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Computer Science (CSCI)

http://www.cs.usc.edu/
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 100xg: Explorations in Computing (4.0 units)

A behind-the-scenes overview of the computational/algorithmic principles that form the basis of today's digital society. Exploration areas include social media, web search, videogames and location-based services.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Note: This is a GE-F Quantitative Reasoning course for NON-MAJORS. No credit will be awarded to CSCI, CECS, CSGM, or CSBA majors.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30211R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	24 of 60	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	THH212	PDF (18779 KB)
30212R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	16 of 30		SAL109
30213R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	8 of 30		SAL109

CSCI 103L: Introduction to Programming (4.0 units)

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

Corequisite: 1 from (CSCI 109 or EE 109)
Note: The wait list for CSCI 103 is now closed and we will not be accepting any additional D clearance requests.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29920D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	67 of 74	Andrew Goodney	ZHS352
29922D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	53 of 62	Andrew Goodney	SOSB4
30194D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	64 of 74	Andrew Goodney	SOSB46
30395D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	68 of 75	Mark Redekopp	ZHS352
29902R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	34 of 34	Mark Redekopp,Andrew Goodney	SAL127
29913R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	28 of 30	Mark Redekopp,Andrew Goodney	SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	28 of 33	Mark Redekopp,Andrew Goodney	SAL126
29924R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	29 of 30	Mark Redekopp,Andrew Goodney	SAL109
29925R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	29 of 32	Mark Redekopp,Andrew Goodney	SAL126
29926R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	24 of 33	Mark Redekopp,Andrew Goodney	SAL126
29927R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	29 of 32	Mark Redekopp,Andrew Goodney	SAL126
30180R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	26 of 30	Mark Redekopp,Andrew Goodney	SAL109
30193R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	26 of 33	Mark Redekopp,Andrew Goodney	SAL127
30024R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	253 of 287		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	28 of 50	David Kempe	SSL150
29910D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 51	David Kempe	GFS116
29931R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 50	Aaron Cote	ZHS252
30188R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 50	Aaron Cote	THH116
29905R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	13 of 30		SAL109
29907R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	27 of 30		SAL109
29932R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	27 of 30		SAL109
29933R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 30		SAL109
29937R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	27 of 30		SAL126
29938R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Wednesday	21 of 30		SAL126
30210R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	13 of 30		SAL127
30025R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	156 of 200		TBA

CSCI 109: Introduction to Computer Science (2.0 units)

An introduction to, and overview of, Computer Science; both as a discipline and a body of knowledge.

Note: The wait list for CSCI 109 is now closed and we will not be accepting any additional D clearance requests.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29901D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	232 of 260	Gaurav Sukhatme	SAL101

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	Syllabus
30401D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	46 of 48	Brandon Franzke	GFS116	PDF (132480 KB)
30404R	001	Lecture	6:00-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 41	Brandon Franzke	VHE217	PDF (132480 KB)
30402R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:20pm	Friday	44 of 44		VHE205
31333D	001	Discussion	3:30-4:50pm	Friday	36 of 41		VHE205
30409R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	76 of 80		TBA

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
30121R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	54 of 60	Michael Shindler	GFS116	PDF (86717 KB)
29947R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	34 of 60	Michael Shindler	SOSB46	PDF (86717 KB)
29949R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	57 of 60	Michael Shindler	SSL150	PDF (86717 KB)
29929R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	26 of 65		ZHS352
29954R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	55 of 65		ZHS352
29957R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	63 of 65		ZHS252
30027R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	144 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	76 of 80	Jeffrey Miller	WPHB27
30303R	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	52 of 61	Jeffrey Miller	SOSB2
30389R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	66 of 68	Jeffrey Miller	LVL17
29904R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	19 of 25		SAL109
30134R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	26 of 26		SAL126
30237R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 26		SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	24 of 25		SAL127
30239R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	26 of 26		SAL126
30241R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 26		SAL109
30385R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	24 of 25		SAL109
30396R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 26		SAL126
30028R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	194 of 205		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
30105R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	75 of 80	Aaron Cote	SOSB2
29960D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	63 of 63	Leonard Adleman	SSL150
29994R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	61 of 72	Aaron Cote	GFS116
30029R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	200 of 218		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
29990D	001	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Monday	Canceled	Scott Easley

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
30113R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	76 of 80	Nenad Medvidovic	SOSB2

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. Duplicates credit in CSCI 402.

Prerequisite: CSCI 201 and 1 from (EE 109 or EE 352)
Note: The wait list for CSCI 350 is now closed. Available seats are currently being issued to students, based on priority, from the wait list.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30062R	001	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	38 of 48	Ramesh Govindan	VKC152
30129D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	48 of 51	Michael Shindler	SLH102	PDF (83476 KB)
30173R	001	Quiz	7:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	86 of 96		TBA

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	8:00-8:50am	MWF	21 of 40	Mary Eshaghian	KDC236
30407D	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	MWF	37 of 40	Mary Eshaghian	KDC236
30411R	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	38 of 40	Mary Eshaghian	KDC236
30461R	001	Lab	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	40 of 40		KDC236
30462R	001	Lab	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	37 of 40		KDC236
31226R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	19 of 40		KDC236

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
30043D	001	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	46 of 70	Sven Koenig	ZHS352
30031D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	56 of 70	Sven Koenig	ZHS352

Crosslist CSCI 368: Programming Graphical User Interfaces (3.0 units)

Programming applications with dynamic graphical user interfaces. Topics include events, controls, resources, data bindings, styles, and user experience.

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 368.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32078R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	35 of 36	Kendra Walther	KAP107	PDF (204635 KB)

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
31872R	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 43	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (588901 KB)
32026R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	35 of 43	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (588771 KB)
32083R	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	40 of 40	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (588853 KB)

CSCI 401: Capstone: Design and Construction of Large Software Systems (4.0 units, max 8)

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. Duplicates credit in CSCI 477a and CSCI 477b.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 270 and CSCI 310)
Note: This course is only open to undergraduate students. No exceptions.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30153R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	95 of 97	Jeffrey Miller	WPHB27

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	49 of 60	William Cheng	OHE122
30203D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	35 of 40	William Cheng	KDC235
30243D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 40	William Cheng	KAP163
30147R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	59 of 70	William Cheng	OHE136
30268R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	27 of 80	William Cheng	GFS116
30269R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	13 of 80	William Cheng	ZHS352
29946D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	7 of 20	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi
30145R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	7 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
30230R	001	Lecture	4:30-7:50pm	Wednesday	62 of 72	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	ZHS252
30372R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	62 of 72		OFFICE

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
29900D	001	Lecture	7:00-10:20pm	Tuesday	0 of 1	Artjoms Kovalovs

Crosslist CSCI 435: Professional C++ (3.0 units)

Applications of advanced concepts in C++ including lambda expressions, template metaprogramming, secure coding, parallel programming techniques, and the boost library.

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 435.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32042D	001	Lecture-Lab	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	58 of 72	Sanjay Madhav	KAP160	PDF (602999 KB)

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30545D	014	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	8 of 20	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30546R	014	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	8 of 20	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30782R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 40	Joe Touch	VHE217	PDF (238388 KB)
30783R	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	17 of 40	Joe Touch	WPH102
30454D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 48	Ali Zahid	GFS101
30500D	001	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	56 of 60	Ali Zahid	OHE136
30501D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	61 of 75	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
30502D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 75	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
30450R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	55 of 60	Ali Zahid	THH210
30503R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	47 of 50	Ali Zahid	THH212
30504R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	22 of 70	Ali Zahid	OHE132
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	48 of 50	Ali Zahid	ZHS163
30555R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	45 of 50	Ali Zahid	THH212
30684R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	187 of 250	Ali Zahid	TBA

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
30911D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	19 of 30	Paul Bogdan	VHE205
30559R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	19 of 30	Paul Bogdan	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	197 of 200	Claire Bono	SGM124	PDF (127606 KB)
29950R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	29 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
30192R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	30 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL127
30205R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	30 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
30206R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	30 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
30207R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	30 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
30261R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	19 of 30	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	22 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (127606 KB)
29964R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	22 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 457: Computer Systems Organization (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: EE 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
30567D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 45	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE230
31284D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	59 of 63	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS252
31305D	014	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
31338D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 100	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE122
30569R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	73 of 75		OHE122
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	51 of 70		GFS116
31285D	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31306R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	24 of 60		THH212
31337R	001	Quiz	5:30-8:30pm	Thursday	152 of 250		OFFICE

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	44 of 47	Gerrit Welper	GFS207
39682D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	44 of 47		GFS207

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 270

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30030R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	13 of 20	Shanghua Teng	KAP138

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	Tue, Thu	34 of 43	Matthew Whiting	OHE540	PDF (364194 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	9 of 30		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	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	40 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

Crosslist CSCI 502a: Numerical Analysis (3.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39700R	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	14 of 30	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
39710D	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	MWF	43 of 51	Peter Baxendale	SOSB46	PDF (11952 KB)

CSCI 510: Software Management and Economics (4.0 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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30007D	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	30 of 76	Barry Boehm,Lizsl De Leon	OHE136
30005D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	15 of 30	Barry Boehm,Lizsl De Leon	DEN@Viterbi

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	42 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	18 of 40	Mike Zyda	EGG108
30175R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	18 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	60 of 60	Mike Zyda	EGG108
30302D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	45 of 60	Scott Easley	EGG108

CSCI 529a: Advanced Game Projects (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29992D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	26 of 50	Mike Zyda	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	80 of 100	Clifford Neuman	OHE122
30017R	048	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	78 of 100	Clifford Neuman,David Morgan	OHE122
30014D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	17 of 25	Clifford Neuman	DEN@Viterbi
30016R	034	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	16 of 25	Clifford Neuman,David Morgan	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 535: Multimodal Probabilistic Learning of Human Communication (4.0 units)

Principles and techniques to understand, build, and utilize multimodal machine learning algorithms through automatically understanding, recognizing, and analyzing phenomena of human communication. Recommended preparation: CSCI 542 or CSCI 567 or CSCI 573 or equivalent.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29917D	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	43 of 51	Stefan Scherer	VPD116	Word (156160 KB)

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	4:00-6:40pm	Tuesday	17 of 20	Sima Parisay	KAP138	PDF (267948 KB)

CSCI 544: Applied Natural Language Processing (4.0 units)

Introduction to key components of human language technologies, including: information extraction, sentiment analysis, question answering, machine translation.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30089D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	47 of 48	Mark Core, Kallirroi Georgila	THH210
30090D	048	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	166 of 180	Kallirroi Georgila, Mark Core	SAL101

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	61 of 90	Jose-Luis Ambite,Mayank Kejriwal	WPHB27	PDF (173169 KB)

CSCI 551: Computer Networking (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 353 or EE 450) and 1 from (CSCI 350 or CSCI 402)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30001R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 90	Ethan Katz-Bassett	WPHB27

Crosslist CSCI 553: Computational Solution of Optimization Problems (3.0 units)

Computer algorithms for system optimization. Search techniques, gradient methods, parameter optimization in control systems. Optimization with constraints; linear and nonlinear programming. Random search techniques.

Prerequisite: EE 441
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 553.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30996D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	36 of 41	Mahdi Soltanolkotabi	WPH207	PDF ()

CSCI 556: Introduction to Cryptography (4.0 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 581)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30283D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	7 of 30	Ming-Deh Huang	RTH105
30284D	034	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	6 of 10	Ming-Deh Huang	DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 557: Computer Systems Architecture (3.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30628D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 20	Michel Dubois	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (33709 KB)
30630R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 50	Michel Dubois	OHE100D	PDF (33709 KB)
30629R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	27 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	60 of 70	Young Cho	THH210	PDF (53953 KB)

CSCI 561: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (4.0 units)

Foundations of symbolic intelligent systems, search, logic, knowledge representation, planning, learning.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30195D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	280 of 250	Laurent Itti	SGM123
30202D	048	Lecture	7:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	225 of 330	Sheila Tejada,Wei-Min Shen	SGM123
30034R	048	Discussion	7:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	34 of 36	Sheila Tejada	KAP145
30035R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	35 of 35	Wei-Min Shen	KAP147
30036R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	28 of 36	Sheila Tejada	VKC205
30037R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	30 of 36	Sheila Tejada	KAP145
30039R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	40 of 40	Wei-Min Shen	KAP140
30040R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	29 of 40	Sheila Tejada	KAP140
30041R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Thursday	35 of 44	Sheila Tejada	GFS207
30042R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	28 of 48	Sheila Tejada	KAP144
30050R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	36 of 48	Sheila Tejada	OHE136
30159R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	33 of 36	Sheila Tejada	KAP145
30295R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	17 of 48	Ning Wang	KAP156
30296R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	27 of 40	Ning Wang	KAP163
30297R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	31 of 36	Ning Wang	KAP145
30298R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	33 of 40	Ning Wang	KAP158
30299R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Thursday	29 of 40	Wei-Min Shen	KAP163
30301R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Thursday	40 of 40	Wei-Min Shen	THH118
29981R	048	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	505 of 660		OFFICE
30079D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	20 of 21	Laurent Itti	DEN@Viterbi
30305R	034	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	20 of 21		DEN@Viterbi
29982R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	20 of 21		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	12 of 60	Pedro Diniz	SGM601

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
30049D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 40	Yan Liu	WPH207
30095D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	129 of 140	Yan Liu	MRF340
30178R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	156 of 180		SAL101

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
30101D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	327 of 332	Shahriar Shamsian,Victor Adamchik	SGM123
30102D	048	Lecture	6:55-9:35pm	Thursday	326 of 331	Shahriar Shamsian,Victor Adamchik	SGM123
29911R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	45 of 45	Victor Adamchik	SGM601
29912R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	45 of 45	Shahriar Shamsian	THH208
29915R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	38 of 38	Shahriar Shamsian	THH119
29928R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	38 of 38	Shahriar Shamsian	THH119
30000R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	44 of 45	Shahriar Shamsian	MHPB7B
30107R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	42 of 43	Shahriar Shamsian	THH208
30199R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	44 of 44	Shahriar Shamsian	MHPB7B
30204R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	43 of 44	Shahriar Shamsian	OHE122
30271R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	44 of 44	Victor Adamchik	GFS207
30287R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	40 of 40	Victor Adamchik	KAP140
30290R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	39 of 40	Victor Adamchik	KAP140
30291R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	38 of 40	Victor Adamchik	KAP158
30292R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	40 of 40	Shahriar Shamsian	KAP158
30293R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	39 of 40	Victor Adamchik	KAP158
30294R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	38 of 40	Victor Adamchik	KAP158
30399R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	36 of 37	Victor Adamchik	WPH103
29923R	048	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	653 of 662		TBA
30099D	034	Lecture	6:50-9:30pm	Thursday	13 of 30	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
30253R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	13 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30152R	034	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	13 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
30221D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	156 of 150	Marco Papa	SAL101
30246D	048	Lecture	7:30-9:30pm	Tue, Thu	157 of 150	Marco Papa	SAL101
30158R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	313 of 300		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	8:00-9:50am	Wed, Fri	104 of 90	Andrew Goodney	SAL101
30059D	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	74 of 70	Ellis Horowitz	OHE136
30157R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	178 of 170		OFFICE
30060D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Ellis Horowitz	DEN@Viterbi
30063R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	4 of 20		OFFICE

CSCI 576: Multimedia Systems Design (4.0 units)

End-to-end multimedia systems - content creation, compression, distribution using modern standards, DRM solutions, Digital-Cinema pipeline, multimedia classification, virtual-augmented reality, natural-language multimedia queries, multimodal media analysis, stereoscopic-holographic technologies.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30224D	034	Lecture	6:40-10:10pm	Monday	6 of 10	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi
30225D	048	Lecture	6:40-10:10pm	Monday	60 of 120	Parag Havaldar	SGM124

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
30128D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	MWF	59 of 120	Barry Boehm,Supannika Koolmanojwong	OHE122
30127D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	MWF	11 of 40	Barry Boehm,Supannika Koolmanojwong	DEN@Viterbi

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	53 of 60	Ulrich Neumann	SLH102
30250D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 60	Ulrich Neumann	SLH102
29935R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	52 of 60		VKC156
29939R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Thursday	39 of 48		LVL16

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
30150D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	331 of 332	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM123
30081R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	43 of 43	Olivera Grujic	MHPB7B
30082R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	42 of 43	Olivera Grujic	MHPB7B
30083R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	40 of 40	Olivera Grujic	WPHB28
30084R	048	Discussion	6:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	41 of 41	Olivera Grujic	GFS207
30085R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	42 of 43	Olivera Grujic	MHPB7B
30086R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Thursday	44 of 44	Olivera Grujic	MHPB7B
30087R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	38 of 40	Olivera Grujic	WPHB28
30088R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	42 of 43	Olivera Grujic	OHE100B
30371R	048	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	331 of 332		TBA
30149D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 20	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
30092R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	20 of 20	Olivera Grujic	DEN@Viterbi
30148R	034	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	20 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 586: Database Systems Interoperability (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 585

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30156D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	35 of 35	Dennis McLeod	VKC203	PDF (320254 KB)
30201D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	28 of 35	Dennis McLeod	VKC203	PDF (320254 KB)

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: 1 from (CSCI 485 or CSCI 585 or SSCI 582)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30392D	048	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	48 of 50	Cyrus Shahabi	SOSB44

CSCI 590: Directed Research (1.0-12.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30162D	048	1.0-12.0	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	91 of 375		SAL101
30350D	048	1.0-4.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	136 of 150	Barry Boehm,Lizsl De Leon	GFS116

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	140 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	1 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	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
30171D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 25		OFFICE

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. Graded CR/NC.

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	236 of 200	Steve Bucher, Stephen Schrader	SGM124
30155D	048	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	234 of 200	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	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Advanced Computer Security
30226D	048	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 30	Muhammad Naveed	VHE210	PDF (471301 KB)
Game Development
30222R	048	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Wednesday	17 of 50	Khaled Abdel Rahman,Everett D Arey	EGG108	PDF (151970 KB)
Game Development
30223R	048	Lab	6:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	17 of 50		EGG108

CSCI 610: Advanced Program Analysis and Verification (4.0 units)

Advanced techniques for analyzing and verifying software systems; topics include program analysis, automated verification, and software testing.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30019D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 25	William Halfond	VHE214	PDF (106751 KB)

CSCI 621: Digital Geometry Processing (4.0 units)

Digital geometry processing (subfield of computer graphics), that covers the full pipeline from 3D scanning, processing, to 3D printing. Recommended preparation: Solid background in linear algebra, numerical optimization, and C/C++ programming. CSCI 420 Computer Graphics is recommended. 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
30167R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Hao Li

CSCI 646: Coordinated Mobile Robotics (4.0 units)

State-of-the-art techniques for coordinating robot teams. Distributed approaches; task allocation; control and stability; network topology; coverage and monitoring; caging; bio-inspired approaches; persistence; probabilistic methods. Recommended preparation: Solid background in linear algebra, programming and algorithm analysis skills. 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
30187D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 20	Nora Ayanian	OFFICE

CSCI 651: Advanced Computer Networking (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: 1 from (CSCI 353 or EE 450) and 1 from (CSCI 350 or CSCI 402)
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
29967D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	7 of 25	Ethan Katz-Bassett	WPH106

CSCI 653: High Performance Computing and Simulations (4.0 units)

Advanced high-performance computer simulation techniques: multiscale deterministic and stochastic simulation algorithms on parallel and distributed computing platforms; immersive and interactive visualization of simulation data. Prerequisite: CSCI 596 and CSCI 503 or CSCI 580.

Prerequisite: CSCI 596 and 1 from (CSCI 503 or CSCI 580)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30070D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	29 of 50	Aiichiro Nakano	SGM601	PDF (95672 KB)
30071R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	29 of 50		KAP146

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	21 of 26	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	68 of 80	Mohamm Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	OHE132
31144D	034	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	3 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	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	18 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	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	44 of 50	Shanghua Teng	SLH100

CSCI 675: Convex and Combinatorial Optimization (4.0 units)

Topics include: Convex sets and functions; convex optimization problems; geometric and Lagrangian duality; simplex algorithm; ellipsoid algorithm and its implications; matroid theory; submodular optimization.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 670)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30388D	048	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Monday	33 of 39	Shaddin Dughmi	GFS207

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	54 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	2:00-2:50pm	Monday	57 of 82	Gaurav Sukhatme	GFS116

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	163 of 200	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE