Fall 2025

Computer Science (CSCI)

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• D class assignments available; URL: http://www.cs.usc.edu/students/d-clearance/.
• Students may find information on how to request D-Clearance on our website: www.cs.usc.edu/students/d-clearance/. Only declared Computer Science students should be requesting courses via myviterbi.usc.edu. in the "D-Clearance Request Manager". To be enrolled in an off-campus course, you MUST also be enrolled in the Distance Education Network (DEN). For more information, call 213-740-4488 or go to den.usc.edu. DEN courses are indicated by a location of DEN@Viterbi. For general questions regarding CSCI courses, you may email csdept@usc.edu.

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, CSGA, or CSBA majors.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30211D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 60	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	ZHS352
30212R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 30		SGM226
30213R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 30		KAP145

CSCI 102L: Introduction to Programming (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	Info
29918D	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 120	Mark Redekopp	GFS106
30235D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 120	Mark Redekopp	GFS106
30010R	001	Lab	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 18		GFS114
30011R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 18		DMC108
30012R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 18		THH106
30013R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	0 of 18		DMC107
30018R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 18		KAP140
30021R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 18		THH106
30080R	001	Lab	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 18		GFS204
30081R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 18		SLH102
30082R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 15		LVL3C
30083R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	0 of 15		LVL3C
30084R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 18		DMC258
30086R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 15		LVL3C
30088R	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	0 of 18		VPD107
30163R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 15		HED103
30364R	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	0 of 15		LVL3C
30365R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 18		GFS213
30370R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 18		GFS111
30328R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 240		THH201

CSCI 103L: Object Oriented 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	Info
29919D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	0 of 40		DMC101
29920D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 130	Andrew Goodney	THH102
29934D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 263	Andrew Goodney	SAL101
29902R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	0 of 33		SAL127
29913R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	0 of 30		SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	0 of 33		SAL126
29924R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	0 of 30		SAL109
29925R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	0 of 33		SAL126
29926R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 33		SAL126
29927R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 33		SAL126
30103R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	0 of 33		SAL127
30104R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	0 of 30		SAL109
30180R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 30		SAL109
30193R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	0 of 33		SAL127
30286R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	0 of 33		SAL126
30313R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	0 of 30		SAL109
30024R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	0 of 393		TBD

CSCI 104L: Data Structures (4.0 units)

Data structures including linked lists, balanced search trees, heaps, hash tables; probability and number theory applicable to the analysis of randomized data structures.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 103 and CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29903D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 175	Carter Slocum	THH201
30397D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 175	Carter Slocum	SGM124
29905R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 30		SAL109
29907R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 30		SAL109
29932R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 30		SAL109
29933R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 30		SAL109
29937R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	0 of 30		SAL126
29938R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 30		SAL127
30117R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Wednesday	0 of 30		SAL126
30118R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 30		SAL126
30119R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	0 of 30		SAL127
30210R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	0 of 30		SAL127
30251R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 30		SAL126
30252R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 30		SAL126
30025R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	0 of 350		TBD

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	Syllabus	Info
29947D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 170	Aaron Cote
29953D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 130	Aaron Cote	THH102
30121D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 121	Aaron Cote	ZHS159
30138D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 170	Aaron Cote
29929R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 55		KDC240
29954R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 55		THH210
29980R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 55		KDC235
30106R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	0 of 55		DMC100
30299R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	0 of 55		SOSB44
30300R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	0 of 55		DMC150
30027R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 340		TBD

CSCI 201: Principles of Software Development (4.0 units)

Object-oriented paradigm for programming in Java; writing concurrent applications using threads; writing web client/server applications using Web Services and SQL databases; team project.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29909D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	0 of 50		THH208
30303D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 50		SOSB46
30389D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 300	Marco Papa	THH101
29904D	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 30		SAL109
30107R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	0 of 30		SAL126
30108R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Monday	0 of 30		SAL126
30134R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 30		SAL126
30237R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 30		SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 30		SAL127
30239R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	0 of 30		SAL126
30241R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 30		SAL109
30385R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 30		SAL109
30396D	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 30		SAL126
30028R	001	Quiz	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	0 of 300		THH101

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

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

• Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30109D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 220	Mate Szabo	THH101
30361R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 110		THH301
30362R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 110		THH102
30029R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	0 of 220		SAL101
30190D	001	Lecture	5:30-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 70	Jiapeng Zhang	THH102
30363R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	0 of 70		THH301
30222R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	0 of 70		GFS116
29994D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Mon, Wed	0 of 30		KAP163
30245R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 30		SOSB4
30294R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	0 of 30		KAP140

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	Info
Programming Fundamentals for Computational Science
30159R	001	4.0	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 40		RTH115
Programming for Applications for Computational Science
30160R	001	4.0	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 35		RTH115

CSCI 310: Software Engineering (4.0 units)

Introduction to the software engineering process and software lifecycle. Covers project management, requirements, architecture, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance phase activities in team based projects. Prerequisites: CSCI 201. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 377.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30113D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 250	Chao Wang	THH201

CSCI 350: Fundamentals of 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.

• Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 356 or EE 354) and 1 from (CSCI 201 or EE 250)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30061D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 50		VPD105
30062D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 50		DMC150
30129D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 50
29969D	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	0 of 180	Tatyana Ryutov	SLH200
29970R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	0 of 180		OFFICE

CSCI 353: 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.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30247D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 140		MRF340
29977R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 140		SGM101
29976D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 120	Ramesh Govindan
30248R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 120		ZHS159

CSCI 356: Computer Systems (4.0 units)

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

• Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29912D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 100	Mark Redekopp	MHP101
30002D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 100	Marco Paolieri	ZHS159
29916R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	0 of 67		MHP101
30124R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 67		MHP101
30125R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 67		MHP101
30285R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	0 of 200	Mark Redekopp,Marco Paolieri	SAL101

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
30031D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 200
30044D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 200
30043D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 300	Mohammad Reza Rajati	SGM123
29983R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	0 of 300		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 (TAC 265 or ITP 265 or CSCI 103)
• Crosslist: This course is offered by the TAC department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in TAC 368.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31872D	001	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	0 of 60		GFS101
31873R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 28		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: 1 from (CSCI 104 or TAC 265 or ITP 265)
• Crosslist: This course is offered by the TAC department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in TAC 380.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31878R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 36	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540
31879D	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 36		OHE540
32011R	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 33	Matthew Whiting	WPHB30

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
30153D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 70	Victor Adamchik
30227R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	0 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	Info
30197D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 75	William Cheng	MRF340
30269R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	0 of 75		SOSB46
29945D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 80	William Cheng	OHE132
30267R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	0 of 80		OHE132
29946D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 30	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi
30145R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	0 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	0 of 60		THH210
30372R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	0 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
30242D	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 26	Andrew Nealen	SCB104

CSCI 430: Computer and Network Security (4.0 units)

A broad overview of security threats and defenses, security systems and functionalities. Includes homeworks and in-class exercises to provide practical experience working with such systems. Prerequisite: CSCI 104.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29911D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 50
29997D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 50	Jelena Mirkovic	DMC102

CSCI 431: Principles of 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
30154D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 30	Mukund Raghothaman	GFS223

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 TAC 365 or ITP 365)
• Crosslist: This course is offered by the TAC department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in TAC 435.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31885R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 70	Sanjay Madhav	THH212

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
30175D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 35	Swabha Swayamdipta	WPH106

CSCI 445L: Introduction to Robotics (4.0 units)

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

• Prerequisite: CSCI 103
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
• Note: Register for lecture and one lab.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29955D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 50
30386D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 30	Heather Culbertson	WPH102
29956R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 15		RTH419
29958R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Thursday	0 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	Info
30623R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 40	Feng Qian	SOSB46
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 40	Feng Qian	GFS116
30454R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 40	Cauligi Raghavendra	WPHB28
30503R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 40	Cauligi Raghavendra	DMC101
30500R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 30	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30545D	014	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	0 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30504R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 30	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30546D	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30684R	001	Quiz	7:00-9:15pm	Friday	0 of 40	Ali Zahid	OFFICE
31186D	014	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	0 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
30408D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 60		ZHS252
30409R	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Friday	0 of 60		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	0 of 45	Shahin Nazarian	KAP156
30559R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	0 of 45		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	Info
30100D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 120	Claire Bono	OHE122
29950R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	0 of 30		SAL109
30192R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	0 of 30		SAL126
30205D	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Thursday	0 of 30		SAL109
30262D	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 30		DMC150
29963D	014	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
29964R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	0 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	Info
31284D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 60	Gandhi Puvvada	GFS101
31338D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 82	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE132
30569R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 82		OHE132
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	0 of 95		SLH200
31337R	001	Quiz	6:00-9:00pm	Thursday	0 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	Syllabus	Info
39679D	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	MWF	0 of 40		WPH102
39680R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 20		WPHB36
39681R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 20		SOSB37
39682D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	MWF	0 of 49		KAP144
39683R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 25		MHP102
39684R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 25		DMC109

CSCI 461: Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development (4.0 units)

Hands-on AI: data mining, machine learning, optimization and fairness in the context of applications with environmental and societal benefit.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29996D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 50	Bistra Dilkina	GFS101

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
30277D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 72	Victor Adamchik	THH210
30278R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	0 of 72		THH210

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	0 of 30		THH215

CSCI 485: File and Database Management (4.0 units)

File input/output techniques, basic methods for file organization, file managers, principles of databases, conceptual data models, and query languages.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 170 and CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30110D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 40		WPH102

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	0 of 30		OFFICE

CSCI 491aL: Advanced Game Project (4.0 units)

Design, iterative prototyping, and development of a 1st playable level.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29989D	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	0 of 50	Scott Easley	EGG108

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	0 of 10		OFFICE

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	0 of 25		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	0 of 45		KAP146

CSCI 510: Software Management and Economics (4.0 units)

Theories of management and their application to software projects. Economic analysis of software products and processes. Software cost and schedule estimation, planning and control.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30070D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	0 of 75	Mahdi Eslamimehr	SOSB46

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
30161D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	0 of 80	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
32454D	048	Lecture	8:00-11:20am	Monday	0 of 120		OHE122
32456D	034	Lecture	8:00-11:20am	Monday	0 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 522: Game Engine Development (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30183D	048	Lecture	7:00-10:20pm	Monday	0 of 90	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
30039D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Tuesday	0 of 90	Scott Easley	SCI108
30130D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	0 of 90	Scott Easley	SCI108

CSCI 529a: Graduate Advanced Game Project (4.0 units)

Team projects intended to address the multifaceted technical and creative challenges that are inherent to comprehensive game development.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29992D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	0 of 50	Andrew Nealen	EGG108

CSCI 530: Security Systems (4.0 units)

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

• Prerequisite: CSCI 402
• Note: 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	Syllabus	Info
30015D	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 120	Clifford Neuman	OHE122
30017R	048	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	0 of 120		OHE122
30014D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	0 of 30	Clifford Neuman	DEN@Viterbi
30016R	034	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	0 of 30		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	0 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
30249D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 260	Jieyu Zhao	SAL101

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
30167D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	0 of 70
29975D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 70	Daniel Seita	WPHB27
30226R	048	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	0 of 70		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	2:30-5:50pm	Monday	0 of 37	Quang Nguyen	DMC201

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
30223D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 60	Ibrahim Sabek	DMC156

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
29900D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 41	John Heidemann	OHE100D
30009D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 30	John Heidemann	DEN@Viterbi

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	Info
30411R	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 50	Paul Bogdan	ZHS352
30413R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	0 of 50		TBA
30412R	048	Lab	9:00-9:50am	Friday	0 of 50		GFS101

Crosslist CSCI 557: Computer Systems Architecture (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30628D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 20	Murali Annavaram	DEN@Viterbi
30630R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 82	Murali Annavaram	OHE132
30629D	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	0 of 82		OHE132

CSCI 561: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (4.0 units)

Foundations of symbolic intelligent systems, search, logic, knowledge representation, planning, learning.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30202D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 240	Wei-Min Shen	SGM124
30295R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 240		SGM124
29981R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	0 of 240		OFFICE
30079D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 30	Wei-Min Shen	DEN@Viterbi
30305R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
29982R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	0 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
30122D	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Tuesday	0 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	Syllabus	Info
29995D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:20pm	Friday	0 of 240		SGM124
30151R	048	Discussion	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	0 of 240		SGM124
29984R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	0 of 240		OFFICE
30259D	034	Lecture	2:00-4:20pm	Friday	0 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30272R	034	Discussion	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	0 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
29985R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	0 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	Info
30101D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Monday	0 of 330	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
29928R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Monday	0 of 330		SGM123
29923R	048	Quiz	6:00-8:20pm	Friday	0 of 330		TBD
30102D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 330	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
30342R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 330		SGM123
30379R	048	Quiz	6:00-8:20pm	Friday	0 of 330		TBD
30099D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 30	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
30253R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	0 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30152R	034	Quiz	6:00-8:20pm	Friday	0 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30290D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 30	Mate Szabo	WPH203
30291R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Tuesday	0 of 120		SAL101
30292R	048	Quiz	6:00-8:20pm	Friday	0 of 120		TBD

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	Info
30221D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 240	Marco Papa	SGM124
30143D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 240	Marco Papa	SGM124
30177D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 30	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	Syllabus	Info
30059D	048	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Thursday	0 of 330	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM123
30349D	048	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Tuesday	0 of 330		SGM123
30060D	034	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Thursday	0 of 30	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
30225D	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	0 of 240	Parag Havaldar	SGM124
30224D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	0 of 30	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30250D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 95	Ulrich Neumann	SOSB2
29935R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	0 of 95		HAR101
30142D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 48		KAP146

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	Info
30150D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:20pm	Friday	0 of 330	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	SGM123
30308R	048	Discussion	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	0 of 330		SGM123
30371R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	0 of 330		OFFICE
30366D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Tuesday	0 of 330	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary
30367R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	0 of 330
30368R	048	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	0 of 330		TBD
30149D	034	Lecture	2:00-4:20pm	Friday	0 of 30	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	DEN@Viterbi
30092R	034	Discussion	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	0 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30148R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	0 of 30		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	0 of 75	Nenad Medvidovic	OHE136
30157D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 30	Nenad Medvidovic	DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 611: Mathematics of High-Dimensional Data (4.0 units)

Modern developments in data representation/analysis, nonconvex optimization, high-dimensional probability, sketching, clustering, low-rank models, inverse problems, applications in imaging, machine learning, computer vision and neuroscience.

• Prerequisite: EE 510 and EE 503
• Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 546.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30401R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 40	Mahdi Soltanolkotabi	THH118

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	0 of 60	Mahdi Soltanolkotabi	THH102
31002R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	0 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	0 of 21	Morteza Dehghani	SGM911

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
30131D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 15	John Heidemann	OHE100D

CSCI 653: High Performance Computing and Simulations (4.0 units)

Advanced high-performance computer simulation techniques; multiscale deterministic and stochastic simulation algorithms on parallel and distributed computing platforms; immersive and interactive visualization of simulation data. Prerequisite: CSCI 596.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 596

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30072D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 30	Aiichiro Nakano	THH108

CSCI 654: Crafting a Research Agenda (4.0 units)

Formulation of a computer science research agenda, examination of trends within sub-areas of computer science and identification of fruitful and problematic research directions.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30073D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	0 of 30	Barath Raghavan	DMC258

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	12:00-3:50pm	Saturday	0 of 60	Moe Tabar	GFS101

CSCI 659: Introduction to Online Optimization (4.0 units)

Foundation and advances of the theory of online learning/online convex optimization/sequential decision making.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30071D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	0 of 30	Haipeng Luo	KAP158

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	0 of 35	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
30236D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 60	Ming-Deh Huang	THH114

CSCI 675: Convex and Combinatorial Optimization (4.0 units)

Topics include: Convex sets and functions; convex optimization problems; geometric and Lagrangian duality; simplex algorithm; ellipsoid algorithm and its implications; matroid theory; submodular optimization.

• Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 670)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30069D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	0 of 30	Shaddin Dughmi	GFS222

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	0 of 70	Ramakant Nevatia	OHE136
30229D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 20	Ramakant Nevatia	DEN@Viterbi

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	0 of 150	Maja Mataric	MHP101