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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
29901R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary
29906R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	Canceled
29908R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	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++. Corequisites: CSCI 109 or EE 109.

Corequisite: 1 from (CSCI 109 or EE 109)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29919D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	41 of 48	Mark Redekopp	RTH105
29920D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	64 of 70	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	ZHS252
29921D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	53 of 63	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SLH200
29922D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	56 of 63	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	MHP105
30395D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	65 of 68	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	MHP105
29902R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	34 of 36	Mark Redekopp,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL127
29913R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	30 of 30	Mark Redekopp,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL109
29914D	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	33 of 36	Mark Redekopp,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL126
29924R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	26 of 30	Mark Redekopp,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL109
29925R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	31 of 36	Mark Redekopp,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL126
29926R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	31 of 36	Mark Redekopp,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL126
29927R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	36 of 36	Mark Redekopp,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL126
30180R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	26 of 31	Mark Redekopp,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL109
30193R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	32 of 36	Mark Redekopp,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL127
30024R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	279 of 312		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
29903R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 55	David Kempe	SSL150
29910R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 52	Aaron Cote	GFS116
29931R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 53	Aaron Cote	ZHS252
30397R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	44 of 53	Mark Redekopp	THH114
29905R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	24 of 30		SAL109
29907R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	28 of 30		SAL109
29932R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	23 of 30		SAL109
29933R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	24 of 33		SAL126
29937R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	23 of 31		SAL126
29938R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL126
30210R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	19 of 30		SAL127
30025R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	170 of 215		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
29940R	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	MWF	237 of 260	Paul Rosenbloom	SAL101
29941R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	29 of 33		KAP158
29942R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	32 of 33		KAP158
29943R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	34 of 33		KAP158
29944R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	33 of 33		GFS116
30032R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	31 of 33		KAP146
30033R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	28 of 33		GFS118
30165R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	28 of 33		VKC211
30166R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	22 of 33		VKC211
30026R	001	Quiz	TBA	Wednesday	237 of 260		OFFICE

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
30409R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	42 of 80		TBA
30404D	001	Lecture	6:00-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 37	Michael Castle	VHE217
30892R	001	Discussion	8:00-9:20am	Friday	29 of 36		VHE205
30401D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	44 of 51	Han Wang	THH210
30402R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:20pm	Friday	26 of 30		VHE205
31333R	001	Discussion	3:30-4:50pm	Friday	23 of 30		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: (CSCI 103 and CSCI 109)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29947R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	57 of 60	Michael Shindler	VKC156	PDF (73537 KB)
29949R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	54 of 65	Michael Shindler	VPD105	PDF (73537 KB)
29953R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	74 of 75	Michael Shindler	SOSB46	PDF (73537 KB)
29929R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	54 of 67		SLH102
29954R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	62 of 65		ZHS352
29957R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	69 of 70		ZHS252
30027R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	185 of 200		TBA

CSCI 201: Principles of Software Development (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29909R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	57 of 62	Jeffrey Miller	SOSB46
30303R	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	32 of 60	Jeffrey Miller	THH212
30389R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	68 of 68	Jeffrey Miller	VPD105
29904R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	17 of 22	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
30134R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	21 of 22	Jeffrey Miller	SAL126
30237R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	21 of 22	Jeffrey Miller	SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	20 of 22	Jeffrey Miller	SAL127
30239R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	22 of 22	Jeffrey Miller	SAL126
30241R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	19 of 22	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
30385R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	19 of 22	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
30396R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	18 of 22	Jeffrey Miller	SAL126
30028R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	157 of 190	Jeffrey Miller	TBA

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

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

Prerequisite: (CSCI 104 and CSCI 170)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29959R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	50 of 50	Aaron Cote	VKC102
29960R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	61 of 61	Leonard Adleman	SSL150
29994R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	67 of 70	Aaron Cote	GFS116
30029R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	178 of 181		TBA

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	10:00-12:50pm	Monday	15 of 40	Scott Easley	EGG108

CSCI 350: Introduction to Operating Systems (4.0 units)

Basic issues in concurrency, deadlock control, synchronization scheduling, memory management, protection and access control, inter-process communication, and structured design. Laboratory experiences with Unix-like operating system. Prerequisites: CSCI 201L and EE 109 or EE 352. Duplicates credit in CSCI 402.

Prerequisite: CSCI 201 and 1 from (EE 109 or EE 352)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30061R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	86 of 95	Michael Crowley	WPHB27

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
30406R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	30 of 40	Mary Eshaghian	SSL150
30407R	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	32 of 40	Mary Eshaghian	SSL150
30411R	001	Lecture	1:00-3:40pm	Friday	40 of 43	Mary Eshaghian	LVL16
30461R	001	Lab	8:00-8:50am	Friday	25 of 40		GFS207
30462D	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Friday	40 of 42		GFS207
31226R	001	Lab	9:00-9:50am	Friday	37 of 40		GFS207

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: (CSCI 104 and CSCI 170)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30031D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	71 of 75	Sven Koenig	ZHS352

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
31872D	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 52	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (352109 KB)

CSCI 401: Capstone:Design and Construction of Large Software Systems (4.0 units)

Group project with an outside stakeholder to develop real-world software solutions to large-scale problems.Topics include software engineering, professional preparation, and recent computer science research. Prerequisite: CSCI 270 and CSCI 310. (Duplicates credit in CSCI 477ab)

Prerequisite: (CSCI 270 and CSCI 310)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30153D	001	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Thursday	62 of 140	Jeffrey Miller	THH301

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: CSCI 402 is open only to graduate students.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29945D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	42 of 30	William Cheng	OHE122
30203D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	54 of 30	William Cheng	SLH102
30243D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	36 of 40	William Cheng	SLH102
30147R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	58 of 70	William Cheng	OHE136
30268R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	45 of 80	William Cheng	GFS116
30269R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	29 of 80	William Cheng	GFS116
29946D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	4 of 20	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi
30145R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	4 of 15	William Cheng	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
30230D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	69 of 73	Hao Li	THH212
30053R	001	Discussion	12:30-1:20pm	Thursday	69 of 73	Hao Li	THH212

CSCI 425: Immersive Game Development (4.0 units)

Implementation of a console multiplayer game leveraging input devices such as Kinect, PSMove, Console + IPad/PSVita, Cloud Computing, to achieve creative design. Prerequisite: CSCI 423.

Prerequisite: CSCI 423

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29900R	001	Lecture	7:00-10:20pm	Tuesday	Canceled	Artjoms Kovalovs

CSCI 445L: Introduction to Robotics (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29955D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	29 of 30 (1 on waitlist)	Nora Ayanian	THH213
29956R	001	Lab	7:00-9:50pm	Wednesday	15 of 15		VHE205
29958R	001	Lab	7:00-9:50pm	Monday	14 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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30452R	001	Lecture	6:00-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	40 of 40	Ali Zahid	KAP140
30454R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 48	Ali Zahid	KAP146
30501R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 61	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
30502R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 40	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
30450R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	58 of 60	Ali Zahid	MHP106
30555R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	44 of 50	Ali Zahid	THH116
30684R	001	Quiz	4:00-8:00pm	Friday	215 of 250	Ali Zahid	TBA
30545D	014	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	8 of 20	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30546R	014	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	9 of 20	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30782R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	37 of 40	Joe Touch	VHE217	PDF (212857 KB)
30783R	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	35 of 40	Joe Touch	MHP106
30500R	001	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	53 of 60	Ali Zahid	OHE132
30503R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	36 of 50	Ali Zahid	THH116
30504R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	56 of 70	Ali Zahid	OHE132
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	45 of 50	Ali Zahid	SSL150

Crosslist CSCI 454L: Introduction to System-on-Chip (4.0 units)

Design flow, tools, and issues related to System/Network-on-Chip (S/Noc) design for real-time embedded systems with applications in mobile, cloud, aerospace, and medical electronics. Prerequisite: EE 354.

Prerequisite: EE 354
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
30911R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	21 of 34	Paul Bogdan	VHE205
30559R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	21 of 30		OHE336

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

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

Note: Register for lecture and lab.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30100D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	177 of 190	Claire Bono	SGM124	PDF (128619 KB)
29950R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	29 of 25	Claire Bono	SAL126
30192R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	31 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL127
30205R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	23 of 25	Claire Bono	SAL109
30206R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	23 of 25	Claire Bono	SAL109
30207R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	20 of 25	Claire Bono	SAL109
30261R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	21 of 25	Claire Bono	SAL109
30262R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	29 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
29963D	014	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	15 of 20	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
29964R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	15 of 20	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 457: Computer Systems Organization (3.0 units)

Register Transfer level machine organization; performance; arithmetic; pipelined processors; exceptions, out-of-order and speculative execution, cache, virtual memory, multi-core multi-threaded processors, cache coherence. Prerequisites: EE 354L or graduate standing.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 254 or EE 354)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 457.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
31284D	014	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
31305R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	41 of 70	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS252
31285R	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	6 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
31306R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	50 of 70		GFS116
30567R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	104 of 110	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE122
30568R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	57 of 70	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS352
30569R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	88 of 110	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE122
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	61 of 70	Gandhi Puvvada	THH208
30571R	001	Quiz	10:00-11:50am	Friday	180 of 252	Gandhi Puvvada	TBA

Crosslist CSCI 458: Numerical Methods (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39681D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	MWF	38 of 43	Cymra Haskell	VKC100
39682D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	38 of 42		WPH102

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 270

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30030R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	16 of 20	Shanghua Teng	KAP134

CSCI 485: File and Database Management (4.0 units)

File input/output techniques, basic methods for file organization, file managers, principles of databases, conceptual data models, and query languages. Prerequisite: CSCI 201.

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30110R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	27 of 35	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	KAP140

Crosslist CSCI 487: Programming Game Engines (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31889R	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 29	Joshua Glazer	KAP267	PDF (213935 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	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30144D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	18 of 30	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE

CSCI 491aL: Final Game Project (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29989R	001	Lecture-Lab	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	39 of 40	Scott Easley,Matthew Whiting	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	TBA	TBA	0 of 3		OFFICE

CSCI 499: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units)

Selected topics in computer science.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
Concepts of Programming Languages
30391D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	29 of 30 (7 on waitlist)	Michael Shindler	VKC261
Concepts of Programming Languages
30188R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Tue, Thu	29 of 30		VKC201

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	21 of 27	Chunming Wang	KAP245

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	44 of 51	Gary Rosen	GFS118	PDF (80033 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 closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Note: Must enroll concurrently in CSCI 590 section 30174.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30007D	048	Lecture	8:10-9:50am	Mon, Wed	18 of 120	Barry Boehm	OHE122
30005D	034	Lecture	8:10-9:50am	Mon, Wed	12 of 30	Barry Boehm	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 512: Testing and Analysis of Software Systems (4.0 units)

Introduces students to the topic of automated testing and analysis of large-scale modern software systems. Recommended preparation: CSCI 571; Java programming skills; Linux system administration.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30141D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	14 of 40	William Halfond	VKC101	PDF (722548 KB)

CSCI 522: Game Engine Development (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30183D	048	Lecture	7:00-10:20pm	Monday	34 of 70	Artjoms Kovalovs	EGG108

CSCI 523L: Networked Games (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29993D	048	Lecture	10:00-1:20pm	Tuesday	14 of 40	Mike Zyda	EGG108
30175R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	14 of 40		OFFICE

CSCI 526: Advanced Mobile Devices and Game Consoles (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30189D	048	Lecture	10:00-1:20pm	Wednesday	40 of 50	Mike Zyda	EGG108
30302D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	33 of 30	Scott Easley	EGG108

CSCI 529a: Advanced Game Projects (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29992D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	36 of 50	Mike Zyda,St Colon	EGG108

CSCI 530: Security Systems (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30015D	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	69 of 100	Clifford Neuman	OHE122
30017R	048	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	69 of 100	Clifford Neuman,David Morgan	OHE122
30014D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	14 of 25	Clifford Neuman	DEN@Viterbi
30016R	034	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	12 of 25	Clifford Neuman,David Morgan	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 534: Affective Computing (3.0 units)

Overview of the theory of human emotion, techniques for recognizing and synthesizing emotional behavior, and design application. Recommended preparation: CSCI 561.

Note: Must enroll concurrently in CSCI 590 section 30104.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29916D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 48	Jonathan Gratch	WPHB28

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	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Jong-Shi Pang

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 25	Aristides Requicha	VHE214

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.

Note: Must enroll concurrently in CSCI 590 section 30181.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30089D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 49	Mark Core, Kallirroi Georgila	WPHB28
30090D	048	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	102 of 120	Kallirroi Georgila, Mark Core	GFS106

CSCI 548: Information Integration on the Web (4.0 units)

Foundations, techniques, and algorithms for information integration. Topics include Semantic Web, linked data, data integration, entity linkage, source modeling, and information extraction. Prerequisite: CSCI 561. Recommended preparation: CSCI 585 and some programming experience.

Prerequisite: CSCI 561

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29980D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	26 of 50	Pedro Szekely,Craig Knoblock	ZHS163	Word (74802 KB)
30398D	048	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	20 of 50	Pedro Szekely,Craig Knoblock	GFS101	Word (74802 KB)

CSCI 550: Advanced Data Stores (4.0 units)

Selected topics on highly available, elastic data stores. Topics include non-relational data models, simple interfaces and query languages, weak consistency and benchmarking techniques. Prerequisite: CSCI 485 or CSCI 585.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 485 or CSCI 585)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30111D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	70 of 75	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	SLH100	PDF (197292 KB)

CSCI 555L: Advanced Operating Systems (4.0 units)

Advanced topics in operating system research: new OS structures, novel memory management, communication, filesystem, process management, reliability and security techniques. Prerequisite: CSCI 350 or CSCI 402.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 350 or CSCI 402)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30191D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	Canceled	Clifford Neuman
30164R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA
30190D	034	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	Canceled	Clifford Neuman
30163R	034	Lab	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA

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)
Note: Must enroll concurrently in CSCI 590 section 30160.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30283D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 30	Ming-Deh Huang	RTH105	PDF (60216 KB)
30284D	034	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	3 of 10	Ming-Deh Huang	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (60216 KB)

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
30628D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Xuehai Qian	DEN@Viterbi
30630R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	21 of 50	Xuehai Qian	OHE100D
30629R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	20 of 50		OHE100D

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	47 of 70	Young Cho	THH210	PDF (46568 KB)

CSCI 561: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (4.0 units)

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

Note: Register for lecture and discussion.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30195D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	322 of 333	Laurent Itti	SGM123
30034R	048	Discussion	7:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	33 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP140
30035D	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	30 of 34	Sheila Tejada	VKC260
30036R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	31 of 32	Sheila Tejada	THH112
30037R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	33 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP140
30039R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	33 of 33	Sheila Tejada	VKC260
30040R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	33 of 33	Sheila Tejada	VKC210
30041R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Thursday	36 of 36	Sheila Tejada	VKC151
30042R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	33 of 34	Sheila Tejada	VKC210
30050R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	29 of 34	Sheila Tejada	OHE136
30159R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	31 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP140
30079D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	10 of 20	Laurent Itti	DEN@Viterbi
30305R	034	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	10 of 20	Sheila Tejada	DEN@Viterbi

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
30140D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	18 of 60	Pedro Diniz	THH208

CSCI 567: Machine Learning (4.0 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
30095D	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Wed, Fri	123 of 140	Yan Liu	MRF340
30178R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	28 of 30		GFS222
30179R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Thursday	17 of 30		GFS222
30182R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	27 of 30		GFS223
30184R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	27 of 30		GFS223
30185R	048	Discussion	7:00-7:50pm	Thursday	24 of 30		GFS222

CSCI 570: Analysis of Algorithms (4.0 units)

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

Note: Register for lecture and discussion.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30101D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	326 of 332	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123	Word (59663 KB)
30102D	048	Lecture	6:50-9:30pm	Thursday	235 of 243	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM124	Word (59663 KB)
29911R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	57 of 57	Anand Narayanan	THH210
29912R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	56 of 57	Anand Narayanan	VKC100
29915R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	56 of 58	Anand Narayanan	THH210
29928R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Friday	52 of 57	Anand Narayanan	THH210
30000R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	57 of 57	Shahriar Shamsian	THH114
30107R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	55 of 58	Anand Narayanan	THH210
30199R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Friday	54 of 57	Anand Narayanan	THH210
30204R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	57 of 58	Shahriar Shamsian	OHE122
30271R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	57 of 58	Anand Narayanan	VKC150
30399R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	59 of 59	Anand Narayanan	THH210
29923R	048	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	562 of 580		TBA
30099D	034	Lecture	6:50-9:30pm	Thursday	23 of 30	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi	Word (59663 KB)
30253R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	24 of 30	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
30152R	034	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	22 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 571: Web Technologies (4.0 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
30265D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30221D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	164 of 150	Marco Papa	SAL101
30246D	048	Lecture	7:30-9:30pm	Tue, Thu	169 of 150	Marco Papa	SAL101
30158R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	333 of 360		OFFICE

CSCI 572: Information Retrieval and Web Search Engines (4.0 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 571. Recommended preparation: Familiarity with programming in multiple languages, C, C++, and/or Java and experience with a database system, e.g. MySQL or Oracle.

Prerequisite: CSCI 571

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29966D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	89 of 100	Christian Mattmann	WPHB27
30387D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	68 of 100	Christian Mattmann	WPHB27
30157R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	157 of 200		OFFICE

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
Note: Must enroll concurrently in CSCI 590 section 30172.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30117D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	6 of 10	Ram Nevatia	DEN@Viterbi
30118D	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	56 of 60	Ram Nevatia	OHE100D

CSCI 576: Multimedia Systems Design (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30224D	034	Lecture	6:40-10:10pm	Monday	4 of 10	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi
30225D	048	Lecture	6:40-10:10pm	Monday	21 of 120	Parag Havaldar	OHE122

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	Syllabus	Info
30127D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	MWF	11 of 40	Barry Boehm,Supannika Koolmanojwong	DEN@Viterbi
30128D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	MWF	41 of 120	Barry Boehm,Supannika Koolmanojwong	OHE122

CSCI 580: 3-D Graphics and Rendering (4.0 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
30142D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	42 of 60	Ulrich Neumann	SLH102
30250D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	33 of 60	Ulrich Neumann	SLH102
29935R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	46 of 60	Ulrich Neumann	WPHB27
29939R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Thursday	29 of 60	Ulrich Neumann	WPHB27

CSCI 585: Database Systems (4.0 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. Recommended preparation: Knowledge of relational databases, SQL, relational algebra and physical database design is required. Open only to graduate students.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30150D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	326 of 331	Massoud Ghyam	SGM123	PDF (166231 KB)
30081R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	43 of 43	Massoud Ghyam	MHPB7B
30082R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	40 of 43	Massoud Ghyam	MHPB7B
30083R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	39 of 40	Massoud Ghyam	VPD106
30084R	048	Discussion	6:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	40 of 41	Massoud Ghyam	SSL150
30085R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	42 of 43	Massoud Ghyam	MHPB7B
30086R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Thursday	42 of 44	Massoud Ghyam	MHPB7B
30087R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Thursday	40 of 40	Massoud Ghyam	VPD106
30088R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	40 of 43	Massoud Ghyam	RTH115
30371R	048	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	326 of 331		TBA
30149D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 20	Massoud Ghyam	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (166231 KB)
30092R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	17 of 20	Massoud Ghyam	DEN@Viterbi
30148R	034	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	17 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 587: Geospatial Information Management (4.0 units)

Techniques to efficiently store, manipulate, index and query geospatial information in support of real-world geographical and decision-making applications. Prerequisite: CSCI 485 or CSCI 585.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 485 or CSCI 585)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30392D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	41 of 45	Cyrus Shahabi	VKC102

CSCI 589: Software Engineering for Embedded Systems (4.0 units)

Software engineering methods and techniques for embedded, resource constrained, and mobile environments. Applications to real-time operating systems and wireless networking systems. Class project.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30119D	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	13 of 50	Nenad Medvidovic	OHE136
30120D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	3 of 15	Nenad Medvidovic	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 590: Directed Research (1.0-12.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30104D	048	1.0	Lecture	3:30-4:20pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 40	Jonathan Gratch,Lizsl De Leon	WPHB28
30160D	048	1.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	8 of 20	Ming-Deh Huang,Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE
30162D	048	1.0-12.0	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	150 of 375	Gaurav Sukhatme,Lizsl De Leon	SAL101
30172D	048	1.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	56 of 60	Ram Nevatia,Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE
30174D	048	1.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	28 of 120	Barry Boehm,Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE
30181D	048	1.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	129 of 200	Mark Core, Kallirroi Georgila, Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE
30350D	048	1.0-4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Wednesday	28 of 60	Barry Boehm,Lizsl De Leon	MHP105

CSCI 591: Computer Science Research Colloquium (1.0 units, max 2)

Exploration and critical assessment of research activities in computer science. Course will serve as a forum for current research presentations from academia and industry. Graded CR/NC.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29965D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 350	Lizsl De Leon	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	0 of 1		TBA
30170D	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	0 of 25		OFFICE

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 594B

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30171D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	4 of 25		OFFICE

CSCI 596: Scientific Computing and Visualization (4.0 units)

Hands-on training on the basics of parallel computing and scientific visualization in the context of computer simulations in science and engineering. Recommended preparation: CSCI 455 and MATH 458 .

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30280D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	48 of 50	Aiichiro Nakano	SGM601
30146R	048	Discussion	4:30-5:30pm	Friday	48 of 50		KAP156
30281R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	Canceled

CSCI 598: Professional Writing and Communication for Computer Scientis (1.0 unit)

Instruction in discipline-specific workplace writing and communication skills for computer science graduate students. Open only to graduate students in Computer Science.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30154D	048	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	232 of 240	Steve Bucher, Stephen Schrader	SGM124
30155D	048	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	234 of 240	Steve Bucher, Stephen Schrader	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
Modern Distributed Systems
30103D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	27 of 30	Wyatt Lloyd	THH112	PDF (444407 KB)
Analytics of Social Media
30173D	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	26 of 30	Kristina Lerman	MRF229	PDF (815060 KB)
Advanced Game Development
30187D	048	4.0	Lecture	7:00-10:20pm	Wednesday	18 of 30	Everett Arey, Khaled Abdel Rahman	EGG108

Crosslist CSCI 626: Computational Social Sciences (4.0 units)

Discussion of advances in computational social sciences, including automated text and network analysis. Recommended preparation: PSYC-625.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the PSYC department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in PSYC 626.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
52741D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	13 of 17	Morteza Dehghani	BCI266	PDF (258502 KB)

CSCI 651: Advanced Computer Communications (4.0 units)

Computer communication protocols and systems, including classic and contemporary literature. The emphasis is on conceptual issues in the design and implementation of computer internetworks. Prerequisite: EE 450 and CSCI-350 or CSCI-402.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 350 and CSCI 402) and EE 450

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29967D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	6 of 25	John Heidemann	OHE120
29968D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	1 of 5	John Heidemann	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 657: Advanced Distributed Systems (4.0 units)

The foundations and modern applications of distributed systems. Topics include: logical time, fault tolerance, group communication, consensus, consistency, transactions, and peer-to-peer. Recommended preparation: Proficiency in a high-level language, ideally C++, and familiarity with git. Open only to Computer Science doctoral students.

Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Computer Science
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30282D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 30	Wyatt Lloyd	KAP145

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	Syllabus	Info
30787D	048	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	64 of 80	Mohamm Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	OHE132
31144D	034	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 20	Mohamm Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 662: Advanced Natural Language Processing (4.0 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. Open only to doctoral students. (Duplicates credit in former CSCI 562)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30393D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 20	Kevin Knight	OFFICE

CSCI 670: Advanced Analysis of Algorithms (4.0 units)

Fundamental techniques for design and analysis of algorithms. Dynamic programming; network flows; theory of NP-completeness; linear programming; approximation, randomized, and online algorithms; basic cryptography. Prerequisite: CSCI 570. Recommended preparation: familiarity with algorithms and discrete mathematics. Open only to doctoral students.

Prerequisite: CSCI 570
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30236D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	42 of 60	Ming-Deh Huang	SSL150	PDF (64715 KB)

CSCI 671: Randomized Algorithms (4.0 units)

Standard techniques in the design and analysis of randomized algorithms and random structures. Topics include tail bounds, Markov Chains, VC-dimension, probabilistic method. Prerequisite: CSCI 570 or CSCI 670. Recommended preparation: Basic background in probability and linear algebra.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 670)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30136D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	26 of 30	David Kempe	KAP148

CSCI 686: Advanced Big Data Analytics (4.0 units)

Advanced statistical inference and data mining techniques for data analytics, including: topic modeling, structure learning, time-series analysis, learning with less supervision, and massive-scale data analytics. Prerequisite: CSCI 567.

Prerequisite: CSCI 567

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30112D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Friday	20 of 60	Yan Liu	KAP144

CSCI 697: 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. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 597.

Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Computer Science
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30176D	048	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	39 of 100	Leana Golubchik	SGM124

CSCI 698: Practicum in Teaching Computer Science (1.0 units, max 2)

Practical principles for the long-term development of effective teaching in Computer Science. Intended for teaching assistants for classes offered by the Computer Science department. Graded CR/NC. Open only to Computer Science doctoral students.

Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Computer Science
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30209D	048	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	Monday	95 of 150	Gaurav Sukhatme	SGM101

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	MTuWThF	165 of 200	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE