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Computer Science (CSCI)

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CSCI 102L: Fundamentals of Computation (2.0 units)

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

Note: Please go to www.tinyurl.com/CSCIdclearance to request D clearance for introductory CSCI courses.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29908D	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	58 of 70	Mark Redekopp	SAL101
30201D	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	56 of 70	Mark Redekopp	MHP101
30309R	001	Lab	TBA	TBA	114 of 140		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: Please go to www.tinyurl.com/CSCIdclearance to request D clearance for introductory CSCI courses.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29902D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	74 of 76	Andrew Goodney	ZHS352
29906D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	70 of 75	Andrew Goodney	ZHS352
29920D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	86 of 88	Andrew Goodney	SOSB2
29903R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	27 of 30	Andrew Goodney	SAL109
29904R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	33 of 36	Andrew Goodney	SAL127
30054R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	30 of 30	Andrew Goodney	SAL109
30055R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	36 of 36	Andrew Goodney	SAL126
30120R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	36 of 36	Andrew Goodney	SAL126
30121R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	34 of 36	Andrew Goodney	SAL127
30374R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	34 of 36	Andrew Goodney	SAL126
29900R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	230 of 240	Andrew Goodney	TBA

CSCI 104L: Data Structures and Object Oriented Design (4.0 units)

Introduces the student to standard data structures (linear structures such as linked lists, (balanced) trees, priority queues, and hashtables), using the C++ programming language.Prerequisite: CSCI 103. Corequisite: CSCI 170.

Prerequisite: CSCI 103
Corequisite: CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29901R	001	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Tue, Thu	74 of 85	Sandra Batista	SLH100
29905R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	60 of 70	Sandra Batista	LVL17
29907R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	67 of 72	Sandra Batista	ZHS352
30399R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	61 of 70	Aaron Cote	LVL17
29912R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	26 of 34		SAL126
29915D	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	30 of 36		SAL126
30167R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	26 of 30		SAL109
30200R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	34 of 35		SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	30 of 35		SAL126
30294R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Tuesday	31 of 35		SAL126
30379R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	30 of 34		SAL127
30394R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	26 of 30		SAL109
29972R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	262 of 297		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: Please go to www.tinyurl.com/CSCIdclearance to request D clearance for introductory CSCI courses.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30226D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	241 of 260	Andrew Goodney	SAL101
29983R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Monday	232 of 260		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.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30008R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	112 of 120	Sandra Batista	ZHS159
30111R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	63 of 72	Aleksandra Korolova	ZHS252
30115R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	92 of 95	Michael Shindler	SLH102	PDF (109116 KB)
30116R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	68 of 73		GFS116
30349R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	61 of 72		GFS116
30373R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	69 of 73		SLH102
30377R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	69 of 72		SLH102
30343R	001	Quiz	TBA	Thursday	267 of 290		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
29928R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	21 of 60	Jeffrey Miller	THH114
30381D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	59 of 60	Jeffrey Miller	THH114
30393D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	58 of 60	Jeffrey Miller	GFS101
29929R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	29 of 30		SAL109
29930R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	30 of 30		SAL109
29931R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	28 of 30		SAL109
30110R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Wednesday	22 of 30		SAL126
30380R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL127
29981R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	138 of 180		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
30094R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	39 of 60	Aaron Cote	KDC240
30009R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	55 of 60	Leonard Adleman	SSL150
30396R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	56 of 60	Aaron Cote	KDC240
30224R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	150 of 180		THH301

CSCI 281: Pipelines for Games and Interactives (4.0 units)

Explores the aesthetic development/technical implementation necessary to achieve unique, compelling, intuitive visual design in games. Students will develop group visual game design portfolios.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29982R	001	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Monday	38 of 50	Scott Easley	EGG108	PDF (191871 KB)

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
29967D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	102 of 90	William Halfond	SGM101

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
30175D	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	132 of 145	Tanya Ryutov	SGM101
29965R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	132 of 145		OFFICE

CSCI 353: Introduction to Internetworking (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30050R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	54 of 90	William Cheng	THH102
30051R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:20pm	Friday	54 of 90		SOSB2

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
30160D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	95 of 96	Mark Redekopp	SOSB2
30172R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	48 of 48		KAP146
30173R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	47 of 48		KAP146

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30304R	001	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Wed, Fri	72 of 91	Wei-Min Shen	WPHB27	PDF (121253 KB)

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
31851R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	25 of 28	Kendra Walther	LVL13	PDF (181131 KB)
32097R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 40	Kendra Walther	GFS207	PDF (181131 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	Info
31902R	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	30 of 38	Clark Kromenaker	OHE540	PDF (170103 KB)
31908R	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 38	Matthew Whiting	OHE540	PDF (586167 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)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29969R	001	Lecture	4:00-7:50pm	Thursday	145 of 150	Jeffrey Miller	SLH200

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	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	49 of 56	William Cheng	OHE100D
29971D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	66 of 80	William Cheng	GFS116
30331D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	82 of 82	William Cheng	GFS116
30357R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	73 of 75	William Cheng	OHE136
30359R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	65 of 80	William Cheng	THH208
30360R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	59 of 80	William Cheng	GFS116
29946D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	15 of 20	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi
30356R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	15 of 20	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 404: Capstone: Creating Your High-Tech Startup (4.0 units)

Capstone class in which students create their own technology startup, leveraging comprehensive CS knowledge and best industry practices. Prerequisite: CSCI 201, CSCI 270, and ITP 466.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 201 and CSCI 270 and ITP 466)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30028D	001	Lecture	4:00-7:20pm	Thursday	27 of 30	Ashish Soni	KAP165

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
Note: Students must be in year 3 or above of their program to enroll in this course.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29979R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	48 of 72	Jernej Barbic	GFS116
30078R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	48 of 72		OFFICE

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

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 522 or ITP 380)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30102R	001	Lecture	7:00-10:20pm	Monday	59 of 70	Artjoms Kovalovs	EGG108

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
30163R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Wednesday	33 of 40	Scott Easley,Everett D Arey	EGG108	PDF (254959 KB)

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30125R	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	39 of 48	Jelena Mirkovic	KAP144

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
31826R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	47 of 60	Sanjay Madhav	KAP160	PDF (722603 KB)
32039R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	51 of 60	Sanjay Madhav	KAP160	PDF (722622 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 439: Compiler Development (3.0 units)

Practical applications of techniques used to develop a programming language compiler.

Prerequisite: ITP 435
Crosslist: This course is offered by the ITP department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ITP 439.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32070R	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	22 of 35	Sanjay Madhav	KAP140	PDF (267999 KB)

CSCI 445L: Introduction to Robotics (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 103
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Note: The instructor for this course is Heather Culbertson. Inquiries can be sent to hculbert@usc.edu.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30024D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	31 of 31	Heather Culbertson	WPH106
29910R	001	Lab	6:30-9:20pm	Monday	16 of 16	Heather Culbertson	VHE205
29911R	001	Lab	6:30-9:20pm	Wednesday	15 of 15	Heather Culbertson	VHE205

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
31189R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	167 of 200		OFFICE
30568D	014	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	14 of 20	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30570D	014	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	14 of 20	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
31223R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 75	Cauligi Raghavendra	SOSB46	PDF (137089 KB)
30562R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	30 of 75	Cauligi Raghavendra	ZHS352
30560R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 62	Ali Zahid	SSL150
30828R	001	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	67 of 76	Ali Zahid	OHE136
30566R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	34 of 40	Ali Zahid	VHE206
30719R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	40 of 42	Ali Zahid	VKC101
30829R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	49 of 80	Ali Zahid	OHE136

Crosslist CSCI 452: Parallel and Distributed Computation (4.0 units)

Introduction to parallel programming techniques, models and optimization strategies; Application mapping to multi-core, accelerator, GPU and cloud platforms; High Performance Computing and Data Science applications.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 355 or CSCI 201)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 451.
Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30661D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	49 of 60	Xuehai Qian	GFS101
30466R	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Friday	49 of 60		SOSB46

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

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

Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30327D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	143 of 154	Claire Bono	SGM124
29919R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	27 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
29923R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	24 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
30029R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Thursday	29 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL109
30329D	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Thursday	32 of 33	Claire Bono	SAL126
30384D	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	30 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL127
29934D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	17 of 25	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
30023R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	17 of 25	Claire Bono	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.
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30595D	014	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
30594R	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30478D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	47 of 60	Gandhi Puvvada	GFS118
30591D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 75	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE136
30497R	001	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Thursday	46 of 76		ZHS352
30593R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	48 of 110		OHE122
30997R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	98 of 150		OFFICE

CSCI 485: File and Database Management (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30124D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	37 of 38	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	SOSB46

Crosslist CSCI 487: Programming Game Engines (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32062R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	24 of 38	Matthew Whiting	OHE540	PDF (1097288 MB)

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
30229D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	19 of 100	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE

CSCI 491bL: Final Game Project (2.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 491A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30219R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	43 of 46	Scott Easley,Matthew Whiting

Crosslist CSCI 495: Senior Project (2.0 units)

An original project will be constructed applying computer technology (in either hardware or software) to produce a result useful in the physics classroom or laboratory.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the PHYS department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in PHYS 495.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
50526D	001	Lecture-Lab	TBA	TBA	3 of 24	Christopher Gould	OFFICE

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39694R	001	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	MWF	21 of 35	Gerrit Welper	GFS207

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
39698R	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	5 of 30	Chunming Wang	KAP158

Crosslist CSCI 505b: Applied Probability (3.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39708R	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	MWF	13 of 30	Remigijus Mikulevicius	KAP147

CSCI 520: Computer Animation and Simulation (4.0 units)

Fundamental techniques of computer animation and simulation, knowledge and/or experience in the design, scripting, production and post-production stages of computer animation. Prerequisite: CSCI-420 or CSCI-580. Recommendedpreparation: Familiarity with calculus, linear algebra, and numerical computation; C/C++ programming skills.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 420 or CSCI 580)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30086D	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 50	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SOSB44

CSCI 524: Networked Artificial Intelligence (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30011D	048	Lecture	10:00-1:40pm	Tuesday	32 of 50	Mike Zyda	EGG108
30083R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	32 of 50		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
30012D	048	Lecture	10:00-1:20pm	Wednesday	85 of 86	Mike Zyda	EGG108
30122D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:30pm	Monday	73 of 78	Scott Easley	EGG108	PDF (380463 KB)

CSCI 529b: Advanced Game Projects (2.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 529a

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30220D	048	Lecture-Lab	4:00-6:50pm	Thursday	34 of 50	Mike Zyda,St Colon	EGG108

CSCI 531: Applied Cryptography (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30320D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	19 of 25	Tanya Ryutov	OHE100C	PDF (168217 KB)
30031R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	19 of 40		OFFICE
30321D	034	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	3 of 20	Tanya Ryutov	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (168217 KB)
30032R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	3 of 20		OFFICE

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	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	29 of 30	Sima Parisay	OHE100B	PDF (330982 KB)
31736D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	4 of 5	Sima Parisay	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (330982 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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32405D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	50 of 50	Wensheng Wu	THH116	PDF (237932 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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32403D	048	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	61 of 61	Yao-Yi Chiang	ZHS352	PDF (78679 KB)
32439D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	55 of 60	Wensheng Wu	THH210	PDF (158859 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
30027D	048	Lecture	4:00-7:50pm	Monday	180 of 210	Ron Artstein	THH201

CSCI 545: Robotics (4.0 units)

Fundamental skills for modeling and controlling of dynamic systems for robotic applications and graphics animations; control theory; kinematics; dynamics; sensor processing; real-time operating systems; robot labs. Recommended preparation: Basic knowledge in linear algebra (matrices and vectors), calculus, programming in C/C++ or any another language or permission of the instructor.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30323D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	38 of 40	Stefan Schaal	HNB100
30398D	048	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Mon, Wed	37 of 40	Stefan Schaal	SSL150
30064R	048	Lab	4:00-6:00pm	Friday	75 of 80		TBA

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
30212D	048	Lecture	9:00-12:20pm	Friday	17 of 30	John Heidemann	OHE100B	PDF (176451 KB)
30221D	034	Lecture	9:00-12:20pm	Friday	7 of 10	John Heidemann	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (176451 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 552: Asynchronous VLSI Design (3.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: EE 477
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 552.
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30702D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	13 of 45	Dan Gunnar Mika Nystroem	RTH105
30703R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	13 of 56		OHE100D
30700D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	1 of 20	Dan Gunnar Mika Nystroem	DEN@Viterbi
30701R	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	1 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

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
31297R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled

CSCI 555L: Advanced Operating Systems (4.0 units)

Advanced topics in operating system research: new OS structures, novel memory management, communication, file system, process management, reliability and security techniques.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 350 or CSCI 402)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29933D	048	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 1	Ramesh Govindan	OFFICE
29935R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	0 of 40		OFFICE
29949R	048	Quiz	6:30-7:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 40

Crosslist CSCI 557: Computer Systems Architecture (3.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30667R	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Michel Dubois
30820R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 40	Michel Dubois	OHE132
30722R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	3 of 50		OHE132
30825R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	12 of 40		GFS116
30716D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	3 of 20	Michel Dubois	DEN@Viterbi
30718R	034	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 559: Mathematical Pattern Recognition (3.0 units)

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

Corequisite: (EE 441 and EE 503)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 559.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30561D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	8 of 20	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi
30728D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	103 of 118	Keith Jenkins	OHE122
30489R	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	8 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30565R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	103 of 118		OHE132

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
30080D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:40pm	Tuesday	236 of 300	Ning Wang, David Pynadath	SGM123
29942R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	33 of 34	Sheila Tejada	VKC261
29944R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	29 of 33	Sheila Tejada	KAP147
29947R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Wednesday	23 of 24	Sheila Tejada	OHE120
30174R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Thursday	22 of 34	Sheila Tejada	THH214
30179R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	22 of 24	Sheila Tejada	GFS229
30180R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	23 of 24	Sheila Tejada	THHB10
30181R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	18 of 24	Sheila Tejada	THHB10
30183R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Thursday	16 of 24	Sheila Tejada	THH214
30202R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	36 of 40	Sheila Tejada	SOSB44
30204R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	14 of 37	Sheila Tejada	VKC203
30185R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	236 of 300		OFFICE
29936D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:40pm	Tuesday	13 of 25	Ning Wang, David Pynadath	DEN@Viterbi
30030R	034	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Wednesday	13 of 25		DEN@Viterbi
30035R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	13 of 25		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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32421D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 50	Wensheng Wu	VKC156	PDF (239960 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
30260D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	287 of 330	Michael Shindler	SGM123	PDF (192603 KB)
29994R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Friday	26 of 30	Selina Chu	VHE217
29995R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	29 of 30	Selina Chu	VHE217
29996R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	20 of 30	Selina Chu	VHE217
29997R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	24 of 30	Selina Chu	VHE217
30186R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Tuesday	27 of 30	Michael Shindler	KAP163
30261R	048	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Tuesday	28 of 30	Michael Shindler	KAP163
30262R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	27 of 30	Michael Shindler	KAP167
30263R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	29 of 30	Michael Shindler	OHE132
30270R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	29 of 30	Olivera Grujic	ZHS360
30271R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	25 of 30	Olivera Grujic	ZHS360
30272R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	20 of 30	Olivera Grujic	ZHS360
30273R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	3 of 30	Olivera Grujic	ZHS360
30265R	048	Quiz	TBA	Friday	287 of 331		OFFICE
30213D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 20	Michael Shindler	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (192603 KB)
30264R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	16 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30266R	034	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	16 of 20		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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30177D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	273 of 280	Victor Adamchik,Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
30395D	048	Lecture	6:55-9:35pm	Thursday	219 of 280	Shahriar Shamsian,Victor Adamchik	SGM123
29917R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	57 of 60	Shahriar Shamsian	GFS118
29922R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	35 of 35	Shahriar Shamsian	KAP147
29926R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	30 of 35	Shahriar Shamsian	KAP147
29932R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	18 of 35	Shahriar Shamsian	KAP148
29951R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Friday	28 of 35	Shahriar Shamsian	KAP148
30084R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	35 of 35	Shahriar Shamsian	THH106
30085R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	34 of 35	Shahriar Shamsian	THH106
30089D	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Monday	1 of 1		VKC256
30096R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	22 of 35	Shahriar Shamsian	OHE132
30205R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	50 of 50	Victor Adamchik	SOSB44
30206R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	39 of 40	Victor Adamchik	SOSB44
30239R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Tuesday	38 of 40	Victor Adamchik	KDC240
30240R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	12 of 40	Victor Adamchik	KDC236
30241R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	19 of 40	Victor Adamchik	KDC236
30242R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	37 of 40	Victor Adamchik	ZHS252
30243R	048	Discussion	4:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	23 of 40	Victor Adamchik	ZHS252
30246R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	14 of 40	Victor Adamchik	SOSB44
30227R	048	Quiz	8:00-9:50pm	Friday	492 of 560		TBA
30099D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	15 of 30	Victor Adamchik,Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
29952R	034	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	15 of 30	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
29953R	034	Quiz	8:00-9:50pm	Friday	15 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
30322D	048	Lecture	7:30-9:20pm	Tue, Thu	209 of 215	Marco Papa	SAL101
30378D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	181 of 215	Marco Papa	SAL101
30109R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	390 of 430		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
30151D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:50am	Mon, Wed	308 of 300	Ellis Horowitz	SGM123
30152R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	289 of 330		OFFICE
30210D	034	Lecture	7:00-8:50am	Mon, Wed	24 of 30	Ellis Horowitz	DEN@Viterbi
30211R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	20 of 30		OFFICE

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30852R	048	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	10 of 35	Erick Moen	KDC236	PDF (744217 KB)

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
30319D	048	Lecture	6:40-10:00pm	Monday	73 of 80	Parag Havaldar	SGM124
30082D	034	Lecture	6:40-10:00pm	Monday	4 of 10	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 577b: Software Engineering (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30130D	048	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Friday	6 of 40	Supannika Koolmanojwong	OHE122
30129D	034	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Friday	7 of 35	Supannika Koolmanojwong	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 578: Software Architectures (4.0 units)

Study of concepts, principles and scope of software system architectures, including architectural styles, languages, connectors, middleware, dynamism, analysis, testing and domain-specific approaches.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30137D	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	32 of 35	Nenad Medvidovic	OHE100C
30136D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 22	Nenad Medvidovic	DEN@Viterbi

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	199 of 200	Olivera Grujic,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM124
30158D	048	Lecture	6:30-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	195 of 200	Olivera Grujic,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM124
30143R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	68 of 68	Olivera Grujic	ZHS252
30145D	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	48 of 48	Olivera Grujic	RTH115
30187R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	39 of 40	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	THH118
30188R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	39 of 40	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	THH118
30189R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Thursday	40 of 40	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	THH118
30190R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	41 of 41	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	THH118
30195R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	61 of 60	Olivera Grujic	GFS101
30196R	048	Discussion	7:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	58 of 60	Olivera Grujic	GFS101
30371R	048	Quiz	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	394 of 400		TBA
30149D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 25	Olivera Grujic,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
30146R	034	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	23 of 25		DEN@Viterbi
30157R	034	Quiz	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	23 of 25		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
30104D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	34 of 35	Dennis McLeod	KAP145

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	TBA	80 of 375	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE
30388D	048	1.0-6.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	155 of 175	Barry Boehm,Lizsl De Leon	THH202

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.

Note: This course will NOT always meet at the assigned times. Refer to the CS Department Calendar at cs.usc.edu for scheduled colloquium talks.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30076D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	196 of 220	Lizsl De Leon	SAL101
30077D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	24 of 30	Lizsl De Leon	DEN@Viterbi
30222D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	24 of 25	Lizsl De Leon	OHE100D

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 25		OFFICE

CSCI 594b: Master's Thesis (2.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 594A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30169D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	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
30170D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 25		OFFICE

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
Blockchain Technology and Applications
30207D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	20 of 30	Bhaskar Krishnamachari	KDC236
Content Detection and Analysis for Big Data
30132D	048	4.0	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	52 of 60	Christian Mattmann	MHP101
Immersive Environments
30135R	048	4.0	Lecture	10:00-1:20pm	Thursday	20 of 30	Mike Zyda	EGG108
Machine Learning Theory
30161D	048	4.0	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Monday	24 of 30	Ilias Diakonikolas	THH213
Autonomous CyberPhysical Systems
30391D	048	4.0	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	11 of 25	Jyotirmoy Deshmukh	VKC211	Word (28726 KB)
Hacking for Defense
30392D	048	4.0	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	18 of 50	Clifford Neuman	SGM601

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
30056D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	7 of 20	Hao Li	GFS212

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
30127R	048	Lecture	9:00-12:20pm	Friday	8 of 10	John Heidemann	OHE100B	PDF (176451 KB)

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
30313D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	32 of 50	Ming-Deh Huang	GFS101

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
30133D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	23 of 25	Shaddin Dughmi	KAP159

CSCI 685: Advanced Topics in Database Systems (4.0 units)

Advanced techniques in database management. Topics include optimization, cache management, data mining and knowledge discovery, decision support, spatial indexes, parallel and distributed systems, extendible storage. Prerequisite: CSCI 485 or CSCI 585.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 485 or CSCI 585)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30316D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 30	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	KAP145

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	63 of 100	Leana Golubchik	GFS106

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	50 of 50	Gaurav Sukhatme	VPD105

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
Extreme-Scale Quantum Simulations
29950D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 30	Aiichiro Nakano	GFS223	PDF (128432 KB)
Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
30134D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	25 of 25	Milind Tambe	THH217

CSCI 790: Research (1.0-12.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30208D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	161 of 200	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE