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Data Science (DSCI)
- datascience.usc.edu/ D class assignments are only avaialable online at: myviterbi.usc.edu. Once you create your myViterbi profile, select the "D-Clearance Request Manager" to submit requests for DSCI courses. To be enrolled in an off-campus course, you MUST also be enrolled in the Distance Education Network (DEN). For more information, call 740-4488 or go to den.usc.edu. DEN courses are indicated by a location of DEN@Viterbi. For general questions regarding DSCI courses, you may email datasci@usc.edu.
Data modeling, data storage, indexing, relational databases, key-value/document store, NoSQL, distributed file system, parallel computation and big-data analytics.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32400D | 001 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 0 of 36 | DMC151 | |||
32454D | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 0 of 94 | WPHB27 |
Foundational course focusing on the understanding, application and evaluation of machine learning and data mining approaches in data-intensive scenarios.
- Prerequisite: DSCI 250 and MATH 208
- Note: D-Clearance Request Form: forms.gle/DgvoAWqJq2TunLLu8
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32403D | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-6:50pm | Thursday | 0 of 48 | WPHB28 | |||
32452D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 40 | DMC101 |
Design of systems for data visualization; user interface design for exploring and interacting with data.
- Prerequisite: DSCI 250
- Note: D-Clearance Request Form: forms.gle/RZXW6S692JSoEWQH7
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32405D | 001 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Tuesday | 0 of 35 | David Chan | DMC151 | ||
32450D | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Tuesday | 0 of 35 | David Chan | DMC261 |
Programming in Python for retrieving, searching and analyzing data from the Web. Learning to manipulate large data sets.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32429D | 048 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Monday | 0 of 57 | VPD116 | |||
32430R | 048 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 0 of 57 | VPD116 | |||
32435D | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Wednesday | 0 of 72 | Ulf Hermjakob | THH212 | ||
32434R | 048 | Lab | 2:00-3:50pm | Friday | 0 of 72 | THH212 | |||
32436D | 048 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Wednesday | 0 of 50 | RTH109 | |||
32437R | 048 | Lab | 4:00-5:50pm | Friday | 0 of 50 | RTH109 | |||
32440D | 034 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Wednesday | 0 of 30 | DEN@Viterbi | |||
32441R | 034 | Lab | 4:00-5:50pm | Friday | 0 of 30 | DEN@Viterbi |
Analysis of computer security and why systems are not secure. Concepts and techniques applicable to the design of hardware and software for Trusted Systems.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32408D | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Monday | 0 of 40 | Tatyana Ryutov | OHE100C | ||
32424D | 034 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Monday | 0 of 30 | Tatyana Ryutov | DEN@Viterbi |
Covers societal implications of information privacy and how to design systems to best preserve privacy. Recommended preparation: general familiarity with the use of common Internet and mobile applications.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32410D | 048 | Lecture | 12:00-3:20pm | Friday | 0 of 75 | Clifford Neuman | OHE136 | ||
32425D | 034 | Lecture | 12:00-3:20pm | Friday | 0 of 30 | Clifford Neuman | DEN@Viterbi |
Basic and advanced fairness concepts and methods; applications to societal data for studying fairness and bias; fairness and bias effects in learning algorithms.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32427D | 048 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 80 | OHE132 | |||
32455D | 034 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 30 | DEN@Viterbi |
Introduction to data analysis techniques and associated computing concepts for non-programmers. Topics include foundations for data analysis, visualization, parallel processing, metadata, provenance and data stewardship. Recommended preparation: mathematics and logic undergraduate courses.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32411D | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Tuesday | 0 of 50 | OHE136 | |||
32438D | 048 | Lecture | 3:30-6:50pm | Tuesday | 0 of 187 | Luca Luceri | SLH200 | ||
32442D | 034 | Lecture | 2:00-5:20pm | Tuesday | 0 of 30 | DEN@Viterbi |
Fundamentals of big data informatics techniques. Data lifecycle; the data scientist; machine learning; data mining; NoSQL databases; tools for storage/processing/analytics of large data set on clusters; in-data techniques.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32413D | 048 | Lecture | 4:00-7:20pm | Thursday | 0 of 50 | OHE132 | |||
32444D | 048 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 154 | Seon Kim | MRF340 | ||
32426D | 034 | Lecture | 4:00-7:20pm | Thursday | 0 of 30 | DEN@Viterbi |
Function and design of modern storage systems, including cloud; data management techniques; data modeling; network attached storage, clusters and data centers; relational databases; the map-reduce paradigm.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32401D | 048 | Lecture | 3:00-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 240 | Wensheng Wu | SGM123 | ||
32423D | 034 | Lecture | 3:00-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 30 | Wensheng Wu | DEN@Viterbi |
Practical applications of machine learning techniques to real-world problems. Uses in data mining and recommendation systems and for building adaptive user interfaces.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32414D | 048 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 120 | Mohammad Reza Rajati | OHE122 | ||
32415D | 048 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 82 | GFS116 | |||
32416D | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-6:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 140 | MHP101 | |||
32439D | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 250 | SGM124 | |||
32443D | 034 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 30 | Mohammad Reza Rajati | DEN@Viterbi | ||
32445D | 048 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 250 | THH201 |
Data mining and machine learning algorithms for analyzing very large data sets. Emphasis on System Building with Spark. Case studies.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32417D | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-8:20pm | Monday | 0 of 150 | SGM101 | |||
32418D | 048 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | 0 of 240 | Wei-Min Shen | SGM124 | ||
32419D | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-8:20pm | Thursday | 0 of 150 | THH101 | |||
32446D | 034 | Lecture | 6:00-9:20pm | Wednesday | 0 of 30 | Wei-Min Shen | DEN@Viterbi |
The practice of User Experience Design and Strategy principles for the creation of unique and compelling digital products and services.
- Note: Students outside the DSCI/CSCI program may request this course on myViterbi.usc.edu beginning on December 16th.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32406D | 048 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 100 |
Foundations, techniques and algorithms for building knowledge graphs and doing so at scale. Topics include information extraction, data alignment, entity linking and the Semantic Web.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32420D | 048 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 130 | Jay Pujara | THH102 |
Student teams working on external customer data analytic challenges; project/presentation based; real client data and implementable solutions for delivery to actual stakeholders; capstone to degree.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32412D | 048 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 98 | Young Cho | SOSB2 |
Supervised learning. Linear regression, cross validation, ridge and lasso regression, logistic regression, k-nearest-neighbors, decision trees, random forest and gradient-boosting models, support vector machines, neural networks.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the ISE department but may qualify for major credit in DSCI. To register, enroll in ISE 529.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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31546D | 048 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 40 | Maryam Pishgar | OHE100D | ||
31729D | 048 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 30 | Tao Ma | DMC203 | ||
31731D | 048 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 65 | Tao Ma | THH208 | ||
31746D | 034 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 20 | Maryam Pishgar | DEN@Viterbi |
Picture archive communication system (PACS) design and implementation; clinical PACS-based imaging informatics; telemedicine/teleradiology; image content indexing, image data mining; grid computing in large-scale imaging informatics; image-assisted diagnosis, surgery and therapy.
- Crosslist: This course is offered by the BME department but may qualify for major credit in DSCI. To register, enroll in BME 528.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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29305D | 034 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 10 | Brent Liu | DEN@Viterbi | ||
29310D | 048 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 30 | Brent Liu | OHE100C |
Research leading to the masters degree; maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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32432D | 048 | 1.0-6.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | OFFICE |
Course content to be selected each semester from recent developments in Data Science.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Machine Learning for a Secure Internet | ||||||||||
32456D | 048 | 4.0 | Lecture | 1:00-4:20pm | Friday | 0 of 30 | Alefiya Hussain | DMC211 | ||
Generative Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, and Applications | ||||||||||
32461D | 048 | 4.0 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 30 | Fred Morstatter | WPH102 |