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Computer Science (CSCI)

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CSCI 100xg: Explorations in Computing (4.0 units)

A behind-the-scenes overview of the computational/algorithmic principles that form the basis of today's digital society. Exploration areas include social media, web search, videogames and location-based services.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Note: This is a GE-F Quantitative Reasoning course for NON-MAJORS. No credit will be awarded to CSCI, CECS, CSGM, or CSBA majors.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30211R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 60	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	ZHS352
30212R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	30 of 30		THH112
30213R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		KAP145

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
29918R	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	121 of 144	Mark Redekopp	GFS106	PDF (445202 KB)
30235R	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Mon, Wed	114 of 144	Mark Redekopp	GFS106	PDF (445202 KB)
30010R	001	Lab	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 18		GFS113
30011R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	13 of 18		THH112
30012R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	16 of 18		THH106
30013R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	16 of 18		DMC107
30018R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	11 of 18		KAP140
30021R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	14 of 18		THH106
30080R	001	Lab	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 18		WPH104
30081R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	16 of 18		DMC258
30082R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	9 of 15		LVL3C
30083R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	14 of 15		LVL3C
30084R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	13 of 18		DMC258
30086R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	10 of 15		LVL3C
30088R	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	15 of 18		KAP138
30163R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	14 of 15		SOSB38
30364R	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	14 of 15		LVL3C
30365R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 18		GFS213
30370R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 18		KAP144
30328R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	235 of 288		THH201

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29919R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	27 of 30	Carter Slocum	DMC101	PDF (145272 KB)
29920R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	114 of 130	Andrew Goodney	THH102
29934R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	149 of 263	Andrew Goodney	SAL101
29902R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	32 of 33	Andrew Goodney,Carter Slocum	SAL127
29913R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	25 of 30	Andrew Goodney,Carter Slocum	SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	20 of 33	Andrew Goodney,Carter Slocum	SAL126
29924R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	27 of 30		SAL109
29925R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	28 of 33		SAL126
29926R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	30 of 33		SAL126
29927R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	27 of 33		SAL126
30103R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	25 of 33		SAL127
30104R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	6 of 30	Andrew Goodney,Carter Slocum	SAL109
30180R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	26 of 30		SAL109
30193R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	11 of 33	Andrew Goodney,Carter Slocum	SAL127
30286R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	23 of 33		SAL126
30313R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	10 of 30		SAL109
30024R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	290 of 423		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
29903R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	164 of 172	Aaron Cote	THH201
30397R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	91 of 172	Aaron Cote	SGM124
29905R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	22 of 30		SAL109
29907R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	26 of 30		SAL109
29932R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	26 of 30		SAL109
29933R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	24 of 30		SAL109
29937R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	20 of 30		SAL126
29938R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	16 of 30		SAL127
30117R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Wednesday	6 of 30		SAL126
30118R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	5 of 30		SAL126
30119R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	25 of 30		SAL127
30210R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL127
30251R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	27 of 30		SAL126
30252R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL126
30025R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	255 of 360	Aaron Cote	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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29947R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	154 of 163	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM101
30121R	001	Lecture	6:30-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	133 of 163	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM101
29929R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	52 of 55		KDC240
29954R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	50 of 55		THH210
29980R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	52 of 55		KDC235
30106R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	52 of 55		DMC100
30299R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	52 of 55		SOSB44
30300R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	29 of 55	Shahriar Shamsian	DMC150
30027R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	287 of 326		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
30389D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	183 of 319	Marco Papa	THH101	PDF (471250 KB)
29904R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	11 of 30		SAL109
30107R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	33 of 33		SAL126
30108R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Monday	8 of 33		SAL126
30134R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	22 of 33		SAL126
30237R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	32 of 33		SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	33 of 33		SAL127
30239R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	30 of 33		SAL126
30241R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	9 of 30		SAL109
30385R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	1 of 30		SAL109
30396R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	4 of 33		SAL126
30028R	001	Quiz	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	183 of 319	Marco Papa	TBA

CSCI 270: Introduction to Algorithms and Theory of Computing (4.0 units)

Algorithm analysis. Greedy algorithms, divide and conquer, dynamic programming, graph algorithms. NP-completeness and basic recursion theory and undecidability. Sorting lower bounds. Number-theory based cryptography.

Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30109R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	223 of 230	Aaron Cote,Mate Szabo	THH101
30361R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	111 of 115		THH301
30362R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	112 of 115		THH102
30029R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	223 of 230		TBA
30190R	001	Lecture	5:30-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	53 of 70	Jiapeng Zhang	THH102
30363R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	53 of 70		THH301
30222R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	53 of 70		TBA
29994D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Mon, Wed	Canceled
30245R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	Canceled
30294R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	Canceled

CSCI 299: Special Topics (1.0-8.0 units, max 8)

Selected topics in Computer Science.

Note: This is a course for NON-CS MAJORS. No credit will be awarded to CSCI, CECS, CSGM, or CSBA majors.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Programming Fundamentals for Computational Science
30159R	001	4.0	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Tue, Thu	15 of 40	Matthew Whiting,Andrew Goodney	RTH115	Word (55559 KB)
Programming for Applications for Computational Science
30160R	001	4.0	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	8 of 35	Andrew Goodney	RTH115	Word (55437 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
30113R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	187 of 294	Chao Wang	THH201	PDF (426894 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
29969R	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	151 of 187	Tanya Ryutov	SLH200
29970R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	151 of 187		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
30247R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	120 of 144	Ramesh Govindan	MRF340	PDF (150106 KB)
29977R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	120 of 145		SGM101

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
29912R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	54 of 154	Mark Redekopp	MHP101
30002R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	82 of 121	Marco Paolieri	ZHS159
29916R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	44 of 92		MHP101
30124R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	38 of 92		MHP101
30125R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	54 of 92		MHP101
30285R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	136 of 275	Mark Redekopp,Marco Paolieri	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
30043R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	182 of 328	Mohammad Reza Rajati	SGM123	PDF (197048 KB)
29983R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	182 of 328		TBA

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31807R	001	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	51 of 60	Allen Almasi	GFS101
32054R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 28	Barrett Koster	KAP267

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
32026D	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 36	Clark Kromenaker	OHE540
32083D	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	32 of 37	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (64742 KB)

CSCI 401: Capstone: Design and Construction of Large Software Systems (4.0 units, max 8)

Group project with an outside stakeholder to develop real-world software solutions to large-scale problems. Topics include software engineering, professional preparation, and recent computer science research. Duplicates credit in CSCI 477a and CSCI 477b.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 270 and CSCI 310)
Note: This course is only open to undergraduate students. No exceptions.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30227R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	170 of 319	Victor Adamchik	THH101

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30197R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	35 of 75	William Cheng	MRF340	PDF (2787 KB)
30269R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	35 of 75		SOSB46
29945R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	56 of 82	William Cheng	OHE132	PDF (2787 KB)
30267R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	56 of 82		OHE132
29946D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	13 of 30	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (2787 KB)
30145R	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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30230R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	30 of 60	Oded Stein	THH210	PDF (263048 KB)
30372R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	30 of 60		OFFICE

CSCI 426: Game Prototyping (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30242R	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Wednesday	21 of 26	Andrew Nealen	SCB104	PDF (73653 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
29997R	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	45 of 50	Jelena Mirkovic	DMC102

CSCI 431: Introduction to Functional Programming (4.0 units)

An introduction to alternative programming paradigms including functional programming and logic programming.

Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30154R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 30	Mukund Raghothaman	GFS223	PDF (187289 KB)

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
31994D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	64 of 70	Sanjay Madhav	THH208	PDF (67701 KB)

CSCI 444: Natural Language Processing (4.0 units)

Natural language processing; language modeling; deep neural networks for language processing; language technologies and their socioeconomic and societal impacts

Prerequisite: CSCI 270 and 1 from (CSCI 360 or CSCI 467)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30175R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	17 of 30	Jesse Thomason	WPH106	PDF (188160 KB)

CSCI 445L: Introduction to Robotics (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 103
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30386R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 30	Heather Culbertson	WPH102
29956R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	12 of 15		RTH419
29958R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Thursday	7 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	Syllabus
30623R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	30 of 40	Corey Baker	SOSB46	PDF (329192 KB)
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	30 of 40	Corey Baker	GFS116
30456R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	30 of 40	Corey Baker	OFFICE
30502R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	21 of 25	Cauligi Raghavendra	GFS213	PDF (258771 KB)
30783R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	21 of 40	Cauligi Raghavendra	KAP144
30785R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	21 of 40	Cauligi Raghavendra	OFFICE
30454R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 40	Ali Zahid	WPHB28	PDF (258441 KB)
30500R	001	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	30 of 30	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30545D	014	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	18 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30503R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	37 of 40	Ali Zahid	SGM601
30504R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	29 of 30	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30546D	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	18 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30535R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	27 of 40	Ali Zahid	OFFICE
30684R	001	Quiz	7:00-9:15pm	Friday	40 of 40	Ali Zahid	OFFICE
31186D	014	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	17 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30408R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 60	Viktor Prasanna	ZHS252	PDF (264546 KB)
30409R	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Friday	38 of 60	Viktor Prasanna	SOSB46

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30911D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 45	Shahin Nazarian	KAP156	PDF (186784 KB)
30559R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	39 of 45	Shahin Nazarian	THH212

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

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

Note: Register for lecture and lab.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30100D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	63 of 120	Claire Bono	OHE122	PDF (139318 KB)
29950R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	28 of 30		SAL109
30192R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	30 of 30		SAL126
30262R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	5 of 30		DMC150
29963D	014	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
29964R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	17 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 457: Computer Systems Organization (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30567D	001	Lecture	9:30-11:20am	Tue, Thu	37 of 40	Gandhi Puvvada	VHE205
31284D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	47 of 60	Gandhi Puvvada	GFS101
31305D	014	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
31338D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	61 of 82	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE132
30569R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	67 of 80		OHE132
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	78 of 95		SLH200
31285D	014	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31336D	014	Quiz	6:00-9:00pm	Thursday	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31337R	001	Quiz	6:00-9:00pm	Thursday	145 of 180		OFFICE

Crosslist CSCI 458: Numerical Methods (4.0 units)

Rounding errors in digital computation; solution of linear algebraic systems; Newton's method for nonlinear systems; matrix eigenvalues; polynomial approximation; numerical integration; numerical solution of ordinary differential equations.

Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 225 or MATH 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.
Note: Register for one lecture and one discussion listed immediately following that lecture

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
39679D	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	MWF	35 of 40	Cymra Haskell	WPH207
39680D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	15 of 20		VPD107
39681D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	20 of 20		SOSB37
39682D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	MWF	38 of 49	Cymra Haskell	LVL17
39683D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 25		DMC206
39684D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	21 of 25		DMC109

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
30277R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	38 of 70	Jieyu Zhao	THH210	PDF (343366 KB)
30278R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	38 of 70		THH208

CSCI 476: Cryptography: Secure Communication and Computation (4.0 units)

Introduction to modern Cryptography; Mathematical/algorithmic studies of methods for protecting information in computer and communication systems: Public-Key Cryptosystems, zero-knowledge proofs, data privacy. Prerequisites: CSCI 270.

Prerequisite: CSCI 270

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30030R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	13 of 30	Shanghua Teng	THH215

CSCI 490x: Directed Research (1.0-8.0 units, max 12)

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30144D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	15 of 30	William Halfond	OFFICE

CSCI 491aL: Final Game Project (4.0 units)

a: Design, iterative prototyping, and development of a 1st playable level. Open only to seniors.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29989R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	45 of 50	Scott Easley	EGG108	PDF (394248 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	TBA	TBA	5 of 10	Vahe Peroomian	OFFICE

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

Selected topics in computer science.

Note: CS MS students cannot take CSCI 499 for degree credit, beginning fall 2024 and onward.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Introduction to Distributed Systems
30066R	001	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	8 of 30	Harsha Madhyastha	THH213	PDF (370013 KB)
Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
30323R	001	4.0	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 28	Souti Chattopadhyay	DMC257	PDF (331846 KB)

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
39700R	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	MWF	13 of 25	Gary Rosen	KAP265

Crosslist CSCI 505a: Applied Probability (3.0 units)

Populations, permutations, combinations, random variables, distribution and density functions, conditional probability and expectation,; binomial, poisson, and normal distributions; laws of large numbers, central limit theorem. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39710R	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	MWF	38 of 45	Joshua Swanson	KAP146

CSCI 513: Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems (4.0 units)

Components, software and applications of cyber-physical systems; autonomy; control techniques; development and testing; artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30161R	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	53 of 82	Jyotirmoy Deshmukh	GFS116

Crosslist CSCI 517: Research Methods and Analysis for User Studies (4.0 units)

Introduction to research methods and data analysis techniques for human subject research; experimental research design, correlational research, data analysis, ensuring validity and ethics.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the DSCI department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in DSCI 517.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32454R	048	Lecture	8:00-11:20am	Monday	120 of 120	Gale Lucas	OHE122	Word (52621 KB)
32456D	034	Lecture	8:00-11:20am	Monday	27 of 30	Gale Lucas	DEN@Viterbi	Word (52621 KB)

CSCI 522: Game Engine Development (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30183R	048	Lecture	7:00-10:20pm	Monday	66 of 93	Artjoms Kovalovs	SLH102

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
30039R	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Tuesday	83 of 90	Scott Easley	SCI108	PDF (376771 KB)
30130R	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	57 of 90	Scott Easley	SCI108	PDF (373188 KB)

CSCI 529a: Advanced Game Projects (4.0 units)

Team projects intended to address the multifaceted technical and creative challenges that are inherent to comprehensive game development. Recommended preparation: CSCI 522 or CTIN 488.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29992R	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	48 of 50	Andrew Nealen	EGG108	PDF (394259 KB)

CSCI 530: Security Systems (4.0 units)

Protecting computer networks and systems using cryptography, authentication, authorization, intrusion detection and response. Includes lab to provide practical experience working with such systems.

Prerequisite: CSCI 402
Note: The pre-req of CSCI 402 is automatically waived for CS MS students and Cyber Security Engineering students. Students in scientists and engineers are required to take 402.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30015R	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	118 of 120	Clifford Neuman	OHE122
30017R	048	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	118 of 120	Clifford Neuman	OHE122
30014D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	32 of 33	Clifford Neuman	DEN@Viterbi
30016R	034	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	32 of 33	Clifford Neuman	DEN@Viterbi

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	6:00-9:40pm	Thursday	16 of 30	Stephen Stoyan	GFS223

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
30249R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	232 of 263	Swabha Swayamdipta	SAL101	PDF (232047 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
29975R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	79 of 90	Stefanos Nikolaidis	WPHB27
30226R	048	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	79 of 90		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
29099R	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Monday	35 of 37	Quan Nguyen	VHE217	PDF (301872 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: 1 from (CSCI 485 or CSCI 585)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30223R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	46 of 60	Ibrahim Sabek	DMC156	PDF (477522 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
29900R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 36	John Heidemann	OHE100D	PDF (186669 KB)
30009D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	2 of 30	John Heidemann	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (186669 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	Syllabus
30411R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	17 of 50	Paul Bogdan	ZHS352	PDF (444828 KB)
30413R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	17 of 50		TBA
30412R	048	Lab	9:00-9:50am	Friday	17 of 50		GFS101

CSCI 556: Introduction to Cryptography (4.0 units)

Modern secret codes. Public key cryptosystems of Rivest- Shamir-Adleman, Diffie-Hellman and others. The underlying number theory and computational complexity theory.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 581)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30196D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	18 of 19	Ming-Deh Huang	DMC203	PDF (234851 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 557: Computer Systems Architecture (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30628D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Murali Annavaram	DEN@Viterbi
30630R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 80	Murali Annavaram	OHE132
30564R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	12 of 40	Murali Annavaram	OFFICE
30629D	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	23 of 40		OHE100D

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
30202R	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	163 of 240	Wei-Min Shen	SGM124
30295R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	163 of 240		SGM124
29981R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	163 of 240		OFFICE
30079D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	14 of 30	Wei-Min Shen	DEN@Viterbi
30305R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	14 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
29982R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	14 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.

Note: Students who complete CSCI 527 WILL NOT RECEIVE DEGREE CREDIT for CSCI 566.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30122R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Tuesday	300 of 315	Yan Liu	THH101

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
29995R	048	Lecture	2:00-4:20pm	Friday	78 of 240	Dani Yogatama	SGM124
30151R	048	Discussion	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	78 of 240	Dani Yogatama	SGM124
29984R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	78 of 240		OFFICE
30259D	034	Lecture	2:00-4:20pm	Friday	4 of 30	Dani Yogatama	DEN@Viterbi
30272R	034	Discussion	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	4 of 30	Dani Yogatama	DEN@Viterbi
29985R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	4 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 570: Analysis of Algorithms (4.0 units)

Explores fundamental techniques such as recursion, Fourier transform ordering, dynamic programming for efficient algorithm construction. Examples include arithmetic, algebraic, graph, pattern matching, sorting, searching algorithms.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30101R	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Monday	301 of 330	Victor Adamchik	SGM123	PDF (198720 KB)
29928R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Monday	301 of 330		SGM123
29923R	048	Quiz	6:00-8:20pm	Friday	301 of 330	Victor Adamchik	TBA
30102R	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	165 of 330	Victor Adamchik	SGM123	PDF (198720 KB)
30342R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	165 of 330		SGM123
30379R	048	Quiz	6:00-8:20pm	Friday	165 of 330	Victor Adamchik	TBA
30099D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	26 of 50	Victor Adamchik	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (198720 KB)
30253R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	26 of 50		DEN@Viterbi
30152R	034	Quiz	6:00-8:20pm	Friday	26 of 50	Victor Adamchik	DEN@Viterbi
30290R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Mon, Wed	24 of 30	Mate Szabo	GFS222	PDF (199008 KB)
30291R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	24 of 30		DMC201
30292R	048	Quiz	6:00-8:20pm	Friday	24 of 30	Mate Szabo	TBA

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, Python, JSON, NodeJS and others.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30221D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	200 of 215	Marco Papa	SGM124
30143D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	54 of 215	Marco Papa	SGM124	PDF (396498 KB)
30177D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	30 of 35	Marco Papa	DEN@Viterbi

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
30059R	048	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Thursday	323 of 325	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM123
30349R	048	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Tuesday	323 of 325	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM123
30060D	034	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Thursday	30 of 50	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi

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
30225R	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	78 of 240	Parag Havaldar	SGM124
30224D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	19 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
30093D	034	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Friday	38 of 40	Jae Young Bang	DEN@Viterbi
30094R	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Friday	82 of 82	Jae Young Bang	OHE132

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
30250D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	86 of 98	Ulrich Neumann	SOSB2
29935R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	86 of 98		HAR101
30142R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	21 of 48	Carter Slocum	MHPB7B
29939R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	21 of 48		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	Syllabus
30150R	048	Lecture	2:00-4:20pm	Friday	221 of 330	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	SGM123	PDF (383864 KB)
30308R	048	Discussion	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	221 of 330	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	SGM123
30371R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	221 of 330		OFFICE
30149D	034	Lecture	2:00-4:20pm	Friday	15 of 30	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (383864 KB)
30092R	034	Discussion	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	15 of 30	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	DEN@Viterbi
30148R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	15 of 30		OFFICE

CSCI 587: Geospatial Information Management (4.0 units)

Techniques to efficiently store, manipulate, index and query geospatial information in support of real-world geographical and decision-making applications.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 485 or CSCI 585 or SSCI 582)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30394R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	20 of 72	Cyrus Shahabi	THH212	Word (13354 KB)

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	1.0-5.0	Lecture	TBA	Tue, Thu	7 of 100	Stefanos Nikolaidis	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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29965D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	60 of 75	Nenad Medvidovic	OHE136
30157D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	21 of 30	Nenad Medvidovic	DEN@Viterbi

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30170D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 20		OFFICE

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 594A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30169D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 20		OFFICE

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 594B

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30171D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 20		OFFICE

CSCI 596: Scientific Computing and Visualization (4.0 units)

Hands-on training on the basics of parallel computing and scientific visualization in the context of computer simulations in science and engineering. Recommended preparation: CSCI 455 and MATH 458 .

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30280R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	98 of 98	Aiichiro Nakano	SOSB2	PDF (99614 KB)
30146R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	98 of 98	Aiichiro Nakano	ZHS159

CSCI 599: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units, max 9)

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

Note: CSCI 599 D-Clearance Request Form: forms.gle/f67ooZEDFZkzc4jR9

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Distributed Systems, a dance between complexity and performance
30067D	048	4.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	29 of 31	Seo Jin Park	KAP140	PDF (300959 KB)
Introduction to Blockchain Ecosystems
30155R	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	15 of 28	Srivatsan Ravi	SOSB52	PDF (279345 KB)
Software Engineering for Security
30312D	048	4.0	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	Canceled	Weihang Wang		PDF (281456 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 612: Optimization for the Information and Data Sciences (4.0 units)

Convex sets, functions, and optimization problems. Basic convex analysis and theory of convex programming. Novel, efficient first-order algorithms. Applications in the information and data sciences.

Prerequisite: EE 510
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 588.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30999R	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 60	Michael Neely	THH102	PDF (85744 KB)
31002R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	36 of 60		OFFICE

Crosslist CSCI 626: Text as Data (4.0 units)

Focuses on applications of natural language processing, guided by psychological theories, for identifying various social and cognitive properties evident in language.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the PSYC department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in PSYC 626.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
52750D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	21 of 21	Morteza Dehghani	OFFICE	PDF (142141 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
30131R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	13 of 20	John Heidemann	OHE100D	PDF (186669 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
30787R	048	Lecture	11:00-2:50pm	Saturday	44 of 60	Moe Tabar	GFS101

CSCI 662: Advanced Natural Language Processing (4.0 units)

Computational models of natural language. Formalisms for describing structures of human language, and algorithms for learning language structures from data. Recommended preparation: Proficiency in programming, algorithms and data structures, discrete math, probability theory, and calculus. Open only to doctoral students. (Duplicates credit in former CSCI 562)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30240D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	26 of 37	Jonathan May	DMC261

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
30236R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 60	Shanghua Teng	THH114

CSCI 677: Advanced Computer Vision (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30228D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	54 of 70	Ramakant Nevatia	OHE136	PDF (126177 KB)
30229D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Ramakant Nevatia	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 678: Theoretical Machine Learning (4.0 units)

The mathematical foundation of machine learning with a focus on algorithm design for sequential prediction problems.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30000R	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	34 of 40	Haipeng Luo	VPD106

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
30176R	048	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	74 of 154	Emilio Ferrara	MHP101

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
30209R	048	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	Monday	78 of 154	Andrew Goodney	MHP101

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
Robotic Perception
30068R	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	38 of 56	Yue Wang	SOSB44	PDF (309100 KB)
Deep Learning for Robotic Manipulation
30077D	048	4.0	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	25 of 37	Daniel Seita	DMC101	PDF (312465 KB)
The Science of Large Language Models
30116D	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 40	Robin Jia	KAP158	PDF (255858 KB)
Fair and Efficient Social Decision Making
30174R	048	4.0	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	13 of 36	Evi Micha	KAP145	PDF (302145 KB)
Foundations and Algorithms for Intelligent Autonomous Systems
30293R	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 31	Lars Lindemann	GFS222	PDF (623120 KB)
Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning
30314D	048	4.0	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	29 of 35	Sai praneeth reddy Karimireddy	WPH102	PDF (300375 KB)
Robot Learning
30325R	048	4.0	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	20 of 40	Erdem Biyik	KAP158	PDF (317588 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	196 of 200	Emilio Ferrara	OFFICE