Web Search Engines (3.0 units)

Examines key aspects of information retrieval as they apply to search engines; web crawling, indexing, querying and quality of results are studied.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 351 and CSCI 485)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30387D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	91 of 90	Christian Mattmann	MRF340

CSCI 574: Computer Vision (3.0 units)

Description and recognition of objects, shape analysis, edge and region segmentation, texture, knowledge based systems, image understanding.

Prerequisite: CSCI 455

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30117D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 20	Ram Nevatia	DEN@Viterbi
30118D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	33 of 40	Ram Nevatia	OHE100C

CSCI 576: Multimedia Systems Design (3.0 units)

State-of-the-art technology for networked multimedia systems such as: system design, I/O technologies, data management, data compression, networking and telecommunications. Design of real-world multimedia solution. Recommended preparation: familiarity with C or C++

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30224D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	2 of 10	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi
30225D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	67 of 120	Parag Havaldar	ICT248

CSCI 577a: Software Engineering (4.0 units)

A: Software life-cycle processes; planning considerations for product definition, development, test, implemetation, maintenance. Team project. Graduate standing.

Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29917D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled	Supannika Koolmanojwong
30127D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	MWF	14 of 40	Barry Boehm,Supannika Koolmanojwong	DEN@Viterbi
30128D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	MWF	100 of 120	Barry Boehm,Supannika Koolmanojwong	OHE122

CSCI 578: Software Architectures (3.0 units)

Study of concepts, principles and scope of software system architectures, including architectural styles, languages, connectors, middleware, dynamism, analysis, testing and domain-specific approaches.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30270D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	7 of 20	Nenad Medvidovic	DEN@Viterbi
30394D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	54 of 76	Nenad Medvidovic	OHE136

CSCI 580: 3-D Graphics and Rendering (3.0 units)

Course outlines the process of creating images from 3D models. Includes transformations, shading, lighting, rastorization, texturing, and other topics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30045D	048	Lecture	5:30-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	56 of 60	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	GFS106
30046D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:20pm	Tue, Thu	54 of 60	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	GFS106
30142D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 40	Ulrich Neumann	ZHS163
30250D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 40	Ulrich Neumann	ZHS163

CSCI 585: Database Systems (3.0 units)

Database system architecture; conceptual database models; semantic, object-oriented, logic-based, and relational databases; user and program interfaces; database system implementation; integrity, security, concurrency and recovery.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30149D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 15	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
29998D	048	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Wednesday	119 of 120	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL101
30150D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	119 of 120	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	OHE122
30151D	048	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Monday	111 of 120	Massoud Ghyam	SLH200
30371R	048	Quiz	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	358 of 375		TBA

CSCI 586: Database Systems Interoperability (3.0 units)

Federated and multi-database systems, database networking, conceptual and schematic diversity, information sharing and exchange, knowledge discovery, performance issues.

Prerequisite: CSCI 585

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30135D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	25 of 30	Dennis McLeod	VKC260
30156D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	27 of 30	Dennis McLeod	KAP145

CSCI 587: Geospatial Information Management (3.0 units)

Techniques to efficiently store, manipulate, index and query geospatial information in support of real-world geographical and decision-making applications.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 485 or CSCI 585)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30392D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 30	Cyrus Shahabi	KAP148

CSCI 588: Specification and Design of User Interface Software (3.0 units)

The design and implementation of user interface software. Study of issues relating to human/computer interaction. Visual design and real-time interfaces.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30003D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	146 of 150	Massoud Ghyam	SGM124
30004D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	14 of 20	Massoud Ghyam	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 590: Directed Research (1.0-12.0 units)

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30162D	048	1.0-12.0	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	243 of 275	Gaurav Sukhatme,Lizsl De Leon	SAL101
30350D	048	1.0-2.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	16 of 25	Ethan Katz-Bassett	OFFICE

CSCI 594a: Master's Thesis (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30168D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA
30170D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	3 of 20		OFFICE

CSCI 594b: Master's Thesis (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Prerequisite: CSCI 594A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30169D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 25		OFFICE

CSCI 594z: Master's Thesis (0.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.

Prerequisite: CSCI 594B

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30171D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	2 of 25		OFFICE

CSCI 596: Scientific Computing and Visualization (3.0 units)

Hands-on training on the basics of parallel computing and scientific visualization in the context of computer simulations in science and engineering.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 101 or CSCI 455) and CSCI 102 and MATH 458

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30280D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	58 of 50	Aiichiro Nakano	SOSB46

CSCI 597: Seminar in Computer Science Research (1.0 units, max 2)

Introduction of Ph.D. students to the broad range of computer science research. Two semesters registration required. Open to Computer Science doctoral students only. Graded CR/NC.

Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Computer Science

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30175D	048	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	54 of 80	Leana Golubchik	SGM124

CSCI 599: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units, max 9)

Course content to be selected each semester from recent developments in computer science.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Multimodal Probabilistic Learning of Human Communication
30062D	048	3.0	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Wednesday	29 of 40	Louis-Philippe Morency,Stefan Scherer	GFS118	PDF (228712 KB)
Social Media Analysis
30063D	048	3.0	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	33 of 40	Kristina Lerman	KAP146	PDF (214499 KB)
Testing and Analysis of Software Systems
30176D	048	3.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	8 of 22	William Halfond	KAP113	PDF (71106 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 652: Low-Power Wireless Networks (3.0 units)

Implementation of low-power wireless protocols for medium access, scheduling, multi-hop routing, congestion control, localization, synchronization. IP stack for the Internet of Things. Wireless sensor network applications. Recommended preparation: CSCI-402, strong programming skills, and experience with Linux.

Prerequisite: EE 450
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 652.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30455D	048	Lecture	3:00-5:40pm	Wednesday	13 of 25	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	VKC207

Crosslist CSCI 658: Diagnosis and Design of Reliable Digital Systems (3.0 units)

Fault models; test generation; fault simulation; self-checking and self-testing circuits; design for testability; fault tolerant design techniques; case studies.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 658.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30671D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Wednesday	49 of 60	Mohamm Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	VKC156
30787D	048	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	49 of 60	Mohamm Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	ZHS252
30911D	034	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled

CSCI 662: Advanced Natural Language Processing (3.0 units)

Computational models of natural language. Formalisms for describing structures of human language, and algorithms for learning language structures from data. Recommended preparation: Proficiency in programming, algorithms and data structures, discrete math, probability theory, and calculus. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 562.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30393D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 30	Kevin Knight	VHE210

CSCI 670: Advanced Analysis of Algorithms (3.0 units)

Fundamental techniques for design and analysis of algorithms. Topics include: dynamic programming; network flows; theory of NP-completeness; linear programming; approximation, randomized, and online algorithms; basic cryptography. Recommended preparation: familiarity with algorithms and discrete mathematics.

Prerequisite: CSCI 570

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30236D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	35 of 40	Shanghua Teng	WPH102

CSCI 675: Convex and Combinatorial Optimization (3.0 units)

Topics include: Convex sets and functions; convex optimization problems; geometric and Lagrangian duality; simplex algorithm; ellipsoid algorithm and its implications; matroid theory; submodular optimization. Prerequisites: CSCI 570 or CSCI 670. Recommended preparation: Mathematical maturity and a solid grounding in linear algebra.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 670)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30388D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 25	Shaddin Dughmi	VKC151	PDF (50587 KB)

CSCI 694a: Topics in Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (3.0 units)

Current topics in network and distributed systems; verbal and written presentation skills, effective critiquing, and evaluation.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 551 or CSCI 555)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29918D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Wednesday	Canceled	Ethan Katz-Bassett

CSCI 790: Research (1.0-12.0 units)

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30208D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	MTuWThF	84 of 90	Gaurav Sukhatme,Lizsl De Leon