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Computer Science (CSCI)

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D class assignments for undergraduates available in SAL300; Phone: (213) 740-4494.
D class assignments for undergraduates are available via email at: schrader@usc.edu or in SAL306; phone 740-4779. D class assignments for graduate students are available on line at: csdclear.usc.edu/dclear/. To be enrolled in an off-campus course, you MUST also be enrolled in the Distance Education Network (DEN). For more information, call 740-4488 or go to den.usc.edu. DEN courses are indicated by a location of OFF CAMPUS.

CSCI 101: 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.

Note: Register for one lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29900R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 36	Massoud Ghyam	SAL126
29901R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	24 of 36	Massoud Ghyam	SAL126
29985R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	24 of 36	Massoud Ghyam	WPHB36
29902D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled
29903D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30180D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled
30397D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30398D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled
29905R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	Canceled
29906R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	Canceled
29907R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	Canceled
29908R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	Canceled
29910D	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30203R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	Canceled

CSCI 102L: Data Structures (3.0 units)

Linear lists, strings, arrays, and orthogonal lists; graphs, trees, binary trees, multilinked structures, sorting techniques; dynamic storage allocation; applications.

Prerequisite: CSCI 101

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Location
30395D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled	TBA
29911R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
29912R	001	Lab	5:30-6:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled
29915R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30271R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	Canceled
30399R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	Canceled

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++. Corequisite: CSCI 109.

Corequisite: CSCI 109

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29919R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 41	Mark Redekopp	RTH105
29920R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	36 of 40	Michael Crowley	KAP140
29921R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	53 of 60	Michael Crowley	VKC156
29922R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	43 of 51	Michael Crowley	ZHS163
29913R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	28 of 34	Michael Crowley,Mark Redekopp	WPHB36
29914R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	27 of 30	Mark Redekopp,Michael Crowley	SAL126
29924R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	25 of 30	Mark Redekopp,Michael Crowley	SAL109
29925R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	33 of 34	Mark Redekopp,Michael Crowley	WPHB36
29926R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	34 of 36	Mark Redekopp,Michael Crowley	SAL126
29927R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	24 of 30	Michael Crowley,Mark Redekopp	SAL109

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 and CSCI-109. Corequisite: CSCI 170.

Prerequisite: CSCI 103 and CSCI 109
Corequisite: CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29931R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	63 of 150	David Kempe	THH202
29932R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	15 of 30		SAL109
29933R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	20 of 31		SAL109
29937R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	18 of 30		SAL126
29938R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Wednesday	10 of 30		SAL126

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
29940R	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	MWF	144 of 220	Paul Rosenbloom,Gaurav Sukhatme	SAL101
29941R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	34 of 40	Paul Rosenbloom,Gaurav Sukhatme	ZHS252
29942R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	37 of 40	Paul Rosenbloom,Gaurav Sukhatme	ZHS252
29943R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	38 of 40	Paul Rosenbloom,Gaurav Sukhatme	ZHS252
29944R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	35 of 40	Paul Rosenbloom,Gaurav Sukhatme	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.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 101.
Note: Register for one lecture, one discussion and quiz.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30400D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 41	Mark Redekopp	RTH105
30401R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	31 of 40	Mary Eshaghian	RTH115
30403R	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Tue, Thu	36 of 41	Mark Redekopp	OHE230
30404D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 49	Mark Redekopp	OHE230
30406R	001	Discussion	9:30-10:50am	Friday	34 of 41		VHE205
30407R	001	Discussion	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	Canceled
30408R	001	Discussion	12:30-1:50pm	Friday	38 of 43		VHE205
30896R	001	Discussion	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	23 of 25
30409R	001	Quiz	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	135 of 200		TBA
30402R	001	Discussion	3:30-4:50pm	Thursday	36 of 40		VHE205
30892R	001	Discussion	8:00-9:20am	Friday	20 of 40		VHE205

CSCI 120L: Introduction to Programming for Computer Scientists (3.0 units)

Introduction to the field of Computer Science and Engineering: survey of major disciplines; foundations for using a high-level programming language to design solutions to computer solvable problems. Open only to: Computer Engineering & Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science (Games), Computer Science/Business Administration.

Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Computer Engineering & Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science (Games), Computer Science/Business Administration

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered
30200R	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	MWF	Canceled
30000R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30001R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30198R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	Canceled
30199R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	Canceled

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	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	53 of 60	Leana Golubchik	MHP105
29948R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	53 of 60		MHP105
29949R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	68 of 74	Aaron Cote	ZHS252
29953R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	58 of 61	Aaron Cote	THH114
29954R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	59 of 65		GFS116
29957R	001	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Thursday	67 of 70		GFS116

CSCI 180: Survey of Digital Games and Their Technologies (3.0 units)

Historical, technical, and critical approach to the evolution of computer and video game architectures and game design, from its beginnings to the present day.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29994R	001	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Monday	24 of 25	St Colon	SAL103
30204R	001	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Wednesday	18 of 25	St Colon	RTH321

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
29930D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	David Wilczynski
30303R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	42 of 60	David Wilczynski	THH212
30389R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	48 of 60	David Wilczynski	ZHS252
30107D	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Tuesday	0 of 1		SAL126
30134R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	28 of 31		SAL126
30237R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Tuesday	16 of 30		SAL127
30241R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	16 of 30		WPHB36
30396D	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	30 of 32		SAL126
29909D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 66	Michael Crowley	THH208
29928R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	42 of 60	David Wilczynski, Michael Crowley	ZHS252
30300R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	22 of 60	David Wilczynski	ZHS252
29904R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	16 of 30		SAL109
30238R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	26 of 33		SAL127
30239R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	26 of 30		SAL109
30381R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	28 of 30		SAL127
30385D	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	27 of 32		SAL109

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	28 of 40	Aaron Cote	SSL150
29960R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 40	Leonard Adleman	SSL150
29961R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	40 of 40	Aaron Cote	VKC100

CSCI 271: Discrete Methods in Computer Science (3.0 units)

Propositional and First-Order Logic; General Proof Techniques,Proofs by Induction; Applications to Program Verification; Counting/ Discrete Probability; Graphs, Trees, other discrete structures; Basic algorithms and complexity.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 102 and MATH 125)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered
29929R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled
29934D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled
30230R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled
29935R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled
29936R	001	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Thursday	Canceled
30382R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	Canceled

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
31849R	001	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	21 of 80	Anthony Borquez	KAP160
31853R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	2 of 17		OHE542
31850R	001	Lab	11:00-12:50pm	Friday	11 of 17		OHE542
31852R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	8 of 17		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	43 of 45	Scott Easley	RTH321

CSCI 303: Design and Analysis of Algorithms (3.0 units)

Upper and lower bounds on sorting and order median. Deterministic and random computation, data structures, NP-completeness, cryptography, Turing machines and undecidability.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 102 and CSCI 271)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered
29939R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30182R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30391R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled

CSCI 351: Programming and Multimedia on the World Wide Web (3.0 units)

HTML progrmming for creating home pages, installation and modification of Web server, writing progrms that offer enhanced services, manipulation of graphics, video and sound.

Prerequisite: CSCI 102

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30383R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	67 of 80	Massoud Ghyam	SLH100

Crosslist CSCI 352L: Computer Organization and Architecture (3.0 units)

Computer organization and architecture. Concepts include: computer evolution and performance, system busses, cache memory, internal and external memory, input/output, operating system support, computer arithmetic.

Prerequisite: CSCI 102
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 352.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30699R	001	Lab	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	Canceled

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 101 and EE 201)
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
30476D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	37 of 41	Mary Eshaghian	ZHS163
30777R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	16 of 40	Mary Eshaghian	RTH115
30477R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	37 of 39		RTH109
30776R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	16 of 40		RTH109

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	19 of 29	Sanjay Madhav	KAP267	PDF (171955 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)
Note: Section 29945 of CSCI 402 is open only to undergraduates.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29945D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	49 of 60	Ramesh Govindan	OHE122
29946D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	3 of 20	Ramesh Govindan	DEN@Viterbi
30197D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	76 of 80	William Cheng	WPHB27
30243D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	74 of 80	William Cheng	SLH102

CSCI 445: 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.

Prerequisite: CSCI 101
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
29955D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	30 of 30	Amin Atrash	GFS222
29956R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 15		VHE205
29958R	001	Lab	6:00-8:50pm	Monday	15 of 15		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.

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
30454D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	31 of 31	Ali Zahid	WPH205
30500D	001	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	48 of 48	Ali Zahid	OHE132
30501D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	51 of 50	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
30502D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 50	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
30506D	014	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	9 of 40	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30503R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	54 of 60	Ali Zahid	THH114
30504R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	67 of 70	Ali Zahid	OHE132
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	55 of 60	Ali Zahid	SLH102
30507R	014	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	10 of 40		DEN@Viterbi
30684R	001	Quiz	4:00-8:00pm	Friday	151 of 250	Ali Zahid	TBA
30452R	001	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	40 of 55	Hadi Goudarzi	OHE122
30450R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	39 of 55	Hadi Goudarzi	MHP105
30782R	001	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Monday	26 of 40	Christopher Walker	THH114
30783R	001	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Thursday	17 of 36	Christopher Walker	KAP146

Crosslist CSCI 452L: Game Hardware Architectures (3.0 units)

Architectural principles underlying modern game console hardware design; introduction to the programming techniques, optimization strategies, and hardware insights to create powerful games.

Prerequisite: EE 352
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 452.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30811R	001	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled
30812R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled

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
29963D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	7 of 20	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
30100D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	57 of 61	Claire Bono	MHP105
29962D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	60 of 61	Claire Bono	OHE136	PDF (128652 KB)
30260R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	20 of 21	Claire Bono	SAL109
30261R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	21 of 21	Claire Bono	SAL127
30262R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	19 of 21	Claire Bono	SAL109
29950R	001	Lab	4:30-6:20pm	Thursday	21 of 21	Claire Bono	SAL127
29951R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	19 of 21	Claire Bono	SAL126
29952R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	21 of 21	Claire Bono	SAL126

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.

Prerequisite: (EE 201 and EE 357)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 457.
Note: Register for one lecture, one discussion, and one quiz.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30567D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	99 of 110	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE122	PDF (55638 KB)
30568R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	67 of 76	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS252	PDF (55638 KB)
30572D	014	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 30	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (55638 KB)
30604R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	64 of 76	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS252	PDF (55638 KB)
30569R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	103 of 125		OHE122
30570R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	84 of 90		SLH100
30573R	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	4 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	45 of 80		SLH102
30571R	001	Quiz	10:00-11:50am	Friday	231 of 252		TBA
30775R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Mon, Wed	74 of 95	Waleed Dweik	MHP106
30780R	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	66 of 94	Waleed Dweik	MHP106

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	10:00-10:50am	MWF	28 of 30	Weiwei Hu	KAP147
39682D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	28 of 30		WPH206

CSCI 460: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3.0 units)

Concepts and algorithms underlying the understanding and construction of intelligent systems. Agents, problem solving, search, representation, reasoning, planning, communication, perception, robotics, neural networks.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 102 or CSCI 455)
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29966R	001	Lecture	6:00-8:40pm	Wednesday	43 of 70	Krishnamurthy Narayanaswamy	SOSB46

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 and CSCI 377)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30235R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	99 of 100	Supannika Koolmanojwong	MHP106

CSCI 480: Computer Graphics (3.0 units)

Hardware for interactive graphic systems; picture representations; data structures for graphics; picture processing techniques; languages for graphics; survey of applications such as animation and simulation.

Prerequisite: CSCI 102

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29969D	001	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	79 of 81	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SLH102

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	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 24	Sanjay Madhav	KAP107	PDF (159067 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	9 of 40	Gaurav Sukhatme,Stephen Schrader	OFFICE

CSCI 491aL: Final Game Project (4.0 units)

a: Design, iterative prototyping, and development of a 1st playable level.

Prerequisite: CSCI 486

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29989R	001	Lecture-Lab	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	29 of 43	Scott Easley	RTH321

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	18 of 30	Artjoms Kovalovs	RTH321

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	1 of 3	Christopher Gould	OFFICE

CSCI 499: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units)

Selected topics in computer science.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Cryptography - Fundamentals of Secure Communication & Computation
29995R	001	3.0	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	6 of 25	Shanghua Teng	KAP167	PDF (109750 KB)

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
39700D	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	14 of 16	Wlodek Proskurowski	KAP148

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	46 of 53	Quentin Berger	ZHS352	PDF (25587 KB)

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 open to the following major(s): Computer Science, Computer Science (Software Engineering)
Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30005D	034	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	14 of 30	Barry Boehm, Supannika Koolmanojwong	DEN@Viterbi
30007R	048	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	61 of 80	Barry Boehm, Supannika Koolmanojwong	OHE122
30006R	034	Lab	8:00-8:50am	Friday	11 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30008R	048	Lab	8:00-8:50am	Friday	55 of 80		OHE122

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
30183R	048	Lecture	7:00-10:00pm	Monday	35 of 60	Artjoms Kovalovs	RTH321

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 480 or CSCI 580 or an equivalent course in graphics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29993R	048	Lecture	10:00-12:20pm	Tuesday	17 of 35	Mike Zyda	RTH321

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 480 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	57 of 64	Mike Zyda	RTH321
30302R	048	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Monday	9 of 30	Scott Easley	RTH321	PDF (205271 KB)

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	39 of 40	Mike Zyda	RTH321

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
30014D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	4 of 10	Clifford Neuman	DEN@Viterbi
30015D	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	67 of 75	Clifford Neuman	OHE132
30016R	034	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	3 of 10		DEN@Viterbi
30017R	048	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	61 of 75		OHE122

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	34 of 40	Jong-Shi Pang	KAP158

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	10 of 15	Aristides Requicha	SAL222	PDF (43791 KB)

CSCI 543: Software Multiagent Systems (3.0 units)

Investigate computational systems in which several software agents or software agents and humans interact.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30018D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Milind Tambe

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	51 of 50	Craig Knoblock,Pedro Szekely	VKC100	PDF (133438 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
30051D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	3 of 5	John Heidemann	DEN@Viterbi
30052D	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	36 of 40	John Heidemann	OHE136
30234D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	37 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
30691D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	7 of 20	Monte Ung	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (915570 KB)
30711R	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	10 of 20	Monte Ung	WPH106	PDF (915570 KB)
30895D	034	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA
31223R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 40	Monte Ung	OHE136	PDF (915570 KB)
30712R	048	Quiz	8:00-9:50am	Friday	19 of 60

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
30283R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	10 of 30	Ming-Deh Huang	OHE132
30284D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	3 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	6 of 20	Murali Annavaram	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (154417 KB)
30630R	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 80	Murali Annavaram	OHE132
30629R	034	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	37 of 80		OHE132

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	58 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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30079D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	15 of 20	Krishnamurthy Narayanaswamy	DEN@Viterbi
30080D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	49 of 50	Sheila Tejada	MHP106	PDF (415895 KB)
30086D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Thursday	37 of 50	Sheila Tejada	GFS101	PDF (415895 KB)
30195D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:10pm	Wednesday	66 of 68	Wei-Min Shen	SLH102	PDF (106764 KB)
30196D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	58 of 70	Morteza Dehghani	ZHS352	PDF (96888 KB)
30219D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	44 of 45	Krishnamurthy Narayanaswamy	RTH105
30304D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	39 of 50	Sheila Tejada	ZHS159	PDF (415895 KB)

CSCI 562: Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (3.0 units)

Acquiring computer-tractable linguistic knowledge has always been a bottleneck in building natural language systems. We will examine statistical techniques for extracting knowledge automatically from online text.

Prerequisite: CSCI 561A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30248D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Kevin Knight,David Chiang

CSCI 564: Brain Theory and Artificial Intelligence (3.0 units)

Introduce neural modelling, distributed artificial intelligence and robotics approaches to vision, motor control and memory.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30084D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Michael Arbib	DEN@Viterbi
30085D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 36	Michael Arbib	OHE100D

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
30095D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	87 of 130	Fei Sha	SGM101	PDF (51114 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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30099D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 20	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
30101D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	71 of 71	Shahriar Shamsian	GFS106
30102D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	71 of 72	Shahriar Shamsian	OHE136
30105D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	71 of 70	William Cheng	SLH102
30202D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	71 of 72	Michael Shindler	WPHB27
30231D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	70 of 70	Michael Shindler	THH102
30252D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	72 of 70	William Cheng	ZHS352

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	50 of 50	Ellis Horowitz	OHE132
30221D	048	Lecture	5:30-6:40pm	Tue, Thu	76 of 80	Marco Papa	GFS106
30246D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:20pm	Tue, Thu	73 of 75	Marco Papa	GFS106
30265D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	10 of 12	Ellis Horowitz	DEN@Viterbi
30384D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	56 of 50	Ellis Horowitz	SOSB44

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	0 of 4	Ram Nevatia	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (252357 KB)
30118D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 50	Ram Nevatia	OHE132	PDF (252357 KB)

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
30224D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	8 of 10	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi
30225D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	60 of 67	Parag Havaldar	OHE122
30266D	048	Lecture	6:30-9:10pm	Monday	Canceled

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
29917R	048	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	20 of 50	Supannika Koolmanojwong	GFS101
30087D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled	Supannika Koolmanojwong
30127D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	MWF	12 of 40	Barry Boehm, Supannika Koolmanojwong	DEN@Viterbi
30128R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	MWF	97 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	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 20	Christian Mattmann	DEN@Viterbi
30394D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 40	Christian Mattmann	OHE100B

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	Syllabus	Info
30142D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 50	Ulrich Neumann	ZHS163
30250D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 50	Ulrich Neumann	ZHS163

CSCI 582: Geometric Modeling (3.0 units)

Mathematical models and computer representations for three-dimensional solids; underlying topics from set theory, geometry and topology. Fundamental algorithms; applications to CAD/CAM and robotics.

Prerequisite: (EE 441 and CSCI 102)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30392D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	24 of 26	Aristides Requicha	KAP158	PDF (32305 KB)

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 major(s): Computer Science, Computer Science (Computer Networks), Computer Science (Computer Security), Computer Science (Game Development), Computer Science (High Performance Computing and,Simulation), Computer Science (Human Language Technology), Computer Science (Intelligent Robotics), Computer Science (Multimedia & Creative Technologies), Computer Science (Software Engineering)
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29998D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:40pm	Wednesday	80 of 85	Farnoush Banaei-Kashani	THH102
30149D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 15	Dennis McLeod	DEN@Viterbi
30150D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	65 of 65	Dennis McLeod	OHE122
30151D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Monday	81 of 81	Shahriar Shamsian	GFS116
30251D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	80 of 82	Shahriar Shamsian	GFS116

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
30156D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	25 of 20	Dennis McLeod	GFS108

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
30003D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	45 of 48	Suya You	RTH109
30004D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	2 of 10	Suya You	DEN@Viterbi
30158D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30159D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled

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
30002D	048	1.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	10 of 12	Shaddin Dughmi,David Kempe	OFFICE
30162D	048	1.0-12.0	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	166 of 250	Gaurav Sukhatme,Stephen Schrader	SAL101

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	1 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
30170D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 25		OFFICE

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	66 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
Testing and Analysis of Web Applications
29916D	048	3.0	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 20	William Halfond	VHE210
Convex and Combinatorial Optimization
29923D	048	3.0	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	29 of 36	Shaddin Dughmi	KAP158	PDF (38250 KB)
Topics in Algebraic Methods of Computation
29997R	048	3.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	7 of 24	Ming-Deh Huang	KAP138	PDF (91108 KB)
Foundations of Databases, Knowledge Representation, Data Integration and Data Exchange
29999R	048	3.0	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 36	Jose-Luis Ambite	KAP148	PDF (138830 KB)

CSCI 653: High Performance Computing and Simulations (3.0 units)

Advanced high-performance computer simulation techniques: multiscale deterministic and stochastic simulation algorithms on parallel and distributed computing platforms; immersive and interactive visualization of simulation data.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 596 or CSCI 580)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30280R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	21 of 25	Aiichiro Nakano	KAP165	PDF (66033 KB)

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
30671R	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	58 of 63	Mel Breuer	OHE132
30787D	048	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	63 of 68	Mohamm Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	MHP105
30911D	034	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 20	Mel Breuer	DEN@Viterbi

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	26 of 30	Kevin Knight,David Chiang	KAP140

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	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	21 of 40	Shanghua Teng	VKC203

CSCI 685: Advanced Topics in Database Systems (3.0 units)

Advanced techniques in database management. Topics include optimization, cache management, data mining and knowledge discovery, decision support, spatial indexes, parallel and distributed systems, extendible storage.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 485 or CSCI 585)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30232D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	34 of 35	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	KAP140

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
29918R	048	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Wednesday	8 of 32	Ethan Katz-Bassett	KAP145

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	TBA	TBA	77 of 80	Gaurav Sukhatme,Stephen Schrader	OFFICE