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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++.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29908D	001	Lecture	3:00-4:50pm	Monday	148 of 152	Mohammad Reza Rajati	THH101	PDF (160281 KB)
30225R	001	Lab	3:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 20		KAP134
30247R	001	Lab	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	9 of 20		GFS113
30248R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	7 of 20		KAP148
30249R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 20		WPHB26
30250R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	20 of 20		WPH107
30251R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	20 of 20		KAP165
30252R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	18 of 20		KAP141
30253R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	7 of 20		KAP145
30254R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	7 of 20		KAP165
30256R	001	Lab	9:00-9:50am	Tuesday	11 of 20		THH209
30257R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	3 of 20		DMC209
30258R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	16 of 20		KAP145
30025R	001	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	148 of 157		THH101

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
29966D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	161 of 200	Mark Redekopp	SGM123
30207D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	191 of 220	Mark Redekopp	SGM124
29903R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	25 of 30		SAL109
29904R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	28 of 30		SAL127
30037R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	25 of 30		SAL109
30042R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	26 of 30		SAL126
30043R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	26 of 30		SAL127
30046R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	28 of 30		SAL127
30054R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	23 of 30		SAL109
30055R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	25 of 30		SAL126
30107R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	20 of 30		SAL109
30120R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	28 of 30		SAL126
30121R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	24 of 30		SAL127
30296R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	22 of 30		SAL126
30362R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	23 of 30		SAL109
30374R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	28 of 30		SAL126
29900R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	351 of 420		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
29905D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	131 of 135	Andrew Goodney	THH201
29989D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	113 of 125	Andrew Goodney	SGM101
29912R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	30 of 30		SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 30		SAL126
29915R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 30		SAL126
30200R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	30 of 30		SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	18 of 30		SAL126
30286R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	30 of 30		SAL109
30294R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Tuesday	29 of 30		SAL126
30379R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	22 of 30		SAL127
30394R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL109
29972R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	244 of 260		TBA

CSCI 170: Discrete Methods in Computer Science (4.0 units)

Sets, functions, series. Big-O notation and algorithm analysis. Propositional and first-order logic. Counting and discrete probability. Graphs and basic graph algorithms. Basic number theory.

Prerequisite: CSCI 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	131 of 150	Aaron Cote	THH201
30295D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	146 of 150	Aaron Cote	THH101
30116R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	73 of 75		SGM101
30349R	001	Discussion	8:00-9:50am	Friday	58 of 75		GFS106
30373R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	73 of 75		SLH102
30377R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	73 of 75		THH202
30343R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	277 of 300		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	Syllabus
30381D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	216 of 220	Marco Papa	THH101	PDF (395835 KB)
29929R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	29 of 30		SAL109
29930R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	27 of 30		SAL109
29931R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	21 of 30		SAL109
29990R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Wednesday	10 of 30		SAL126
30039R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	11 of 30		SAL109
30110R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	27 of 30		SAL109
30317R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Monday	16 of 30		SAL127
30318R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	21 of 30		SAL126
30380R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	24 of 30		SAL127
30383R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Monday	30 of 30		SAL126
29981R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	216 of 300		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
29957D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	86 of 140	David Kempe	MRF340
30009D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	49 of 160	David Kempe	THH201
30267R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	43 of 100		SGM101
30268R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	67 of 100		GFS106
30269R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	25 of 100		THH202
30224R	001	Quiz	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	135 of 300		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
29967D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	220 of 225	William Halfond	SAL101	PDF (137119 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
29993D	001	Lecture	12:00-3:20pm	Friday	165 of 200	Tanya Ryutov	SAL101
29965R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	165 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
30050D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	124 of 130	William Cheng	THH102	PDF (2784 KB)
30051R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	124 of 130		THH202

CSCI 356: Introduction to Computer Systems (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30160D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	96 of 100	Marco Paolieri	THH201
30234D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 100	Andrew Goodney	MHP101
30171R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	60 of 100		MHP101
30173R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	95 of 100		GFS106
30391R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	155 of 200		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
30304D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	243 of 270	Mohammad Reza Rajati	THH201	PDF (178405 KB)
30280R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	243 of 270		OFFICE

Crosslist CSCI 368: Cross-Platform App Development (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.
Note: D-clearance on a section indicates that there is an active waitlist of students interested in registering for this section. If you would like to join the waitlist for this course, please fill out the form here: tally.so/r/wvPrZA.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31851D	001	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	57 of 60	Allen Almasi	KAP160

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.
Note: D-clearance on a section indicates that there is an active waitlist of students interested in registering for this section. If you would like to join the waitlist for this course, please fill out the form here: tally.so/r/wvPrZA.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
31902D	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	31 of 36	Clark Kromenaker	OHE540
31908D	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	26 of 36	Matthew Whiting	OHE540
31909D	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	32 of 36	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540

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
29963D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	173 of 173	Victor Adamchik	HAR101
30228D	001	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Tuesday	51 of 51	Victor Adamchik	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. 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	10:00-11:20am	Mon, Wed	58 of 60	William Cheng	OHE136	PDF (2784 KB)
30357R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	58 of 60		OHE136
30331D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	59 of 90	William Cheng	WPHB27	PDF (2784 KB)
30360R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	59 of 90		SLH102
29946D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:20am	Mon, Wed	13 of 30	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (2784 KB)
30356R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	13 of 30		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
29979D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	73 of 80	Jernej Barbic	MHP101
30078R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	73 of 80		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
30014D	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Wednesday	25 of 26	Andrew Nealen	SCI206	PDF (73652 KB)

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30123D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	59 of 60	Genevieve Bartlett	SOSB4

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.
Note: D-clearance on a section indicates that there is an active waitlist of students interested in registering for this section. If you would like to join the waitlist for this course, please fill out the form here: tally.so/r/wvPrZA.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31826D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	32 of 33	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30386D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	22 of 30	Erdem Biyik	KAP163	PDF (288623 KB)
29910R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tuesday	14 of 15		RTH419
29911R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	8 of 15		RTH419

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
31189R	001	Quiz	TBA	Friday	124 of 200	Ali Zahid	OFFICE
30568D	014	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	10 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30570D	014	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	10 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
31190D	014	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	9 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30564R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	56 of 58	Ali Zahid	THH210
30828R	001	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	67 of 70	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30566R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	55 of 58	Ali Zahid	DMC100
30829R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	68 of 70	Ali Zahid	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	47 of 60	Viktor Prasanna	SOSB4	PDF (245740 KB)
30466R	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Friday	47 of 60		GFS118

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	10:00-11:20am	Tue, Thu	56 of 120	Claire Bono	OHE122	PDF (138475 KB)
30029R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Thursday	29 of 31		SAL109
30329R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Thursday	27 of 30		SAL126
29934D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:20am	Tue, Thu	16 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
30023R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	16 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 457: Computer Systems Organization (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: EE 354
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 457.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30478D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	38 of 50	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE230	PDF (425256 KB)
30591D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	50 of 56	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE100D	PDF (425256 KB)
30595D	014	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (425256 KB)
30497R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	39 of 50		THH114
30593R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	49 of 56		OHE122
30594D	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30997R	001	Quiz	5:00-7:50pm	Friday	91 of 120

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 235 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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
39659D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	MWF	27 of 31	Aykut Arslan	GFS222	PDF (152248 KB)
39660D	001	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Tue, Thu	4 of 25		KAP158
39661D	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Tue, Thu	21 of 24		KAP158
39656D	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	MWF	36 of 49	Aykut Arslan	WPH103	PDF (152920 KB)
39657D	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 25		GFS223
39658D	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 24		GFS223

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	Info
29977D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 50	Robin Jia	DMC100	PDF (289891 KB)
30057R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	48 of 50		DMC102

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
30330D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	26 of 35	Aaron Cote	DMC201

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.
Note: D-clearance on a section indicates that there is an active waitlist of students interested in registering for this section. If you would like to join the waitlist for this course, please fill out the form here: tally.so/r/wvPrZA.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32062R	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	33 of 36	Matthew Whiting	OHE540	PDF (523008 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	18 of 100	William Halfond	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
30219D	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	54 of 55	Scott Easley	EGG108	PDF (318484 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	12 of 24	Vahe Peroomian	OFFICE

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

Selected topics in computer science.

Note: Students can request d-clearance for section 29950 on MyViterbi.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
29950D	001	4.0	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	19 of 30	Souti Chattopadhyay	DMC155	PDF (326835 KB)
Language Models in Natural Language Processing
29980D	001	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 30	Swabha Swayamdipta	DMC260	PDF (299604 KB)
Foundations of Multi-Agent Systems
30006D	001	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 25	Sven Koenig	KAP165	PDF (306804 KB)

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	16 of 35	Cymra Haskell	KAP147

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	10 of 20	Gary Rosen	KAP167

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	Ken Alexander	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	39 of 50	Jernej Barbic	SSL202

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
30375D	048	Lecture	7:00-10:20pm	Monday	35 of 72	Artjoms Kovalovs	THH210

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	1:00-4:20pm	Tuesday	78 of 90	Scott Easley	SCI108	PDF (331253 KB)
30122R	048	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Wednesday	27 of 90	Scott Easley	SCI108	PDF (245957 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	25 of 40	Andrew Nealen,Matthew Whiting	EGG108	PDF (258033 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
30320D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	38 of 40	Tanya Ryutov	OHE100C
30031R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	38 of 40		OFFICE
30321D	034	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	13 of 30	Tanya Ryutov	DEN@Viterbi
30032R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	13 of 30		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	51 of 60	Clifford Neuman	SOSB2	PDF (567901 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 533: Algebraic Combinatorics (3.0 units)

Combinatorics motivated by Representation Theory and Algebraic Geometry. Topics may include: representations of the symmetric group, symmetric functions, Young tableaux and plane partitions, permutation enumeration.

Prerequisite: MATH 410 and MATH 532
Crosslist: This course is offered by the MATH department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in MATH 533.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39757R	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	MWF	8 of 30	Sami Assaf	KAP140

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	39 of 40	Jonathan Gratch	DMC101	PDF (109146 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	5:00-8:20pm	Wednesday	71 of 73	Mohammad Soleymani	SLH200	PDF (208446 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 536: Linear Programming and Extensions (4.0 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.

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	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	12 of 35	Monir Sabbaghtorkan	OHE100B	PDF (1036562 MB)
31736D	034	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	2 of 20	Monir Sabbaghtorkan	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (1036562 MB)

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	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	285 of 290	Xuezhe Ma	THH201	PDF (111737 KB)

CSCI 545: Robotics (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30398D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	41 of 60	Daniel Seita	ZHS352	PDF (367228 KB)
30064R	048	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	41 of 60		RTH419

Crosslist CSCI 547: Robot Dynamics and Control (4.0 units)

Introduction to dynamics and control of robotic systems including Model Predictive Control (MPC), Quadratic Program (QP)-based nonlinear control and trajectory optimization.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the AME department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in AME 556.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
28916R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	26 of 34	Quan Nguyen	KAP148	PDF (301919 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
30135D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	52 of 98	Ibrahim Sabek	SOSB2	PDF (480935 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	Instructor	Location
30665R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	31 of 48	Paul Bogdan	LVL16
30662R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	31 of 48		TBA
30663R	048	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	31 of 48		THH118

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
29933D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	27 of 31	Harsha Madhyastha	VPD112	PDF (323295 KB)
29935R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	27 of 31		OFFICE

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
30820R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	76 of 95	Murali Annavaram	OHE122
30722R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	76 of 95		OHE122
30716D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	6 of 20	Murali Annavaram	DEN@Viterbi
30718D	034	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	6 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
30490R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	101 of 115	Keith Jenkins	OHE122	PDF (405498 KB)
30561D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 20	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (405498 KB)
30565R	048	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	101 of 115	Keith Jenkins	OHE122
30489D	034	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	9 of 20	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi

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
30071D	048	Lecture	3:00-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	197 of 330	Laurent Itti	SGM123
30070R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	197 of 330		OFFICE
30034R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	197 of 330		OFFICE
29936D	034	Lecture	3:00-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	23 of 30	Laurent Itti	DEN@Viterbi
30030R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	23 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30035R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	23 of 30		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	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	277 of 290	Yue Zhao	THH201	PDF (170579 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	1:00-3:20pm	Friday	171 of 210	Vatsal Sharan	SGM124
30081R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	171 of 210		SGM124
30265R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	171 of 210		OFFICE
30213D	034	Lecture	1:00-3:20pm	Friday	8 of 30	Vatsal Sharan	DEN@Viterbi
30264R	034	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	8 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30266R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	8 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 568: Requirements Engineering (4.0 units)

Techniques for successful requirements analysis and requirements engineering (RE) of software-intensive systems. Systematic process of developing requirements through cooperative problem analysis, representation, and validation.

Prerequisite: CSCI 577A
Note: The prereq will be waived for all cleared students.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30332R	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	20 of 45	Mahdi Eslamimehr	RTH109	PDF (96873 KB)
30334D	034	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	8 of 20	Mahdi Eslamimehr	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (96873 KB)

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	321 of 330	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
30089R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	321 of 330		SGM123
30227R	048	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	321 of 330		TBA
30198D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Monday	248 of 330	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
30290R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Monday	248 of 330		SGM123
30291R	048	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	248 of 330		TBA
30099D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	39 of 50	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
29952R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	39 of 50		DEN@Viterbi
29953R	034	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	39 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
30322D	048	Lecture	7:30-9:20pm	Tue, Thu	227 of 230	Marco Papa	SGM124	PDF (358273 KB)
30378D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	231 of 230	Marco Papa	SGM124	PDF (358273 KB)
30016D	034	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 30	Marco Papa	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (358273 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
30210D	034	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Tuesday	45 of 50	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
30283D	048	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Tuesday	76 of 80	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	OHE132
30370D	048	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Tuesday	330 of 330	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM123

CSCI 575: Quantum Computing and Quantum Cryptography (4.0 units)

Introduction to quantum computing and quantum cryptography; quantum Fourier sampling with applications to factoring, quantum search, quantum key distribution.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30278D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	37 of 50	Ming-Deh Huang	SGM601

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	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	87 of 240	Parag Havaldar	SGM124
30082D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	11 of 30	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 578: Software Architectures (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30136D	034	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	18 of 25	Jae Bang	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (303700 KB)
30137D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	65 of 70	Jae Bang	OHE136	PDF (303700 KB)

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	Syllabus	Info
30390D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	79 of 80	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	GFS116
29998R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	79 of 80		OFFICE

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	281 of 330	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM123
30194R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Thursday	281 of 330		SGM123
30156R	048	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	281 of 330		TBA
30149D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Thursday	21 of 50	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
30146R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Thursday	21 of 50		DEN@Viterbi
30157R	034	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	21 of 50		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	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30162D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	15 of 100	Barath Raghavan	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	10:00-11:20am	Mon, Wed	28 of 80	Nenad Medvidovic	OHE132
30222D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:20am	Tue, Thu	65 of 75	Nenad Medvidovic	OHE136
30223D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:20am	Tue, Thu	14 of 30	Nenad Medvidovic	DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 593: Mathematical Foundations for System Design: Modeling, Analys (4.0 units)

Fundamental techniques underlying the methodologies for system design, from integrated circuits to cyber-physical systems. Design flows, fundamental classes of models, and verification and synthesis techniques.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 581.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30773R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 30	Pierluigi Nuzzo	LVL13
30800R	048	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	4 of 30		OFFICE

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	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
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
Introduction to Holodecks
30010R	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 25	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	GFS213	PDF (272515 KB)
Geometric Shape Modeling
30015R	048	4.0	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 25	Oded Stein	GFS228	PDF (259307 KB)
Autonomous Decision-Making
30026D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 25	Thomy Phan	KAP166	PDF (391577 KB)
3D Vision
30041D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 28	Yajie Zhao	SOSB52	PDF (304213 KB)
Introduction to Networked Systems for Cloud Computing
30044D	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 15	Ramesh Govindan	KAP147	PDF (317767 KB)
Software Engineering for Security
30279R	048	4.0	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	9 of 25	Weihang Wang	GFS109	PDF (284573 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
30093R	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	7 of 25	Mukund Raghothaman	DMC209	PDF (309532 KB)

CSCI 641: Computational Human-Robot Interaction (4.0 units)

The description, comparison and evaluation of algorithms for deployed robotic systems that must deal with uncertainty due to interactions with humans.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30203D	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	12 of 30	Stefanos Nikolaidis	VHE206

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
30007D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Wednesday	16 of 25	Kallirroi Georgila, David Traum	THHB9

CSCI 655: Advanced Topics in Operating Systems (4.0 units)

Advanced OS architectures; methods in design and evaluation of process management and concurrency; reliable distributed file systems; memory management, for cloud and virtualized environments.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 350 or CSCI 402)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30233D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	3 of 5	Harsha Madhyastha	VPD112	PDF (323295 KB)

CSCI 656: Networked Systems in Cloud Computing (4.0 units)

Systems and network design and protocols in cloud computing and data centers networks.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 551 or CSCI 651)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30363D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	9 of 20	Ramesh Govindan	KAP147	PDF (122362 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 658: Diagnosis and Design of Reliable Digital Systems (4.0 units)

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

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
30883R	048	Lecture	11:00-2:50pm	Saturday	16 of 40	Moe Tabar	KAP158

CSCI 670: Advanced Analysis of Algorithms (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30313D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	61 of 74	Ming-Deh Huang	LVL17

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	80 of 90	Barath Raghavan	SGM101

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	80 of 90	Andrew Goodney	SLH200

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
User Experience - Methods of Research and Analysis
29962D	048	4.0	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Monday	15 of 20	Souti Chattopadhyay	THH106	PDF (326495 KB)
Safe Learning-Enabled Autonomous Systems
30049D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 25	Lars Lindemann	GFS221	PDF (708870 KB)
Machine Learning in Databases
30092D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	8 of 25	Cyrus Shahabi	GFS220	PDF (409095 KB)
Theory and Algorithms for Formal Verification
30106R	048	4.0	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Monday	8 of 25	Jyotirmoy Deshmukh	DMC151	PDF (292742 KB)
History of Language and Computing
30126D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 25	Jesse Thomason	KAP113	PDF (208190 KB)
Information Theoretical Lower Bounds
30134D	048	4.0	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	14 of 25	Jiapeng Zhang	SOSB48	PDF (293184 KB)
Machine Learning in Healthcare and Biomedicine
30164D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 25	Ruishan Liu	GFS221	PDF (387098 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	171 of 250	Emilio Ferrara	OFFICE