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Computer Science (CSCI)

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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
30211R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	52 of 60	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	THH114
30212R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL109
30213R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	23 of 30		SAL109

CSCI 102L: Fundamentals of Computation (2.0 units)

Fundamental concepts of algorithmic thinking as a primer to programming. Introduction to C++.

Note: CSCI 102 is no longer accepting any additional D clearance requests.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30235D	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	134 of 145	Mark Redekopp	GFS106
30328R	001	Lab	TBA	TBA	134 of 145		OFFICE

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: CSCI 103 is no longer accepting any additional D clearance requests.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29920D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	74 of 76	Andrew Goodney	ZHS352
29922D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	72 of 75	Mark Redekopp	SOSB46
30194D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	73 of 76	Andrew Goodney	ZHS352
30395D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	64 of 76	Andrew Goodney	ZHS352
29902R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	36 of 36	Andrew Goodney,Mark Redekopp	SAL127
29913R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	29 of 30	Andrew Goodney,Mark Redekopp	SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	31 of 36	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	36 of 36	Mark Redekopp,Andrew Goodney	SAL126
29926R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	35 of 36	Andrew Goodney,Mark Redekopp	SAL126
29927R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	33 of 36	Andrew Goodney,Mark Redekopp	SAL126
30180R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	27 of 30	Andrew Goodney,Mark Redekopp	SAL109
30193R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	27 of 36	Andrew Goodney,Mark Redekopp	SAL127
30024R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	283 of 303		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	45 of 50	Aaron Cote	SSL150
29910R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	54 of 50	Aaron Cote	GFS116
29931R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 50	Sandra Batista	LVL17
30397D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	29 of 37	David Kempe	ZHS252
29905R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	23 of 30		SAL109
29907R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 30		SAL109
29932R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	14 of 30		SAL109
29933R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	22 of 30		SAL109
29937R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	27 of 31		SAL126
29938R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	16 of 30		SAL127
30210R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	14 of 30		SAL127
30025R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	141 of 210		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: CSCI 109 is no longer accepting any additional D clearance requests.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29901D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	218 of 260	Andrew Goodney	SAL101

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.

Prerequisite: CSCI 103 and 1 from (CSCI 109 or EE 109)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29947R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	49 of 60	Sandra Batista	GFS116	PDF (109243 KB)
29953D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	69 of 72	Michael Shindler	SLH100	PDF (109243 KB)
29929R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	51 of 62	Michael Shindler	SLH102
29954R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	67 of 70	Michael Shindler	SLH102
30027R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	118 of 130	Michael Shindler	TBA
29949R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	44 of 60	Leana Golubchik	SSL150
29957R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	44 of 60	Leana Golubchik	VPD105
30232R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	44 of 60	Leana Golubchik	OFFICE

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	81 of 82	Jeffrey Miller	GFS116
30303R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	53 of 62	Jeffrey Miller	SSL150
30389R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	70 of 74	Jeffrey Miller	LVL17
29904R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	13 of 30		SAL109
30134R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	30 of 30		SAL126
30237R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	28 of 30		SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL127
30239R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	28 of 30		SAL126
30241R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	21 of 30		SAL109
30385R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	30 of 30		SAL109
30396R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 30		SAL126
30028R	001	Quiz	TBA	Thursday	204 of 218		OFFICE

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
29960R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	50 of 60	Aaron Cote	WPHB27
29994R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	61 of 61	Aaron Cote	WPHB27
30105R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	61 of 62	Leonard Adleman	SSL150
30029R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	172 of 180		TBA

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 201. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 377.

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30113R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	124 of 130	Nenad Medvidovic	MRF340

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 (CSCI 356 or EE 354)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30129D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	78 of 90	Tanya Ryutov	SLH102	PDF (149939 KB)
30173R	001	Quiz	7:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	78 of 90		TBA

CSCI 353: Introduction to Internetworking (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29976R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	17 of 90	Tanya Ryutov	SOSB2	PDF (354832 KB)
29977R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	17 of 90		OFFICE

CSCI 356: Introduction to Computer Systems (4.0 units)

Computer organization; entity abstraction and representation; program execution; code optimization; memory usage; exception handling; processing control; computer performance; hands-on work done in C and assembly.

Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30123R	001	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Tuesday	113 of 120	Michael Shindler	ZHS159	PDF (172076 KB)
30124R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	57 of 60	Michael Shindler	SSL150
30126R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	56 of 60	Michael Shindler	THH208

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 104 and CSCI 170. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 460.

Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170
Note: Course Website: idm-lab.org/wiki/360-Fall17/

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30043R	001	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	69 of 70	Sven Koenig	ZHS352
30044R	001	Lecture	7:30-9:20pm	Mon, Wed	60 of 70	Ariel Felner	ZHS352
30031R	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	67 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
31807R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 30	Kendra Walther	VHE217	PDF (311789 KB)
32078R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	33 of 41	Kendra Walther	OHE540	PDF (311789 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	31 of 41	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (694276 KB)
32026R	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 41	Clark Kromenaker	OHE540	PDF (169734 KB)
32083R	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	43 of 43	Matthew Whiting	OHE540	Word (249856 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
30227R	001	Lecture	4:00-8:00pm	Thursday	90 of 100	Jeffrey Miller	ZHS159

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.

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	39 of 60	William Cheng	OHE122
30203D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	38 of 40	William Cheng	VHE217
30243D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 30	William Cheng	SGM226
30147R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	62 of 70	William Cheng	OHE136
30268R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	15 of 80	William Cheng	GFS116
30269R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	17 of 80	William Cheng	SLH100
29946D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	8 of 20	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi
30145R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	8 of 15	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 420: Computer Graphics (4.0 units)

Computer graphics, OpenGL, 2D and 3D transformations, Bzier splines, computer animation, rendering including ray tracing, shading and lighting, artistic rendering, virtual reality, visualization.

Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and 1 from (MATH 225 or (EE 141 and MATH 126) or (EE 141 and MATH 127) or (EE 141 and MATH 129))
Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30230D	001	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Tuesday	66 of 70	Hao Li	LVL17
30372R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	66 of 70		OFFICE

CSCI 426: Game Prototyping (4.0 units)

Developing games or technology based on current and relevant special topics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30242D	001	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 1	Everett D Arey,Scott Easley	EGG108

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
32012R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	42 of 64	Sanjay Madhav	KAP160	PDF (714314 KB)
32042R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	52 of 64	Sanjay Madhav	KAP160	PDF (717017 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
30783R	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	3 of 1		KAP156
30684R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	223 of 250	Ali Zahid	TBA
30782D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 50	Genevieve Bartlett	SSL150
30555R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	44 of 50	Genevieve Bartlett	THH116
30545D	014	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	18 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30546R	014	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	18 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
31186D	014	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	18 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30623D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 60	Cauligi Raghavendra	ZHS352
30622R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	35 of 60	Cauligi Raghavendra	SOSB4
30454D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 48	Ali Zahid	GFS118
30500D	001	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	57 of 61	Ali Zahid	OHE136
30502D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 50	Ali Zahid	SOSB4
30450R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	30 of 60	Ali Zahid	GFS101
30503R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	48 of 50	Ali Zahid	VKC100
30504R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	21 of 70	Ali Zahid	OHE132
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	49 of 50		GFS118

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	43 of 47	Paul Bogdan	OHE230
30559R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	43 of 47		OHE230

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	193 of 210	Claire Bono	SGM124	PDF (94311 KB)
29950R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	28 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
30192R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	27 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	27 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
30261R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	22 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	16 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (94311 KB)
29964R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	16 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	40 of 45	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE230
31284D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	45 of 63	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS252
31305D	014	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
31338D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	49 of 82	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE132
30569R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	67 of 80		OHE122
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	67 of 80		GFS116
31285D	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31336D	014	Quiz	5:30-8:30pm	Thursday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31337R	001	Quiz	5:30-8:30pm	Thursday	135 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
39681D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	MWF	38 of 47	Gerrit Welper	LVL16
39682D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	38 of 49		MHPB7B
39683D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	MWF	43 of 47	Ricardo Mancera	KAP146
39684D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	43 of 45		KAP414

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	12 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	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	31 of 36	Matthew Whiting	KAP107	PDF (682653 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	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	43 of 45	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	1 of 3	Christopher Gould	OFFICE

CSCI 499: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units)

Selected topics in computer science.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Software Testing and Analysis
30251D	001	4.0	Lecture-Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled	William Halfond

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	34 of 50	Remigijus Mikulevicius	SGM601

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	39 of 76	Barry Boehm	OHE136
30005D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	23 of 30	Barry Boehm	DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 521: Optimization: Theory and Algorithms (3.0 units)

Conditions for optimality; nonlinear programming algorithms for constrained and unconstrained problems. Special problems such as quadratic, separable, fractional, geometric programming.

Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 225 or EE 441)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the ISE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ISE 520.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31520D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 30	Suvrajeet Sen	KAP148	PDF (102403 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 45	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	11 of 40	Mike Zyda	EGG108
30175R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	11 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	46 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	29 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	45 of 100	Clifford Neuman	OHE122
30017R	048	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	45 of 100	David Morgan	OHE122
30014D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	5 of 25	Clifford Neuman	DEN@Viterbi
30016R	034	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	4 of 25	David Morgan	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 534: Affective Computing (4.0 units)

Overview of the theory of human emotion, techniques for recognizing and synthesizing emotional behavior, and design application.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30233D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	40 of 47	Jonathan Gratch	GFS118

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	6:30-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	20 of 25	Sima Parisay	MHPB7B	Word (104448 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 537: Foundations of Data Management (4.0 units)

Function and design of modern storage systems, including cloud; data management techniques; data modeling; network attached storage, clusters and data centers; relational databases; the map-reduce paradigm.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the INF department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in INF 551.
Note: This course is offered through the Informatics Program and is NOT considered as CSCI credit for M.S. Computer Science students.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32418D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	39 of 40	Wensheng Wu	LVL16	PDF (235834 KB)
32431D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 40	Wensheng Wu	VKC260	PDF (235834 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 541: Foundations and Applications of Data Mining (4.0 units)

Data mining and machine learning algorithms for analyzing very large data sets. Emphasis on Map Reduce. Case studies.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the INF department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in INF 553.
Note: This course is offered through the Informatics Program and is NOT considered as CSCI credit for M.S. Computer Science students.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32423D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Friday	37 of 50	Atefeh Farzindar	ZHS352	PDF (102515 KB)
32444D	048	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Wednesday	28 of 50	Matthew Michelson	THH210	PDF (145631 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
30231D	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Wed, Fri	179 of 245	Jonathan May	SAL101	PDF (95596 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
30223D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	24 of 35	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	SLH102

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
30234D	048	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	30 of 45	Ramesh Govindan	WPHB28	PDF (302013 KB)
30245R	048	Quiz	6:30-7:20pm	Wednesday	30 of 45		WPHB28

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	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	11 of 30	Ming-Deh Huang	KAP159

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	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	2 of 20	Xuehai Qian	DEN@Viterbi	Word (30635 KB)
30630R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 45	Xuehai Qian	OHE100B	Word (30635 KB)
30629R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	2 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	14 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	41 of 70	Young Cho	THH208	PDF (389296 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 560: Information Visualization (4.0 units)

Graphical depictions of data for communication, analysis, and decision support. Cognitive processing and perception of visual data and visualizations. Designing effective visualizations. Implementing interactive visualizations.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the INF department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in INF 554.
Note: This course is offered through the Informatics Program and is NOT considered as CSCI credit for M.S. Computer Science students.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32421D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	55 of 60	Luciano Nocera	SOSB4	PDF (212382 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	301 of 300	Laurent Itti	SGM123
30202D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	249 of 330	Sheila Tejada,Wei-Min Shen	SGM123
30034R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Thursday	39 of 40	Sheila Tejada	SOSB44
30035R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	34 of 35	Wei-Min Shen	WPHB30
30036R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Thursday	37 of 40	Sheila Tejada	KAP140
30037R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	35 of 40	Sheila Tejada	KAP163
30039R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	37 of 40	Wei-Min Shen	WPHB28
30040R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	33 of 40	Sheila Tejada	KAP158
30041R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Thursday	42 of 44	Sheila Tejada	SOSB44
30042R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	15 of 40	Sheila Tejada	KAP140
30050R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	42 of 45	Sheila Tejada	OHE136
30159R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Thursday	39 of 40	Sheila Tejada	KAP144
30295R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	24 of 40	Ning Wang	VKC150
30296R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	29 of 40	Ning Wang	VKC150
30297R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	40 of 40	Ning Wang	GFS207
30298R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	38 of 40	Ning Wang	GFS207
30299R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Thursday	31 of 40	Wei-Min Shen	WPHB28
30301R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Thursday	35 of 35	Wei-Min Shen	WPH205
29981R	048	Quiz	8:00-9:50pm	Monday	550 of 660		OFFICE
30079D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 21	Laurent Itti	DEN@Viterbi
30305R	034	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	17 of 21	Sheila Tejada	DEN@Viterbi
29982R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	17 of 21		DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 563: Building Knowledge Graphs (4.0 units)

Foundations, techniques, and algorithms for building knowledge graphs and doing so at scale. Topics include information extraction, data alignment, entity linking, and the Semantic Web.

Prerequisite: 1 from (INF 551 or CSCI 585) and 1 from (INF 552 or CSCI 567)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the INF department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in INF 558.
Note: This course is offered through the Informatics Program and is NOT considered as CSCI credit for M.S. Computer Science students.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32438D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Friday	37 of 50	Craig Knoblock,Pedro Szekely	GFS116	PDF (149646 KB)

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	Syllabus
30352D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	215 of 220	Fei Sha	SGM124	PDF (87856 KB)
30179R	048	Discussion	6:30-7:20pm	Friday	30 of 33		THH213
30182R	048	Discussion	6:30-7:20pm	Monday	30 of 33		THH213
30184R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Monday	24 of 33		THH213
30185R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Friday	21 of 33		THH213
30255R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Tuesday	24 of 30	Michael Shindler	OHE122
30256R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Tuesday	32 of 33	Michael Shindler	KAP140
30257R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Monday	26 of 31	Michael Shindler	VHE206
30258R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Monday	28 of 30	Michael Shindler	VHE206
30259D	034	Lecture	5:00-8:00pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 20	Fei Sha	DEN@Viterbi
30272R	034	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Tuesday	12 of 20	Michael Shindler	DEN@Viterbi

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	322 of 331	Shahriar Shamsian,Victor Adamchik	SGM123	Word (37929 KB)
30102D	048	Lecture	6:55-9:35pm	Thursday	316 of 330	Shahriar Shamsian,Victor Adamchik	SGM123	Word (37929 KB)
29911R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	43 of 45	Victor Adamchik	SOSB44
29912R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	45 of 45	Shahriar Shamsian	KAP156
29915R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	43 of 45	Shahriar Shamsian	MHPB7B
29928R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	44 of 45	Shahriar Shamsian	MHPB7B
30107R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	40 of 40	Shahriar Shamsian	KAP144
30204R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	40 of 40	Shahriar Shamsian	VHE217
30271R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	37 of 40	Victor Adamchik	KAP163
30287R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	39 of 40	Shahriar Shamsian	OHE100B
30290R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	35 of 37	Victor Adamchik	VKC203
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	Victor Adamchik	VHE217
30293R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	28 of 40	Victor Adamchik	VHE217
30294R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	42 of 45	Victor Adamchik	SOSB44
30377R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	39 of 40	Shahriar Shamsian	KAP156
30378R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	40 of 41	Shahriar Shamsian	KAP156
30399R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	45 of 45	Victor Adamchik	VKC150
29923R	048	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	638 of 660		TBA
30099D	034	Lecture	6:55-9:35pm	Thursday	20 of 30	Shahriar Shamsian,Victor Adamchik	DEN@Viterbi
30253R	034	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	20 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30152R	034	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	20 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	Syllabus
30221D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	166 of 190	Marco Papa	SAL101	PDF (151130 KB)
30246D	048	Lecture	7:30-9:30pm	Tue, Thu	117 of 190	Marco Papa	SAL101	PDF (151130 KB)
30158R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	284 of 400		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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30059D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:50am	Mon, Wed	223 of 300	Ellis Horowitz	SGM123
30157R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	203 of 300		OFFICE
30060D	034	Lecture	7:00-8:50am	Mon, Wed	7 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	4 of 10	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi
30225D	048	Lecture	6:40-10:10pm	Monday	28 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	41 of 80	Barry Boehm,Supannika Koolmanojwong	OHE122
30127D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	MWF	12 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	28 of 60	Ulrich Neumann	GFS116
29935R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	51 of 60		SOSB4
29939R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Thursday	30 of 60		SOSB4

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	287 of 330	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary,Olivera Grujic	SGM123
30244D	048	Lecture	6:30-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	151 of 240	Olivera Grujic,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM124
30081R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Wednesday	41 of 45	Olivera Grujic	LVL17
30082R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	18 of 45	Olivera Grujic	SGM601
30083R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	41 of 45	Olivera Grujic	LVL16
30085R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	42 of 45	Olivera Grujic	THH114
30086R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	41 of 45	Olivera Grujic	THH116
30087R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	42 of 45	Olivera Grujic	ZHS163
30306R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	19 of 45	Olivera Grujic	ZHS163
30308R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	24 of 45	Olivera Grujic	OHE100B
30309R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	41 of 45	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	VPD105
30310R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Tuesday	43 of 45	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	VPD105
30311R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Thursday	43 of 45	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	VPD105
30312R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Thursday	43 of 45	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	VPD105
30371R	048	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	438 of 570		TBA
30149D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 25	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary,Olivera Grujic	DEN@Viterbi
30092R	034	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	19 of 20	Olivera Grujic	DEN@Viterbi
30148R	034	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	19 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	LVL13
30201D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	35 of 35	Dennis McLeod	LVL13

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	TBA	Tue, Thu	85 of 375	Lizsl De Leon	SAL101
30350D	048	1.0-4.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	116 of 150	Barry Boehm,Lizsl De Leon	SAL101

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	202 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	0 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	1 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	Syllabus	Info
30280D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	41 of 52	Aiichiro Nakano	THH116	PDF (94727 KB)
30146R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	41 of 52		VKC100

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
Automated Reasoning and Verification
30161D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	6 of 20	Chao Wang	KDC236	PDF (1709052 MB)
Deep Learning and its Applications
30240D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Wednesday	172 of 240	Joseph Lim	SGM124	PDF (198566 KB)
Heuristic Search in Artificial Intelligence
30254D	048	4.0	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Tuesday	9 of 25	Ariel Felner	VKC111	PDF (461282 KB)

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
52746D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	16 of 20	Morteza Dehghani	BCI266	PDF (215255 KB)

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30787D	048	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	77 of 81	Mohammad Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	OHE132
31144D	034	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	3 of 20	Mohammad 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	23 of 25	Kevin Knight	WPH102

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	42 of 50	Shanghua Teng	GFS116

CSCI 673: Structure and Dynamics of Networked Information (4.0 units)

Algorithms for analyzing network data and spreading information over networks. Focuses on broadly applicable mathematical tools and techniques, including spectral techniques, approximation algorithms and randomization.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 670)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30226D	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 20	David Kempe	KAP134

CSCI 677: Advanced Computer Vision (4.0 units)

Fundamental issues in computer vision: theory, algorithms and applications. Image formation, image segmentation, inference and measurement of 3-D, motion analysis, object and activity recognition.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30228D	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	55 of 70	Ram Nevatia	OHE136	PDF (42412 KB)
30229D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	4 of 10	Ram Nevatia	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (42412 KB)

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	70 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	67 of 82	Gaurav Sukhatme	GFS116

CSCI 699: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units, max 8)

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

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

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Introduction to Online Learning
30220D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 20	Haipeng Luo	SGM601
Advanced Computer Security
30222D	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 20	Muhammad Naveed	GFS107
Verification and Testing of Cyber-Physical Systems
30252R	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
Introduction to Software Synthesis
30122D	048	4.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	7 of 10	Chao Wang	WPH603	PDF (1341714 MB)
Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces
30307D	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	8 of 25	Evan Suma Rosenberg	VKC209
Topics in Learning and Game Theory
30391D	048	4.0	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Monday	12 of 30	Shaddin Dughmi,Ilias Diakonikolas	KAP145

CSCI 790: Research (1.0-12.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30208D	048	Lecture	TBA	MTuWThF	156 of 200	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE