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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++.

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Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29908D	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	108 of 115	Mohammad Reza Rajati	ZHS159	PDF (155540 KB)
30201D	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	46 of 115	Mohammad Reza Rajati	ZHS159	PDF (155540 KB)
30225R	001	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	12 of 29	Mohammad Reza Rajati	MRF229
30248R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	27 of 29	Mohammad Reza Rajati	CPA257
30250R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	9 of 29	Mohammad Reza Rajati	CPA157
30253R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 29	Mohammad Reza Rajati	CPA158
30254R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 29	Mohammad Reza Rajati	VHE206
30255R	001	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	4 of 29	Mohammad Reza Rajati	KAP140
30256R	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	29 of 29	Mohammad Reza Rajati	THH108
30258R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	17 of 29	Mohammad Reza Rajati	KAP148
30025R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	154 of 230	Mohammad Reza Rajati	TBA

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++.

Prerequisite: CSCI 102
Note: Students must complete CSCI 102, or pass its challenge exam, or have AP Computer Science A credit to enroll in this course.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29902D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	145 of 160	Andrew Goodney	THH101
29906D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	147 of 160	Andrew Goodney	SGM101
29903R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	35 of 37	Andrew Goodney	SAL109
29904R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	33 of 38	Andrew Goodney	SAL127
30054R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	33 of 38	Andrew Goodney	SAL109
30055R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	37 of 38	Andrew Goodney	SAL126
30120R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	37 of 38	Andrew Goodney	SAL126
30121R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	35 of 38	Andrew Goodney	SAL127
30296R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	33 of 38	Andrew Goodney	SAL126
30362R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	16 of 30	Andrew Goodney	SAL109
30374R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	33 of 37	Andrew Goodney	SAL126
29900R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	292 of 320		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 and CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29968D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	139 of 157	Mark Redekopp	SGM101
30001D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	140 of 161	Mark Redekopp	THH101
29912R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	27 of 30	Lizsl De Leon	SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	6 of 30	Lizsl De Leon	SAL126
29915R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 35	Lizsl De Leon	SAL126
30167R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	27 of 30	Lizsl De Leon	SAL109
30200R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	31 of 35	Lizsl De Leon	SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	26 of 35	Lizsl De Leon	SAL126
30286R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	24 of 30	Lizsl De Leon	SAL109
30293R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	30 of 35	Lizsl De Leon	SAL126
30294R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Tuesday	28 of 35	Lizsl De Leon	SAL126
30379R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	29 of 35	Lizsl De Leon	SAL127
30394R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	22 of 30	Lizsl De Leon	SAL109
29972R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	279 of 330	Lizsl De Leon	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 102
Note: Students must complete CSCI 102, or pass its challenge exam, or have AP Computer Science A credit to enroll in this course.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30108D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	166 of 177	Aaron Cote	THH301
30295D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	155 of 167	Aaron Cote	SGM101
30116R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	111 of 115		ZHS159
30373R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	99 of 115		ZHS159
30377R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	111 of 115		ZHS159
30343R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	321 of 344		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
29959R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	194 of 205	Victor Adamchik	SAL101
29930R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	36 of 37		SAL109
29931D	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	37 of 38		SAL109
30017D	001	Lab	8:00-9:50pm	Friday	1 of 1		SAL126
30039D	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	35 of 38		SAL109
30110R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	33 of 37		SAL126
30318R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	16 of 37		SAL126
30380R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	36 of 37		SAL127
29981R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	194 of 205		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
Note: Course Website: bytes.usc.edu/cs270/

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29956R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	85 of 100	David Kempe	MHP101
29957R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	84 of 100	David Kempe	THH202
30231R	001	Lecture	6:00-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	40 of 100	Jiapeng Zhang	MRF340
30267R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	50 of 100	Jiapeng Zhang	SGM101
30268R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	93 of 100	David Kempe	GFS106
30269R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	66 of 100	David Kempe	THH202
30224R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	169 of 200	David Kempe	TBA
30385R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	40 of 100	Jiapeng Zhang	TBA

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	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	19 of 50	Scott Easley	THH212	PDF (347214 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	227 of 232	Chao Wang	SAL101	PDF (1202178 MB)

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
29993R	001	Lecture	12:00-3:20pm	Friday	141 of 200	Tanya Ryutov	SAL101	PDF (239751 KB)
29965R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	141 of 200		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	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	60 of 100	William Cheng	THH102	PDF (3289 KB)
30051R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	60 of 100		OFFICE

CSCI 356: Introduction to Computer Systems (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30160R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	96 of 99	Marco Paolieri	THH201	PDF (128457 KB)
30172R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	47 of 50		CPA150
30173R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	49 of 50		CPA100
30285R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	96 of 100		TBA
30234R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	30 of 100	Andrew Goodney	THH202
30171R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	9 of 50		THH116
30259R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	21 of 50		CPA100
30391R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	30 of 100		TBA

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
30000D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	223 of 240	Bistra Dilkina	SAL101
30280R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	223 of 240		OFFICE

Crosslist CSCI 368: Programming Graphical User Interfaces (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (ITP 265 or CSCI 103)
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
31851D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 40	Barrett Koster	CPA101

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
31902D	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 60	Clark Kromenaker	GFS116
31908D	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	57 of 60	Sanjay Madhav	KAP160	PDF (315581 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
29963R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	199 of 225	Jeffrey Miller	HAR101	PDF (309449 KB)

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. Duplicates credit in CSCI 350.

Note: CSCI 402 is open only to graduate students.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29945D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	54 of 56	William Cheng	OHE100D	PDF (3289 KB)
30357R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	54 of 56		OHE136
30331D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	80 of 93	William Cheng	SLH100	PDF (3289 KB)
30360R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	80 of 93		SLH100
29946D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	15 of 25	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (3289 KB)
30356R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	15 of 20		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
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	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	67 of 74	Jernej Barbic	SLH102
30078R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	67 of 74		OFFICE

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
30123D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	56 of 62	Jelena Mirkovic	SSL202

Crosslist CSCI 435: Professional C++ (4.0 units)

Applications of advanced concepts in C++ including lambda expressions, templates, secure coding, parallel programming, writing performant code, CMake and continuous integration.

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
31826D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	36 of 41	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (366571 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 439: Compiler Development (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (ITP 365 or CSCI 104)
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
32070D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	30 of 45	Sanjay Madhav	SGM601	PDF (321580 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 450: Introduction to Computer Networks (4.0 units)

Network architectures; layered protocols, network service interface; local, wide area, wireless networks; Internet protocols; link protocols; addressing; routing; flow control; software defined network; multimedia networks.

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
30719R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	63 of 70		THH208
31189R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	159 of 200		OFFICE
30568D	014	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	23 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30570R	014	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	23 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
31190R	014	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	22 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30560D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	66 of 65	Ali Zahid	THH210
30828D	001	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	92 of 102	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30566R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	30 of 35		KAP163
30829R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	65 of 85		OHE132

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
30661R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 60	Viktor Prasanna	THH116	PDF (170098 KB)
30466R	001	Lab	4:30-5:50pm	Friday	41 of 60		SLH102

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	Syllabus
30327D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	100 of 120	Claire Bono	OHE122	PDF (120012 KB)
29919R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	22 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL126
29923R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	19 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL126
30029R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Thursday	22 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL109
30329R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Thursday	23 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL126
30384R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	14 of 24	Claire Bono	SAL127
29934D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	20 of 24	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
30023R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	20 of 24	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	Syllabus
30595D	014	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	9 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (409241 KB)
30594R	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	10 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30478D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 52	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE230	PDF (409241 KB)
30591D	001	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	56 of 64	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE136	PDF (409241 KB)
30497R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	21 of 50		CPA102
30593R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	51 of 65		OHE122
30997R	001	Quiz	5:00-7:50pm	Friday	82 of 150		OFFICE

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
29977R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 70	Victor Adamchik	SOSB2
30057R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	22 of 35		KDC236
30058R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	3 of 35		KAP156

CSCI 475: Theory of Computation (4.0 units)

History of the theory of computing, foundational theorems and theoretical frameworks of computer science, solvable and unsolvable problems.

Prerequisite: CSCI 270

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30330R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	31 of 40	Aaron Cote	KDC236

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
32062D	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	11 of 25	Matthew Whiting	KAP107	PDF (347128 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
30229D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	21 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	35 of 45	Scott Easley,Jim Huntley	EGG108	PDF (305292 KB)

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	Vahe Peroomian	OFFICE

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

Selected topics in computer science.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Computing for Sustainability and Social Good
30097D	001	4.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	23 of 26	Barath Raghavan	VHE210

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	11 of 35	Neelesh Tiruviluamala	THH215

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	9:00-9:50am	MWF	7 of 20	Cymra Haskell	KAP134

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	5 of 20	Jianfeng Zhang	KAP138

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
30230D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	35 of 42	Jernej Barbic	SLH100

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	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	88 of 90	Scott Easley	SCI108	PDF (360052 KB)
30122D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	88 of 90	Scott Easley	SCI108	PDF (343181 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	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	29 of 40	Matthew Whiting,Jim Huntley	EGG108	PDF (286280 KB)

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	37 of 40	Tanya Ryutov	OHE100C	PDF (224932 KB)
30031R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	37 of 40		OFFICE
30321D	034	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	21 of 40	Tanya Ryutov	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (224932 KB)
30032R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	21 of 40		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 532: Innovation for Defense Applications (4.0 units)

Development of problem statements and innovative software prototypes for defense, intelligence and homeland security applications; team projects; hands-on experience.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30018D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	28 of 50	Clifford Neuman	SOSB2	PDF (562044 KB)

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
29973D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	46 of 40	Jonathan Gratch	THH210	PDF (974838 KB)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30060D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 50	Mohammad Soleymani	WPHB27	PDF (173057 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 536: Linear Programming and Extensions (3.0 units)

Linear programming models for resource allocation; simplex and revised simplex methods; duality; sensitivity; transportation problems; selected extensions to large scale, multiobjective, and special structured models.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 441 or MATH 225)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the ISE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ISE 536.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31536D	048	Lecture	3:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 40	Sima Parisay	OHE100B	PDF (327452 KB)
31736D	034	Lecture	3:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	6 of 10	Sima Parisay	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (327452 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
30063D	048	Lecture	3:00-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	307 of 330	Muhao Chen, Ron Artstein	SGM123	PDF (36554 KB)

CSCI 551: Computer Networking (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30053D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 50	Ramesh Govindan	ZHS352	PDF (106101 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 554: Cyber-Physical Systems: A Computing Perspective (4.0 units)

Cyber-physical systems; models of computation; programming models; compiler analysis; automatic parallelization; heterogeneous computing and memory systems; multicores; interconnect; mapping; scheduling; real-time operating systems; reliability; fault-tolerance.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 554.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Location
30665R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled
30662R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	Canceled	TBA
30663R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	Canceled	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: Prerequisite taken at USC or placement exam required. Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30820D	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	77 of 86	John Paul Walters	ONLINE
30722R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	77 of 86		ONLINE
30716D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	John Paul Walters	DEN@Viterbi
30718R	034	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 559: Machine Learning I: Supervised Methods (4.0 units)

Distribution-free and probabilistic methods for supervised classification and regression; learning algorithms; optimization techniques; feature-space transformations; parametric and nonparametric methods; Bayes decision theory; artificial neural networks.

Corequisite: EE 503 and EE 510
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	Syllabus
30561D	034	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	73 of 120	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (371931 KB)
30728D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	114 of 120	Keith Jenkins	OHE122	PDF (371931 KB)
30489R	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	72 of 120		DEN@Viterbi
30565R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	114 of 120		OHE122

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
30071D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	228 of 240	Wei-Min Shen	SGM124	PDF (126269 KB)
30070R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	228 of 240		SGM124
30034R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	228 of 240		OFFICE
29936D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	28 of 50	Wei-Min Shen	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (126269 KB)
30030R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	28 of 50		DEN@Viterbi
30035R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	28 of 50		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 566: Deep Learning and Its Applications (4.0 units)

Deep learning research in computer vision, natural language processing and robotics; neural networks; deep learning algorithms, tools and software.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30387D	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	102 of 120	Xiang Ren	THH101	PDF (169472 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
30079D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	71 of 85	Yan Liu	OHE132
30081R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	71 of 85		OFFICE
30265R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	71 of 85		OFFICE
30213D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	17 of 30	Yan Liu	DEN@Viterbi
30264R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	17 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30266R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	17 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30339D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	124 of 150	Yan Liu	ONLINE
30344R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	124 of 150		OFFICE
30345R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	124 of 150		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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30395D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	308 of 330	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
30089R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	308 of 330		SGM123
30227R	048	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	308 of 330		TBA
30198D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Monday	318 of 330	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
30290R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Monday	318 of 330		SGM123
30291R	048	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	318 of 330		TBA
30099D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	38 of 50	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
29952R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	38 of 50		DEN@Viterbi
29953R	034	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	38 of 50		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
30378D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	176 of 210	Marco Papa	SGM124	PDF (134145 KB)
30338D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	159 of 210	Marco Papa	ONLINE	PDF (134145 KB)
30361D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	271 of 290	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	THH201
30016D	034	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 20	Marco Papa	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (134145 KB)

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	Syllabus	Info
30151D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:50am	Tue, Thu	236 of 200	Ellis Horowitz	SGM123	PDF (469122 KB)
30210D	034	Lecture	7:00-8:50am	Tue, Thu	19 of 20	Ellis Horowitz	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (469122 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	83 of 90	Parag Havaldar	SGM124
30082D	034	Lecture	6:40-10:00pm	Monday	29 of 35	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
30129D	034	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	7 of 20	Supannika Mobasser	DEN@Viterbi
30130D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 80	Supannika Mobasser	OHE122

CSCI 580: 3-D Graphics and Rendering (4.0 units)

Course outlines the process of creating images from 3D models. Includes transformations, shading, lighting, rastorization, texturing, and other topics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30390D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	43 of 45	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	KAP156
29998R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	43 of 45		OFFICE
30314D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 45	Ulrich Neumann	GFS101
30315R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	34 of 45		ZHS352

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
30158D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Thursday	293 of 330	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM123
30194R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Thursday	293 of 330		SGM123
30156R	048	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	293 of 330		SGM123
30150D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Tuesday	262 of 330	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM123
30288R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	262 of 330		SGM123
30371R	048	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	262 of 330		TBA
30149D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Tuesday	49 of 55	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
30146R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	49 of 55		DEN@Viterbi
30157R	034	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	49 of 55		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 590: Directed Research (1.0-12.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30162D	048	1.0-12.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	15 of 375	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE
30388D	048	1.0-6.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 175		OFFICE

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	72 of 220	Lizsl De Leon, Angela Inostroza-Hoffman	SGM124
30222D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	39 of 40	Lizsl De Leon, Angela Inostroza-Hoffman	OHE132
30223D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	21 of 30	Lizsl De Leon, Angela Inostroza-Hoffman	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
30168D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	2 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	3 of 25		OFFICE

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 594B

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30170D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 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	Info
Quantum Computing and Quantum Cryptography
30336D	048	4.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 20	Ming-Deh Huang	WPHB30	PDF (269866 KB)

CSCI 625: Program Synthesis and Computer-Aided Verification (4.0 units)

Introduction to the principles and practices of software verification and program synthesis.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30093D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Mukund Raghothaman		PDF (333369 KB)

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
30127D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 15	Ramesh Govindan	OFFICE

CSCI 670: Advanced Analysis of Algorithms (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30313D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	35 of 50	Ming-Deh Huang	CPA150

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	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 31	Shaddin Dughmi	VHE210

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	45 of 60	Cyrus Shahabi	GFS116

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	11:00-11:50am	Monday	41 of 45	Laurent Itti	CPA157

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
Robustness and Generalization in Natural Language Processing
30092D	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	20 of 30	Robin Jia	THH106	PDF (294600 KB)
Crafting a Research Agenda
30098D	048	4.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	12 of 19	Barath Raghavan	OFFICE
Dynamics of Representation Learning
30117D	048	4.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	23 of 28	Greg Ver Steeg	GFS223	PDF (305889 KB)
Grounding Natural Language
30118D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	20 of 25	Jesse Thomason	WPHB26	Word (278771 KB)
Haptic Interfaces and Virtual Environments
30203D	048	4.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 25	Heather Culbertson	SGM226	PDF (243423 KB)
Computational Human Robot Interaction
30335D	048	4.0	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	18 of 25	Stefanos Nikolaidis	CPA260
Theory and Algorithms for Formal Verification
30337D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Friday	11 of 25	Jyotirmoy Deshmukh	GFS221	PDF (224602 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	TBA	170 of 250	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE