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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	59 of 60	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	VPD105
30212D	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	31 of 31		SAL109
30213R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 29		SAL109

CSCI 102L: Fundamentals of Computation (2.0 units)

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

Note: D Clearance Request Form tinyurl.com/CSIntroCourses

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29918D	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	31 of 37	Mark Redekopp	VKC260
30235D	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	114 of 123	Mark Redekopp	GFS106
30010R	001	Lab	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	11 of 20	Mark Redekopp	THH207
30011R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	14 of 20	Mark Redekopp	VKC107
30012R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	7 of 20	Mark Redekopp	VKC108
30013R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	10 of 12	Mark Redekopp	SOSB51
30018R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	14 of 15	Mark Redekopp	SOSB38
30020R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	12 of 15	Mark Redekopp	SOSB38
30021R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	9 of 12	Mark Redekopp	WPH603
30022R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	11 of 12	Mark Redekopp	WPH603
30023R	001	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	12 of 14	Mark Redekopp	THH109
30364R	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	12 of 12	Mark Redekopp	KAP150
30365R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	14 of 15	Mark Redekopp	KAP138
30370R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	19 of 20	Mark Redekopp	KAP159
30328D	001	Lab	TBA	TBA	0 of 1		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: D Clearance Request Form tinyurl.com/CSIntroCourses

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29920D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	69 of 75	Andrew Goodney	ZHS252
29922D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	72 of 74	Andrew Goodney	WPHB27
30098D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	50 of 60	Olivera Grujic	GFS101
30194D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	72 of 74	Olivera Grujic	SLH102
30395D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	70 of 74	Andrew Goodney	ZHS252
29902R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	36 of 36		SAL127
29913R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	28 of 30		SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	33 of 36		SAL126
29924R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	29 of 30		SAL109
29925R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	35 of 36		SAL126
29926R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	32 of 36		SAL126
29927R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	34 of 36		SAL126
30180R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	29 of 30		SAL109
30193R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	24 of 36		SAL127
30286R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	25 of 30		SAL126
30313R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	28 of 30		SAL109
30024R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	333 of 366		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	49 of 53	Aaron Cote	GFS101
29910R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	50 of 54	Aaron Cote	GFS101
29931R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	43 of 51	Sandra Batista	ZHS352
30397R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	37 of 49	Sandra Batista	ZHS163
29905R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 31		SAL109
29907R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	27 of 30		SAL109
29932R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	27 of 30		SAL109
29933R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	26 of 30		SAL109
29937R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	28 of 32		SAL126
29938R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	25 of 31		SAL127
30210R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	21 of 30		SAL127
30025R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	179 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: D Clearance Request Form tinyurl.com/CSIntroCourses

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29901D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	313 of 330	Andrew Goodney	SGM123

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
29947D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	66 of 68	Aaron Cote	VPD105
29953D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	72 of 76	Aaron Cote	ZHS252
30273R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	67 of 80	Sandra Batista	SLH102
29929R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	66 of 75		GFS116
29954R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	71 of 74		GFS116
30106R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	68 of 75		LVL17
30027R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	205 of 225		TBA

CSCI 201: Principles of Software Development (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29909D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	79 of 81	Jeffrey Miller	GFS116
30254R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	81 of 82	Jeffrey Miller	GFS116
30303D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	80 of 82	Jeffrey Miller	SLH102
29904R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL109
30134R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	32 of 33		SAL126
30237D	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	31 of 31		SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL127
30239R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	31 of 31		SAL126
30241R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	30 of 30		SAL109
30385R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	30 of 30		SAL109
30396R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	28 of 30		SAL126
30028R	001	Quiz	TBA	Thursday	240 of 245		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.

Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29960D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	69 of 70	Michael Shindler	GFS116	PDF (126106 KB)
29961D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	68 of 70	Michael Shindler	SOSB46	PDF (126106 KB)
30109D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	66 of 70	Michael Shindler	WPHB27	PDF (126106 KB)
30361R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	68 of 70		WPHB27
30362R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	69 of 70		SLH102
30363R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	66 of 70		SLH102
30029R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	203 of 215		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
30113D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	138 of 145	Chao Wang	SGM101	PDF (746999 KB)

CSCI 350: Introduction to Operating Systems (4.0 units)

Basic issues in concurrency, deadlock control, synchronization scheduling, memory management, protection and access control, inter-process communication, and structured design. Laboratory experiences with Unix-like operating system. 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
29969D	001	Lecture	4:00-7:20pm	Monday	94 of 100	Tanya Ryutov	GFS106
29970R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	94 of 100		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
30247D	001	Lecture	4:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	75 of 76	Tanya Ryutov	SLH100
29977R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	75 of 76		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
29962D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	88 of 90	Mark Redekopp	SLH100
30124R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	43 of 45		KDC235
30126R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	45 of 45		KDC235

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-Fall18/

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30031D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	74 of 76	Sven Koenig	ZHS252
30043D	001	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	62 of 64	Sven Koenig	ZHS252
29983R	001	Quiz	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	136 of 140		MHP101

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
31807D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	33 of 38	Kendra Walther	KDC236	PDF (483348 KB)
32078D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 28	Kendra Walther	KAP158	PDF (483348 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
31872D	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 38	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (275672 KB)
32026D	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 38	Clark Kromenaker	OHE540	PDF (156208 KB)
32083D	001	Lecture-Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 39	Matthew Whiting	OHE540	PDF (768731 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	98 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	54 of 60	William Cheng	OHE122
30203D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	35 of 40	William Cheng	VHE217
30243D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	25 of 30	William Cheng	SGM226
30147R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	58 of 70	William Cheng	OHE136
30268R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	29 of 80	William Cheng	SLH102
30269R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	27 of 80	William Cheng	THH212
29946D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	17 of 30	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi
30145R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	17 of 30	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
30230R	001	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Tuesday	40 of 70	Hao Li	ZHS352
30372R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	40 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
30242R	001	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Wednesday	21 of 40	Scott Easley	EGG108

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
29997R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 40	Jelena Mirkovic	WPH102

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
32012D	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	48 of 61	Sanjay Madhav	KAP160	PDF (277613 KB)
32042D	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	39 of 61	Sanjay Madhav	KAP160	PDF (277613 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: Register for lecture and one lab.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29955D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	26 of 30	Nora Ayanian	VKC156
29956R	001	Lab	7:00-9:50pm	Wednesday	13 of 15	Nora Ayanian	VHE205
29958R	001	Lab	7:00-9:50pm	Monday	13 of 15	Nora Ayanian	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
30684R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	215 of 250	Ali Zahid	TBA
31186D	014	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	13 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30545D	014	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	13 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30546D	014	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	13 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30623R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 50	Cauligi Raghavendra	LVL16	PDF (318124 KB)
30622R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	36 of 50	Cauligi Raghavendra	SOSB4
30454R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 48	Ali Zahid	LVL16
30500R	001	Lecture	7:30-8:50am	Tue, Thu	65 of 76	Ali Zahid	OHE136	PDF (127375 KB)
30502R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	70 of 76	Ali Zahid	ZHS352
30450R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	24 of 60	Ali Zahid	THH114
30503R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	46 of 50	Ali Zahid	LVL16
30504R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	62 of 70	Ali Zahid	OHE132
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	47 of 50	Ali Zahid	SOSB4

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

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

Prerequisite: EE 354
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 454.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30911D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	49 of 45	Shahin Nazarian	OHE230
30559D	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	49 of 45		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	210 of 224	Claire Bono	SGM124	PDF (96663 KB)
29950R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	31 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL126
30192R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	29 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL127
30205R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	31 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL109
30206R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	31 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL109
30207R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	29 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL109
30261R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	28 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL109
30262R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	31 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL109
29963D	014	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	26 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
29964R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	26 of 30	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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30567D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 45	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE230
31284D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	49 of 63	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS352
31305D	014	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
31338D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 82	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE132
30569R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	68 of 80		OHE122
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	66 of 80		SLH100
31285D	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	4 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	134 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 one lecture and one discussion listed immediately following that lecture

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
39679D	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	46 of 49	Ricardo Mancera	GFS207
39680D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	23 of 25		VKC201
39681D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	23 of 26		VKC201
39682D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	MWF	49 of 51	Ricardo Mancera	MHPB7B
39683D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	22 of 25		KAP165
39684D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	27 of 27		KAP165

CSCI 467: Introduction to Machine Learning (4.0 units)

Methods for building intelligent and adaptive systems from statistical analyses; theoretical understanding of such methods and the computational implications.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 270 and MATH 225) and 1 from (EE 364 or MATH 407)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30277D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	52 of 60	Michael Shindler	SSL150	PDF (151264 KB)
30278R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	24 of 30		VPD106
30279R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	28 of 30		KAP145

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
31889D	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	29 of 33	Matthew Whiting	OHE540	PDF (432877 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	32 of 35	Cyrus Shahabi,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	35 of 45	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	TBA	TBA	1 of 3	Christopher Gould	OFFICE

CSCI 499: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units, max 8)

Selected topics in computer science.

Note: Prerequisite: CSCI 201 with grade of B or higher.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Software Testing and Analysis
30275R	001	4.0	Lecture	3:30-5:25pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	William Halfond		PDF (248139 KB)

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	43 of 51	Sergey Lototsky	GFS101

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	73 of 75	Barry Boehm,Lizsl De Leon	OHE136
30005D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	15 of 30	Barry Boehm,Lizsl De Leon	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 522: Game Engine Development (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30183D	048	Lecture	7:00-10:20pm	Monday	43 of 50	Artjoms Kovalovs	EGG108

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	74 of 80	Mike Zyda	EGG108
30302D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	78 of 80	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	37 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	Syllabus
30015D	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	72 of 75	Clifford Neuman	OHE122	PDF (129325 KB)
30017R	048	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	72 of 75		OHE122
30014D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	20 of 25	Clifford Neuman	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (129325 KB)
30016R	034	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	19 of 25		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	39 of 42	Jonathan Gratch	THH116

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	23 of 25	Sima Parisay	KAP156	PDF (480140 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	40 of 43	Wensheng Wu	VPD106	PDF (237178 KB)
32431D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	42 of 40	Wensheng Wu	THH118	PDF (237178 KB)

CSCI 538: Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality (4.0 units)

Technical design and implementation of immersive environments; visual simulations, interactive 3D graphics and games.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29988D	048	Lecture	10:00-1:20pm	Thursday	68 of 80	Mike Zyda,Evangelos Lympouridis	EGG108
30324R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	67 of 80		OFFICE

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
32423D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Friday	68 of 70	Rafael Ferreira Da Silva,Anoop Kumar	THH212	PDF (123693 KB)
32443D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Tuesday	45 of 50	Wensheng Wu	WPHB27	PDF (157755 KB)
32486D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	60 of 70	Anna Farzindar	SLH100	PDF (130531 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	237 of 263	Nanyun Peng,Jonathan May	SAL101	PDF (100557 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	10 of 35	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	LVL13

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	Syllabus	Info
30191D	048	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 40	Ramesh Govindan	KAP156	PDF (187748 KB)
30164R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	34 of 40		TBA

Crosslist CSCI 557: Computer Systems Architecture (4.0 units)

Computer architecture from a design perspective: Pipelined processors, speculative execution, VLIW, vector processors, GPU/GPGPU, memory technology and 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	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	6 of 20	Xuehai Qian	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (100966 KB)
30630D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 58	Xuehai Qian	OHE100D	PDF (100966 KB)
30629R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	6 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	55 of 58		OHE100D

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	59 of 61	Luciano Nocera	SOSB4	PDF (122366 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	Syllabus
30195D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	236 of 230	Sheila Tejada	SGM124	PDF (58480 KB)
30202D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	316 of 330	Sheila Tejada,Wei-Min Shen	SGM123	PDF (58480 KB)
30035R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	35 of 35	Sheila Tejada	MHPB7B
30040R	048	Discussion	4:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	20 of 60	Wei-Min Shen	SOSB46
30042R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Tuesday	17 of 60	Wei-Min Shen	SOSB46
30050R	048	Discussion	7:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	81 of 60	Sheila Tejada	OHE122
30295R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	75 of 60	Ning Wang	ZHS352
30296R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	72 of 60	Ning Wang	ZHS352
30297R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	71 of 60	Ning Wang	ZHS352
30298R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	75 of 60	Ning Wang	ZHS352
30301R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Thursday	27 of 28	Sheila Tejada	MHPB7B
30304R	048	Discussion	8:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	79 of 60	Sheila Tejada	OHE122
29981R	048	Quiz	8:00-9:50pm	Monday	552 of 600		OFFICE
30079D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 21	Sheila Tejada	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (58480 KB)
30305R	034	Discussion	7:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	16 of 21	Sheila Tejada	DEN@Viterbi
29982R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	16 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	42 of 50	Pedro Szekely,Jay Pujara	THH114	PDF (180242 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
30352D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	258 of 281	Haipeng Luo	SGM123
30179R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	24 of 40	Kim Peters	KAP146
30182R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	31 of 40	Kim Peters	KAP144
30184R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	22 of 33	Kim Peters	KAP144
30255R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	33 of 40	Kim Peters	OHE100B
30334R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	35 of 40	Victor Adamchik	MHPB7B
30335R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	38 of 40	Victor Adamchik	MHPB7B
30336R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	39 of 40	Victor Adamchik	SOSB44
30338R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Tuesday	36 of 40	Victor Adamchik	MHPB7B
29984R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	258 of 331		OFFICE
30259D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	5 of 20	Haipeng Luo	DEN@Viterbi
30272R	034	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
29985R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	5 of 30		OFFICE

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, discussion, and quiz. The discussion for this section must list the instructor name of Shahriar Shamsian.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30101D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Monday	325 of 330	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
29915R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	46 of 46	Shahriar Shamsian	KDC240
29928R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	44 of 46	Shahriar Shamsian	KDC240
30204R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	41 of 43	Shahriar Shamsian	ZHS163
30287R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	45 of 45	Shahriar Shamsian	OHE100D
30339R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Thursday	39 of 40	Shahriar Shamsian	THH119
30341R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	33 of 34	Shahriar Shamsian	VKC261
30342R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Thursday	37 of 40	Shahriar Shamsian	SOSB44
30383R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Thursday	40 of 40	Shahriar Shamsian	VKC205
29923R	048	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	326 of 330	Shahriar Shamsian	TBA
30102D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Thursday	324 of 330	Victor Adamchik	SGM123
29971R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Wednesday	43 of 43	Sandra Batista	GFS101
30330R	048	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Wednesday	40 of 40	Victor Adamchik	KDC236
30331R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	40 of 40	Victor Adamchik	KDC236
30332R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	40 of 41	Victor Adamchik	KDC236
30333R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	39 of 40	Victor Adamchik	KDC235
30347R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Monday	42 of 43	Sandra Batista	GFS101
30348R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Monday	39 of 43	Sandra Batista	GFS101
30351R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	41 of 42	Sandra Batista	GFS101
30379R	048	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	323 of 330	Victor Adamchik
30099D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Monday	31 of 40	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
30253R	034	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	31 of 40	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
30152R	034	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	31 of 40		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	Info
30221D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	181 of 190	Marco Papa	SAL101
30158R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	181 of 190		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	301 of 300	Ellis Horowitz	SGM123
30157R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	285 of 345		OFFICE
30060D	034	Lecture	7:00-8:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 20	Ellis Horowitz	DEN@Viterbi
30063R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	9 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	8 of 10	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi
30225D	048	Lecture	6:40-10:10pm	Monday	50 of 50	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	45 of 100	Barry Boehm,Supannika Koolmanojwong	OHE122
30127D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	MWF	10 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	36 of 60	Ulrich Neumann	SSL150
30250D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 60	Ulrich Neumann	GFS101
29935R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	43 of 60		SOSB44
29939R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Thursday	10 of 60		SOSB44

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	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	265 of 240	Olivera Grujic,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM124
30244D	048	Lecture	7:30-9:20pm	Tue, Thu	32 of 250	Olivera Grujic,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM124
29986R	048	Discussion	TBA	Tuesday	75 of 75
29987R	048	Discussion	TBA	Tuesday	74 of 75
29991R	048	Discussion	TBA	Thursday	73 of 75
30003R	048	Discussion	TBA	Thursday	40 of 75
30308R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	34 of 1		OFFICE
30371R	048	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	297 of 500		TBA
30149D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	26 of 28	Olivera Grujic,Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
30092R	034	Discussion	TBA	Tuesday	26 of 28		OFFICE
30148R	034	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	26 of 28		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	0 of 1	Dennis McLeod	OFFICE
30201D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 1	Dennis McLeod	OFFICE

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	64 of 375	Cyrus Shahabi,Lizsl De Leon
30350D	048	1.0-4.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	64 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
29965D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	102 of 350	Lizsl De Leon	SAL101
29973D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	26 of 50	Lizsl De Leon	OHE100D
29974D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 50	Lizsl De Leon	DEN@Viterbi

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
30170D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	2 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	1 of 25		OFFICE

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 594B

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30171D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 25		OFFICE

CSCI 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	55 of 60	Aiichiro Nakano	THH208	PDF (95350 KB)
30146R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	55 of 60		THH116

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
Data Science for Social Systems
29979D	048	4.0	Lecture	1:00-4:30pm	Friday	94 of 97	Emilio Ferrara,Frederick Morstatter	MRF340
Memes, Genes, and Cenes
30344D	048	4.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 40	Leonard Adleman	WPHB27	PDF (73004 KB)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30345D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:25pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 20	William Halfond	WPHB28

CSCI 644: Natural Language Dialogue Systems (4.0 units)

Computational models of natural language dialogue; conversational interfaces to artificial systems; dialogue system architectures and applications; Reinforcement learning of dialogue policies.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30008D	048	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Thursday	20 of 24	David Traum	SOSB41	PDF (208272 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	Monday	74 of 80	Mohammad Mirza Aghatabar Ahangar	GFS116

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	37 of 44	David Kempe	GFS116

CSCI 671: Randomized Algorithms (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 670)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29972D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	16 of 25	David Kempe	KAP141

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	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	58 of 60	Ram Nevatia	OHE136	PDF (42976 KB)
30229D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 8	Ram Nevatia	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (42976 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	84 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	46 of 82	Laurent Itti	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
Topics in Discrete Optimization and Learning
30006D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	15 of 20	Bistra Dilkina	KAP141
Computational Human Robot Interaction
30096D	048	4.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	20 of 25	Stefanos Nikolaidis	LVL13	PDF (98512 KB)
Advanced Topics in Statistical Machine Learning
30327D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 28	Marius Kloft	LVL13
Advanced Computer Security
30366D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	7 of 20	Muhammad Naveed	VKC111	PDF (411781 KB)
Topics in Formal Reasoning for Cyber-Physical Systems
30367D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	10 of 20	Jyotirmoy Deshmukh	OFFICE	PDF (241382 KB)
Introduction to Information Extraction
30368D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	18 of 22	Xiang Ren	GFS114	PDF (117612 KB)

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	179 of 200	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE