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Computer Science (CSCI)

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D class assignments for undergraduates available in SAL104; Phone: (213) 740-4494.
D class assignments for undergraduates are available via email at: csdept@usc.edu. D class assignments for graduate students are only available on line at: myviterbi.usc.edu. Once you create your myViterbi profile, select the "D-Clearance Request Manager" to submit requests for graduate CSCI courses. 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 DEN@Viterbi.

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
30399R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	66 of 68	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	THH212
29908R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	36 of 36		SAL126
29909R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Thursday	31 of 32		KOH208

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
29902D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	68 of 76 (3 on waitlist)	David Pritchard	SOSB46
29906D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	84 of 88 (2 on waitlist)	David Pritchard	OHE122
29991D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	68 of 72 (4 on waitlist)	David Pritchard	THH208
29903R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	28 of 30	David Pritchard	SAL109
29904R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	32 of 36	David Pritchard	SAL127
30054R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	28 of 30	David Pritchard	SAL109
30055R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	29 of 34	David Pritchard	WPHB36
30120R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	30 of 36	David Pritchard	SAL126
30121R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	35 of 36	David Pritchard	SAL127
30374R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	34 of 36	David Pritchard	SAL126
29900R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	216 of 236		TBA

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
29901R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	40 of 70	Aaron Cote	SOSB46
29905R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	40 of 70	Aaron Cote	ZHS352
29907D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	65 of 70	Mark Redekopp	ZHS352
30397R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 70	Aaron Cote	ZHS352
29912R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	27 of 30		SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	26 of 30		SAL126
29915R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	26 of 30		SAL126
30200R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	26 of 28		SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	23 of 28		SAL126
30294R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	19 of 28		WPHB36
30379R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	9 of 25		SAL127
30394R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	23 of 28		SAL109
29972R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	179 of 280		TBA

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
30226R	001	Lecture	8:00-8:50am	MWF	186 of 204	Gaurav Sukhatme	SAL101
30004R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	30 of 34		KAP158
30013R	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	31 of 34		KAP158
30019R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	30 of 34		KAP158
30020R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	29 of 34		KAP146
30021R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	32 of 34		KAP146
30372R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	34 of 34		KAP158
29983R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Monday	186 of 204		TBA

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 former 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
30406R	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 1		TBA
30690R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30408R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	Canceled
30651R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30855R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	1 of 1		VHE205
30400R	001	Quiz	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	36 of 180		TBA
30410R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	37 of 41	Patrick Nasiatka	VKC150
30411R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	35 of 40		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
30115R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 60	Leana Golubchik	VPD116
30373R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	10 of 60		THH212
30343R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	2 of 60		OFFICE
30008R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	56 of 75	Michael Shindler	SLH100
30010R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	60 of 75	Aaron Cote	ZHS252
30108R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	61 of 70	Michael Shindler	MHP105
30116R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	65 of 72		THH212
30349R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	62 of 72		THH212
30377R	001	Discussion	8:00-9:50am	Friday	50 of 72		THH212
29976R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	185 of 240		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
30381R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	67 of 70	Jeffrey Miller	ZHS252
30393R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	48 of 58	Jeffrey Miller	SSL150
29929R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	23 of 25	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
29930D	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	Canceled	Jeffrey Miller
29931R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	25 of 26	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
29990R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Tuesday	17 of 25	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
30110R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Wednesday	25 of 25	Jeffrey Miller	SAL126
30380R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	25 of 25	Jeffrey Miller	SAL127
29981R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	115 of 200		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
30009R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	72 of 75	Shaddin Dughmi	GFS116
30396D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	81 of 82	Michael Shindler	GFS116
30224R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	153 of 164		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
31869R	001	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	15 of 80	Anthony Borquez	KAP160	PDF (73407 KB)
31872R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	9 of 23		OHE542
31873R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	6 of 23		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
29982R	001	Lecture	3:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	14 of 30	Scott Easley	EGG108

CSCI 310: Software Engineering (4.0 units)

Introduction to the software engineering process and software lifecycle. Covers project management, requirements, architecture, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance phase activities in team based projects. Prerequisites: CSCI 201L. Duplicates credit in CSCI 377.

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29967R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	63 of 72	William Halfond	THH208	PDF (265148 KB)

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
29964D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	76 of 82	Theodore Faber	GFS116

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 104.

Prerequisite: CSCI 104
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
30416D	001	Lecture	6:30-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 48	Mary Eshaghian	GFS207
30677D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	46 of 46	Mary Eshaghian	GFS207
30420R	001	Lab	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	45 of 45		KAP144
30678D	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	48 of 48		KAP156

CSCI 353: Introduction to Internetworking (4.0 units)

Global Internet: design principles, layering, protocol design/analysis.Networked applications, Internet structure/architecture,Protocols for transport/congestion control, network layer/routing,link layer/MAC. Network security. Prerequisites: CSCI 201. Recommended preparation: Familiarity with C and C++.Duplicates credit in EE 450.

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30050R	001	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	24 of 80	Alefiya Hussain	SLH100
30051R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:20pm	Friday	24 of 80		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
30530D	001	Lecture	6:30-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30532R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 1		RTH115
30536R	001	Quiz	2:00-4:00pm	Friday	25 of 48		TBA
30528D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	46 of 49	Mary Eshaghian	SGM601
30534D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	46 of 49		RTH115

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
30303R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	60 of 72	Sven Koenig	THH212

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
31908R	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 34	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (349878 KB)

CSCI 390: Special Problems (1.0-4.0 units)

Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29935D	001	1.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 1	Ashish Soni	OFFICE
30392R	001	1.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 1	Jeffrey Miller	OFFICE

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	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	69 of 76	William Cheng	OHE132
29971D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	55 of 75	William Cheng	ZHS252
30331D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	66 of 75	William Cheng	SOSB46
30357R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	29 of 30		OHE100B
30358R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	62 of 75		GFS116
30359R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	64 of 75		GFS116
30360R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	35 of 75		MHP106
29946D	014	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 20	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi
30356R	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	8 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

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
29979R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	34 of 72	Jernej Barbic	ZHS252	PDF (408823 KB)
30113R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	34 of 72		SLH102

CSCI 423: Native Console Multiplayer Game Development (4.0 units)

Implementation of AAA style multiplayer game running on consoles and DX11. Console development in native C++, console SDKs, engine components, gameplay, networking, data prediction/replication. Prerequisite: CSCI 522 or ITP 380. Recommended preparation: ITP 485.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 522 or ITP 380)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30102R	001	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Monday	28 of 50	Artjoms Kovalovs	EGG108
30295R	001	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Tuesday	47 of 50	Artjoms Kovalovs	EGG108

CSCI 424: Game Engine Tool Development (4.0 units)

Tool development for a C++ console game. Animation export, compression. FBX parsing. Level editing, object live update tools. Debugging tools. Texture compression. Data Pipeline. Prerequisite: ITP 380. Recommended preparation: ITP 485.

Prerequisite: ITP 380

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30296R	001	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Monday	Canceled	Artjoms Kovalovs

CSCI 430: Introduction to Computer and Network Security (4.0 units)

A broad overview of security threats and defenses, security systems and functionalities, as well as current security practices. Includes homeworks and in-class exercises to provide practical experience working with such systems. Prerequisite: CSCI 201.

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30123R	001	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	37 of 37	Jelena Mirkovic	VKC261

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30024D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	31 of 31	Amin Atrash	VHE206
29910R	001	Lab	5:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	16 of 16		VHE205
29911R	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. 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.
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30568D	014	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30570R	014	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	8 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30560D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 40	Joe Touch	DRB146	PDF (221240 KB)
30562R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	35 of 40		KAP140
30564R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	43 of 49	Ali Zahid	SSL150
30828R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	49 of 51	Ali Zahid	OHE136
30566R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	43 of 49		ZHS163
30829R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	49 of 50		OHE136

Crosslist CSCI 452: Parallel and Distributed Computation (3.0 units)

Architectural principles underlying modern processors; introduction to parallel programming techniques, software performance optimization strategies, and application mapping to multi-core, accelerator and cloud platforms. Prerequisite: EE 352. Recommended preparation: Knowledge of C/C++.

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 451.
Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30661R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 40	Viktor Prasanna	THH118	PDF (85777 KB)
31111R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	28 of 40		KAP163

Crosslist CSCI 454L: Introduction to System Design Using Microprocessors (4.0 units)

Operation and timing of 8/16/32-bit microprocessors; asynchronous and synchronous SRAM interface; burst and pipelined bus cycles, parallel and serial I/O, interrupt controller, DMA controller, bus protocols; hardware/simulation labs.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 454.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31297D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	34 of 36	Paul Bogdan	VHE205
31296R	001	Lab	9:00-11:50am	Friday	34 of 36		VHE205

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 one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30327R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	86 of 120	Claire Bono	SGM124	PDF (128619 KB)
29919R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	23 of 25	Claire Bono	SAL126
29923R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	23 of 25	Claire Bono	SAL109
30329R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	23 of 25	Claire Bono	SAL127
30384R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	17 of 25	Claire Bono	SAL127
29934D	014	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	10 of 15	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (128619 KB)
30023D	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	10 of 15	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.
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30595D	014	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
30594R	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	1 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30478D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	24 of 76	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS352
30591D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	46 of 110	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE122
30497R	001	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Thursday	38 of 76		ZHS252
30593R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	32 of 110		OHE122
30997R	001	Quiz	10:00-11:50am	Friday	52 of 150		TBA

CSCI 477b: 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 477a

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29969R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	80 of 140	Jeffrey Miller	MRF340

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
32062R	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Mon, Wed	25 of 29	Joshua Glazer	KAP267	PDF (213263 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
30223D	001	2.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	4 of 6	Rajiv Maheswaran, Yu-Han Chang	OFFICE
30228D	001	2.0-8.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA
30229D	001	1.0-8.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	16 of 100	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE

CSCI 491bL: Final Game Project (2.0 units)

b: Design, iterative stage 2 prototyping and development of a refined game.

Prerequisite: CSCI 491A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30219R	001	Lecture-Lab	4:00-6:50pm	Thursday	14 of 46	Scott Easley,Laird Malamed	SCI108

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-Lab	TBA	TBA	2 of 24	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
Building the High Tech Startup II
30222D	001	4.0	Lecture	11:00-1:50pm	Thursday	34 of 35	Ashish Soni	TBA

Crosslist CSCI 501: Numerical Analysis and Computation (3.0 units)

Linear equations and matrices, Gauss elimination, error estimates, iteration techniques; contractive mappings, Newton's method; matrix eigenvalue problems; least-squares approximation, Newton-Cotes and Gaussian quadratures; finite difference methods. Prerequisite: linear algebra and calculus.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the MATH department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in MATH 501.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39694R	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	28 of 32	Weiwei Hu	KAP148

Crosslist CSCI 502b: 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 502A
Crosslist: This course is offered by the MATH department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in MATH 502b.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39698R	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	Canceled

CSCI 503: Parallel Programming (3.0 units)

Exploration of parallel programming paradigms, parallel computing architectures, hands-on parallel programming assignments, contemporary and historical examples and their impact, context with parallel algorithms. Recommended preparation: CSCI 104 or CSCI 455; EE 452 or EE 457.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30305D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	38 of 38	Bob Lucas, Jacqueline Chame	VKC261

Crosslist CSCI 505b: Applied Probability (3.0 units)

Markov processes in discrete or continuous time; renewal processes; martingales; brownian motion and diffusion theory; random walks, inventory models, population growth, queuing models, shot noise.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39708R	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	MWF	7 of 30	Richard Arratia	KAP148

CSCI 520: Computer Animation and Simulation (3.0 units)

Fundamental techniques of computer animation and simulation, knowledge and/or experience in the design, scripting, production and post-production stages of computer animation. Recommended preparation: CSCI 420 or equivalent.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30230D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	41 of 50	Jernej Barbic	MHP105	PDF (552936 KB)

CSCI 524: Networked Artificial Intelligence (3.0 units)

Networked game communication architectures, protocol development, architecting networked game AI clients/services. Character following, knowledge representation and reasoning, dynamic play strategies, search, learning, and planning. Recommended preparation: CSCI 420 or CSCI 580 or an equivalent course in graphics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30011D	048	Lecture	10:00-12:40pm	Tuesday	19 of 50	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
30012D	048	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	64 of 70	Mike Zyda	EGG108
30122D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	49 of 70	Scott Easley	EGG108

CSCI 529b: Advanced Game Projects (3.0 units)

This course provides students in various areas of game specialization the practice of design, iterative stage 2 prototyping and development of a refined game.

Prerequisite: CSCI 529A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30220R	048	Lecture-Lab	4:00-6:50pm	Thursday	33 of 50	Mike Zyda,St Colon	EGG108

CSCI 531: Applied Cryptography (3.0 units)

Intensive overview of cryptography for practitioners, historical perspective on early systems, number theoretic foundations of modern day cryptosystems and basic cryptanalysis.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30320D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	34 of 50	William Cheng	OHE100D
30321D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	8 of 20	William Cheng	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	Tue, Thu	32 of 36	Jong-Shi Pang	VHE217
31736D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Jong-Shi Pang

CSCI 544: Applied Natural Language Processing (3.0 units)

Introduction to key components of human language technologies, including: information extraction, sentiment analysis, question answering, machine translation. Recommended preparation: Proficiency in programming, algorithms and data structures, basic knowledge of linear algebra.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30027D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	205 of 215	Kenji Sagae	SAL101

CSCI 545: Robotics (3.0 units)

Fundamental skills for modeling and controlling of dynamic systems for robotic applications and graphics animations; control theory; kinematics; dynamics; sensor processing; real-time operating systems; robot labs.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30323D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Stefan Schaal
30398R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	59 of 100	Stefan Schaal	SAL101

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
30232D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	33 of 50	Jose-Luis Ambite,Craig Knoblock	ZHS163	PDF (188337 KB)
30389D	048	Lecture	5:30-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	10 of 25	Craig Knoblock,Jose-Luis Ambite	THH114	PDF (201102 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	Syllabus	Info
30053D	048	Lecture	3:00-5:50pm	Friday	39 of 40	Minlan Yu	GFS101

Crosslist CSCI 552: Asynchronous VLSI Design (3.0 units)

Asynchronous channels and architectures; implementation design styles; controller synthesis; hazards, and races; Petri-nets; performance analysis, and optimization; globally asynchronous locally synchronous design. Open only to graduate students.

Prerequisite: EE 477
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 552.
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30702D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 50	Peter Beerel	OHE100D
30703R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	36 of 50		OHE100D
30700D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Peter Beerel	DEN@Viterbi
30701R	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30665D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Monday	Canceled
30449R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	Canceled

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
30994R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 35	Monte Ung	GFS101
31243D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	7 of 20	Monte Ung	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (888398 KB)
31244D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	17 of 40	Monte Ung	OHE100D	PDF (888398 KB)

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
29933D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	28 of 40	Ramesh Govindan	KAP158

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30455D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30667D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled
30820R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	51 of 75	Michel Dubois	OHE122
30823D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	51 of 55	Murali Annavaram	MHP106
30447R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	1 of 1		VHE217
30722R	048	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	64 of 100		OHE122
30825R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	36 of 53		VKC100
30716D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 20	Michel Dubois	DEN@Viterbi
30718R	034	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 559: Mathematical Pattern Recognition (3.0 units)

Distribution free classification, discriminant functions, training algorithms; statistical classification, parametric and nonparametric techniques; artificial neural networks. Corequisites: EE 441 and EE 503.

Corequisite: (EE 441 and EE 503)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 559.
Note: Prerequisite taken at USC or placement exam required.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30728D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 20	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (170531 KB)
30886R	034	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30730D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	46 of 60	Keith Jenkins	OHE132	PDF (170531 KB)
30885R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	46 of 60		OHE132

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
30080D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	321 of 333	Bill Swartout, Andrew Gordon	SGM123	PDF (104218 KB)
29937R	048	Discussion	7:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	35 of 37	Sheila Tejada	GFS118
29938R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	36 of 37	Sheila Tejada	GFS116
29939R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	35 of 37	Sheila Tejada	GFS118
29940R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Thursday	34 of 37	Sheila Tejada	VPD116
29941R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Thursday	37 of 37	Sheila Tejada	VPD116
29942R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	35 of 37	Sheila Tejada	THH116
29943D	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	36 of 39	Sheila Tejada	GFS118
29944R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	36 of 38	Sheila Tejada	THH116
29947R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	37 of 37	Sheila Tejada	OHE136
29936D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	21 of 25	Bill Swartout, Andrew Gordon	DEN@Viterbi
30030R	034	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	21 of 25		DEN@Viterbi

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
30087D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 40	Michael Arbib	GFS207

CSCI 565: Compiler Design (4.0 units)

Formal grammars; parsing methods and lexical analysis; code generation; local and global code optimization; and dynamic allocation.

Prerequisite: CSCI 455

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30114D	048	Lecture	8:00-10:50am	Wednesday	23 of 30	Pedro Diniz	RTH217

CSCI 568: Requirements Engineering (3.0 units)

Techniques for successful requirements analysis & requirements engineering (RE) of software-intensive systems. Systematic process of developing requirements through co-operative problem analysis, representation, and validation.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30332D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	27 of 50	George Edwards	OHE100D
30334D	034	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	14 of 20	George Edwards	DEN@Viterbi

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
30227R	048	Quiz	8:00-9:50pm	Friday	429 of 500		TBA
30177R	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	266 of 320	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
30395R	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Thursday	150 of 320	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
29913R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	28 of 58	Jeffrey Miller	SOSB46
29916R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	45 of 58	Michael Shindler	THH208
29917R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	50 of 58	Jeffrey Miller	SOSB46
29918R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	33 of 58	Michael Shindler	THH208
29922R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	21 of 58	Jeffrey Miller	SOSB46
29924R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	55 of 58	Michael Shindler	THH208
29925R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	27 of 58	Jeffrey Miller	SOSB46
29926R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	52 of 59	Shahriar Shamsian	THH208
29927R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	54 of 58	Shahriar Shamsian	OHE132
29932R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	51 of 58	Michael Shindler	THH208
30099D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	14 of 22	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
29952R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	14 of 30		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
30109D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Ellis Horowitz
30322D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:20pm	Tue, Thu	143 of 150	Marco Papa	GFS106
30378D	048	Lecture	5:30-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	123 of 140	Marco Papa	GFS106

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
29949D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Ellis Horowitz
30151D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Ellis Horowitz
30370D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	198 of 205	Christian Mattmann	THH201

CSCI 573: Probabilistic Reasoning (3.0 units)

Reasoning under uncertainty, statistical directed and undirected graphical models, temporal modeling, inference in graphical models, parameter learning, decisions under uncertainty. Recommended preparation: An undergraduate level course in probability theory.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30119D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	5 of 10	Ram Nevatia	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (72690 KB)
30307D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	35 of 40	Ram Nevatia	OHE100C	PDF (78269 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 575: Wireless and Mobile Networks Design and Laboratory (3.0 units)

Mobile ad hoc networks: ad hoc and geographic routing, resource discovery, medium access control, IP-mobility, mobility modeling, wired-wireless networks. Lab: wireless LAN measurement, mobile-IP, ad hoc routing. Recommended preparation: programming, network simulation

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 551 or EE 550 or EE 555)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 579.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30852D	048	Lecture-Lab	2:00-4:50pm	Friday	13 of 21	Murali Annavaram	GFS104

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
30082D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	7 of 10	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi
30319R	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	78 of 120	Parag Havaldar	SGM124

CSCI 577b: Software Engineering (4.0 units)

b: Software development, test, implemetation, and maintenance methods. CASE tools and software envirnments. Software product engineering, configuration management, quaility engineering, documentation. Application via projects.

Prerequisite: CSCI 577a
Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30129D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	8 of 35	Supannika Koolmanojwong	DEN@Viterbi
30130D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	34 of 76	Supannika Koolmanojwong	OHE136

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
30136D	034	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Mon, Wed	14 of 22	Nenad Medvidovic	DEN@Viterbi
30137D	048	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Mon, Wed	47 of 57	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	Syllabus	Info
30390R	048	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Wednesday	118 of 140	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	GFS106

CSCI 581: Logic and its Applications (3.0 units)

Formal systems, first order logic, truth, completeness, compactness, Godel incompleteness, recursive functions, undecidability. Selected applications, e.g., theorem proving, artificial intelligence, program verification, databases, computational complexity.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 430 and MATH 470)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30297D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 45	Leonard Adleman	SSL150

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
30017D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:40pm	Wednesday	Canceled	Massoud Ghyam
30149D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 17	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
30150D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	118 of 120	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	OHE122
30235D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:40pm	Monday	86 of 90	Massoud Ghyam	SLH102
30371R	048	Quiz	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	221 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
30309D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Thursday	28 of 28	Dennis McLeod	VHE210

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
30325R	048	Lecture	6:00-8:40pm	Wednesday	90 of 93	Massoud Ghyam	SLH102

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	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	346 of 375	Gaurav Sukhatme,Lizsl De Leon	SAL101
30388D	048	1.0-6.0	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Monday	58 of 62	Barry Boehm,Lizsl De Leon	GFS101

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	0 of 25		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	3 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	2 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	59 of 60	Leana Golubchik	SAL101

Crosslist CSCI 598: Mathematical Foundations for Computer Aided Design of VLSI C (3.0 units)

Mathematical techniques employed in computer-aided-design systems, including: graph theory, algorighmic and heuristic techniques for combinatorial problems, data structures and modeling. Recommended preparation: CSCI 570, CSCI 455.

Corequisite: (EE 457 and EE 477)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 581.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30888R	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 15	Mel Breuer

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
Coordinated Mobile Robotics
30088D	048	3.0	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	11 of 30	Nora Ayanian	VKC211
Advanced Distributed Systems
30089D	048	3.0	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Wyatt Lloyd		PDF (45973 KB)
Advanced Distributed Systems
30090D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	26 of 30	Wyatt Lloyd	VKC101
Digital Geometry Processing
30147D	048	3.0	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 30	Hao Li	KAP158
Advanced Topics in Statistical Machine Learning
30148D	048	3.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	14 of 25	Fei Sha	KAP156	PDF (81014 KB)

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
30313D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	30 of 36	Ming-Deh Huang	VHE217

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	81 of 150	Gaurav Sukhatme,Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE