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Computer Science (CSCI)

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D class assignments for undergraduates available in SAL300; phone (213) 740-4494.
D class assignments for undergraduates are available via email at: schrader@usc.edu. D class assignments for graduate students are only available on line at: myviterbi.usc.edu/. Once you create your myViterbi profile, select the "D-Clearance Request Manager" to submit requests for graduate CSCI 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.

CSCI 101L: Fundamentals of Computer Programming (3.0 units)

Introduction to the design of solutions to computer solvable problems. Algorithm design, solution implementation using a high-level programming language, program correctness and verification.

Note: Register for one lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29900R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled
29901R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	33 of 36	Massoud Ghyam	SAL126
30399R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	30 of 36	Massoud Ghyam	SAL127

CSCI 103L: Introduction to Programming (3.0 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++. Corequisite: CSCI 109.

Corequisite: CSCI 109

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29902R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	54 of 68	Michael Crowley	ZHS252
29906D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	66 of 86	Michael Crowley	MHP106
29991R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	31 of 40	Jeffrey Miller	KAP140
29903R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	24 of 31		SAL109
29904R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	29 of 39		SAL127
30054R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	15 of 30		SAL109
30120R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	26 of 36		SAL126
30121R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	27 of 29		SAL127
30374R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	30 of 38		SAL126

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 109. Corequisite: CSCI 170.

Prerequisite: CSCI 103 and CSCI 109
Corequisite: CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29905R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 62	Mark Redekopp	ZHS352
29907R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	55 of 63	Mark Redekopp	SOSB46
30397R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	42 of 65	David Kempe	ZHS352
29912R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	21 of 30		SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	22 of 30		SAL126
29915R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 30		SAL126
30200R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	15 of 25		SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	5 of 25		SAL126
30294R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	18 of 25		WPHB36
30379R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	18 of 30		SAL127
30394R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	25 of 30		SAL109

CSCI 109: Introduction to Computing (3.0 units)

Computing as a discipline, a body of knowledge, and a domain of science/engineering concerned with information and its transformation.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30226R	001	Lecture	8:00-8:50am	MWF	169 of 184	Gaurav Sukhatme,Paul Rosenbloom	SAL101
30004R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	33 of 30	Gaurav Sukhatme	ZHS252
30013R	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Friday	29 of 30	Gaurav Sukhatme	KAP163
30019R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	28 of 30	Gaurav Sukhatme	VKC101
30020R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	28 of 30	Gaurav Sukhatme	KAP146
30021R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	15 of 30	Gaurav Sukhatme	KAP146
30372R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	36 of 30	Gaurav Sukhatme	ZHS252

Crosslist CSCI 110: Introduction to Digital Logic (3.0 units)

Boolean algebra; number systems; Boolean function synthesis; binary arithmetic; codes; combinational logic devices; sequential circuits; state machine design and implementation.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 101.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30406D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	40 of 43	Satsuki Takahashi	VHE205
30410D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:20pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 38	Satsuki Takahashi	VHE205
30408D	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	24 of 26		VHE205
30411R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	26 of 27		VHE205
30855R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	21 of 24		VHE205
30400R	001	Quiz	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	58 of 180		TBA
30690R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Satsuki Takahashi
30651R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	1 of 1		VHE205

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. Prerequisites: CSCI 103L and CSCI 109. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 271.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 103 or CSCI 109)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30008R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	97 of 105	Aaron Cote	MRF340
30010R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	75 of 76	Aaron Cote	ZHS352
30115R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	74 of 76	Aaron Cote	ZHS252
30116R	001	Discussion	6:00-7:50pm	Monday	44 of 50		KAP156
30349R	001	Discussion	5:00-6:50pm	Tuesday	69 of 70		THH212
30373R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	67 of 68		THH210
30377D	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	66 of 69		THH210

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
30381R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30393R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	27 of 35	Jeffrey Miller	SSL150
29928R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 35	Jeffrey Miller	VKC100
29929R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	20 of 20	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
29930R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	13 of 20	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
29931R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	9 of 20	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
30380R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	19 of 20	Jeffrey Miller	WPHB36

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. Prerequisites: CSCI 104L and CSCI 170. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 303.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 104 and CSCI 170)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29920R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Aaron Cote
30009R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	59 of 60	Leonard Adleman	SSL150
30396R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	73 of 76	Aaron Cote	SLH100

Crosslist CSCI 280: Video Game Production (4.0 units)

History of video games; overview of game genres; phases of video game development (concept, preproduction, production, post-production); roles of artists, programmers, designers, and producers.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the ITP department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ITP 280.
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
31869R	001	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	59 of 80	Anthony Borquez	KAP160	Word (64362 KB)
31871R	001	Lab	11:00-12:50pm	Friday	17 of 23		OHE542
31872R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	22 of 23		OHE542
31873R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	20 of 23		OHE542

CSCI 281: Pipelines for Games and Interactives (3.0 units)

Explores the aesthetic development/technical implementation necessary to achieve unique, compelling, intuitive visual design in games. Students will develop group visual game design portfolios.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29982R	001	Lecture	3:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	11 of 25	Scott Easley	RTH321
29983R	001	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Thursday	Canceled	Scott Easley

CSCI 351: Programming and Multimedia on the World Wide Web (3.0 units)

HTML progrmming for creating home pages, installation and modification of Web server, writing progrms that offer enhanced services, manipulation of graphics, video and sound.

Prerequisite: CSCI 102

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30314R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	47 of 58	Massoud Ghyam	SSL150

Crosslist CSCI 352L: Computer Organization and Architecture (3.0 units)

Computer organization and architecture. Concepts include: computer evolution and performance, system busses, cache memory, internal and external memory, input/output, operating system support, computer arithmetic.

Prerequisite: CSCI 102
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 352.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30677D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 44	Mark Redekopp	RTH109
30678D	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	44 of 44		RTH105

Crosslist CSCI 357: Basic Organization of Computer Systems (3.0 units)

Organization and operation of the processor, memory and I/O of a minicomputer at the machine language level; assembly language programming; data representation and computer arithmetic.

Prerequisite: (EE 101 and EE 201)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 357.
Note: Register for one lecture, and one discussion and quiz

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30528R	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	37 of 40	Mary Eshaghian	KAP144
30530R	001	Lecture	6:30-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	31 of 40	Mary Eshaghian	KAP140
30532R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	37 of 40		RTH115
30534R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	31 of 40		RTH115
30536R	001	Quiz	2:00-4:00pm	Friday	64 of 200		TBA

CSCI 377: Introduction to Software Engineering (3.0 units)

Introduction of principles, methods, techniques, and tools for multi-person construction of multi-version software systems.

Prerequisite: CSCI 102

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29967R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 40	William Halfond	KAP163

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
31908R	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 38	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (172007 KB)

CSCI 402: Operating Systems (4.0 units)

Concurrency, deadlock control, synchronization, process and thread scheduling, memory management, file systems, security and access control, communication and networking, distributed file systems, data management. Prerequisites: CSCI 201 or CSCI 455; EE 352 or EE 357.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 201 or CSCI 455) and 1 from (EE 352 or EE 357)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29945D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	67 of 75	William Cheng	OHE132
29946D	014	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi
29971D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 75	William Cheng	WPHB27
30331D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	56 of 75	Theodore Faber Jr	ZHS352
30391D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	68 of 70	William Cheng	ZHS252

CSCI 420: Computer Graphics (4.0 units)

Computer graphics, OpenGL, 2D and 3D transformations, Bezier splines, computer animation, rendering including ray tracing, shading and lighting, artistic rendering, virtual reality, visualization. Prerequisite: CSCI 104L and MATH 225. Duplicates credit in CSCI 480.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 104 and MATH 225)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29979R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	32 of 72	Jernej Barbic	ZHS252
30113R	001	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	32 of 72		SLH102

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30123D	001	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	23 of 26	Jelena Mirkovic	GFS222	Word (38967 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 450: Introduction to Computer Networks (3.0 units)

Network architectures; layered protocols, network service interface; local networks; long-haul networks; internal protocols; link protocols; addressing; routing; flow control; higher level protocols.

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.
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30568D	014	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30570R	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	6 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30560D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	68 of 90	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30564D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	49 of 50	Ali Zahid	SSL150
30562D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	76 of 77		OHE132
30566R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	26 of 49		ZHS163

Crosslist CSCI 452L: Game Hardware Architectures (3.0 units)

Architectural principles underlying modern game console hardware design; introduction to the programming techniques, optimization strategies, and hardware insights to create powerful games.

Prerequisite: EE 352
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 452.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30661R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	29 of 50	Viktor Prasanna	VKC102	PDF (85167 KB)
30557R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	29 of 36		SAL126
			2:00-3:50pm	Friday			KAP158

Crosslist CSCI 454L: Introduction to System Design Using Microprocessors (4.0 units)

Operation and timing of 8/16/32-bit microprocessors; asynchronous and synchronous SRAM interface; burst and pipelined bus cycles, parallel and serial I/O, interrupt controller, DMA controller, bus protocols; hardware/simulation labs. Recommended preparation: EE 457

Prerequisite: (EE 357 and EE 201)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 454.
Note: Register for lecture and one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30572D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 47	Gandhi Puvvada	VHE205
30578D	001	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Tuesday	20 of 24		VHE205
30580D	001	Lab	5:00-8:00pm	Wednesday	24 of 24		VHE205

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29921D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	44 of 47	Claire Bono	KAP156	PDF (128652 KB)
29934D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	5 of 10	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
30327D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	35 of 41	Claire Bono	OHE100B
29935D	014	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled
30328R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	Canceled
29919R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	21 of 22	Claire Bono	SAL126
29923R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	19 of 22	Claire Bono	SAL109
30022D	034	Lab	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA
30023D	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	5 of 10	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
30329R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	20 of 22	Claire Bono	SAL127
30384R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	19 of 22	Claire Bono	SAL127

Crosslist CSCI 457: Computer Systems Organization (3.0 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 201 and EE 357)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 457.
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30595D	014	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	3 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
30594R	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30478D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	50 of 76	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS352
30591D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	87 of 110	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE122
30497R	001	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Thursday	56 of 76		ZHS252
30593R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	79 of 110		OHE122
30997R	001	Quiz	10:00-11:50am	Friday	103 of 150		TBA

CSCI 460: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3.0 units)

Concepts and algorithms underlying the understanding and construction of intelligent systems. Agents, problem solving, search, representation, reasoning, planning, communication, perception, robotics, neural networks.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 102 or CSCI 455)
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30303R	001	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	39 of 80	Krishnamurthy Narayanaswamy	SLH102

CSCI 477b: Design and Construction of Large Software Systems (2.0 units)

Programming methodologies; intra-group and inter-group communication; software life-cycle; software economics. A large software project is a central aspect of the course.

Prerequisite: CSCI 477a

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29969R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	92 of 100	Supannika Koolmanojwong	MHP101

CSCI 480: Computer Graphics (3.0 units)

Hardware for interactive graphic systems; picture representations; data structures for graphics; picture processing techniques; languages for graphics; survey of applications such as animation and simulation.

Prerequisite: CSCI 102

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29972D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Jernej Barbic

CSCI 485: File and Database Management (3.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30316R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	40 of 41	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	THH210

Crosslist CSCI 487: Programming Game Engines (4.0 units)

Techniques for building the core components of a game engine; 2-D/3-D graphics, collision detection, artificial intelligence algorithms, shading, programming input devices. Prerequisite: ITP 380.

Prerequisite: ITP 380
Crosslist: This course is offered by the ITP department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ITP 485.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31944R	001	Lecture-Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 29	Sanjay Madhav	KAP267	PDF (159610 KB)

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

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

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

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30228D	001	2.0-8.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	5 of 50	Gaurav Sukhatme,Stephen Schrader	OFFICE

CSCI 491bL: Final Game Project (2.0 units)

b: Design, iterative stage 2 prototyping and development of a refined game.

Prerequisite: CSCI 491A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30219R	001	Lecture-Lab	4:00-6:50pm	Thursday	29 of 46	Scott Easley	RTH321

CSCI 492: Immersive Game Development (2.0 units)

Design/develop 3D immersive games using advanced input devices, including sensors, video cameras, Wii-motes, accelerometer-inertial-magnetic sensor combinations, Microsoft Kinect systems, Sony Move etc. Recommended preparation: CTIN 488, CSCI 480, and significant participation in a prior game development effort.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30392R	001	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Tuesday	17 of 30	Artjoms Kovalovs	RTH321

Crosslist CSCI 495: Senior Project (2.0 units)

An original project will be constructed applying computer technology (in either hardware or software) to produce a result useful in the physics classroom or laboratory.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the PHYS department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in PHYS 495.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
50526D	001	Lecture-Lab	TBA	TBA	1 of 24	Christopher Gould	OFFICE

CSCI 499: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units)

Selected topics in computer science.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Introduction to Computer and Network Security
29976R	001	4.0	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled	Jelena Mirkovic		Word (38967 KB)
Puzzle Games Development
30110R	001	3.0	Lecture-Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Monday	19 of 30	Marc Spraragen	SAL103
Native Console Multiplayer Game Development
30108R	001	4.0	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Thursday	39 of 60	Artjoms Kovalovs	RTH321	PDF (398454 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 501: Numerical Analysis and Computation (3.0 units)

Linear equations and matrices, Gauss elimination, error estimates, iteration techniques; contractive mappings, Newton's method; matrix eigenvalue problems; least-squares approximation, Newton-Cotes and Gaussian quadratures; finite difference methods. Prerequisite: linear algebra and calculus.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the MATH department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in MATH 501.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39694R	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	21 of 32	Weiwei Hu	KAP145

Crosslist CSCI 502b: 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 502A
Crosslist: This course is offered by the MATH department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in MATH 502b.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39698R	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	MWF	9 of 20	Wlodek Proskurowski	KAP165

CSCI 503: Parallel Programming (3.0 units)

Exploration of parallel programming paradigms, parallel computing architectures, hands-on parallel programming assignments, contemporary and historical examples and their impact, context with parallel algorithms. Recommended preparation: CSCI 102 or CSCI 455; EE 452 or EE 457.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30305D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	34 of 35	Jacqueline Chame	KAP140

Crosslist CSCI 505b: Applied Probability (3.0 units)

Markov processes in discrete or continuous time; renewal processes; martingales; brownian motion and diffusion theory; random walks, inventory models, population growth, queuing models, shot noise.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39708R	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	MWF	23 of 34	Quentin Berger	KAP148	PDF (26839 KB)

CSCI 511: Personal Software Process (PSP) and Project (3.0 units)

Individual analysis, planning, development and maintenance of a software product or development artifact, using the principles and practices of PSP. Analysis of project's lessons learned.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30376D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	33 of 35	Supannika Koolmanojwong	KAP147	PDF (346513 KB)

CSCI 520: Computer Animation and Simulation (3.0 units)

Fundamental techniques of computer animation and simulation, knowledge and/or experience in the design, scripting, production and post-production stages of computer animation.

Prerequisite: CSCI 480

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30230D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 48	Jernej Barbic	WPHB28

Crosslist CSCI 521: Optimization: Theory and Algorithms (3.0 units)

Conditions for optimality; nonlinear programming algorithms for constrained and unconstrained problems. Special problems such as quadratic, separable, fractional, geometric programming.

Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 225 or EE 441)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the ISE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ISE 520.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31520D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	32 of 40	Suvrajeet Sen	KAP158

CSCI 524: Networked Artificial Intelligence (3.0 units)

Networked game communication architectures, protocol development, architecting networked game AI clients/services. Character following, knowledge representation and reasoning, dynamic play strategies, search, learning, and planning. Recommended preparation: CSCI 480 or CSCI 580 or an equivalent course in graphics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30011D	048	Lecture	10:00-12:40pm	Tuesday	18 of 25	Mike Zyda	RTH321

CSCI 526: Advanced Mobile Devices and Game Consoles (3.0 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 480 or CSCI 580 or an equivalent course in graphics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30012D	048	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	41 of 45	Mike Zyda	RTH321
30122D	048	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	Monday	39 of 40	Scott Easley	RTH321

CSCI 529b: Advanced Game Projects (3.0 units)

This course provides students in various areas of game specialization the practice of design, iterative stage 2 prototyping and development of a refined game.

Prerequisite: CSCI 529A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30220D	048	Lecture-Lab	4:00-6:50pm	Thursday	31 of 35	Mike Zyda	RTH321

CSCI 531: Applied Cryptography (3.0 units)

Intensive overview of cryptography for practitioners, historical perspective on early systems, number theoretic foundations of modern day cryptosystems and basic cryptanalysis.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30320D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	22 of 30	William Cheng	OHE120
30321D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	8 of 20	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 534: Affective Computing (3.0 units)

Overview of the theory of human emotion, techniques for recognizing and synthesizing emotional behavior, and design application.

Prerequisite: CSCI 561

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29977D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	16 of 25	Jonathan Gratch	VHE214

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31536D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 35	Jong-Shi Pang	OHE100C	PDF (111147 KB)
31736D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	4 of 10	Jong-Shi Pang	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (111147 KB)

CSCI 543: Software Multiagent Systems (3.0 units)

Investigate computational systems in which several software agents or software agents and humans interact.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30333D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 30	Milind Tambe	THH112

CSCI 544: Applied Natural Language Processing (3.0 units)

Introduction to key components of human language technologies, including: information extraction, sentiment analysis, question answering, machine translation. Recommended preparation: Proficiency in programming, algorithms and data structures, basic knowledge of linear algebra.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30027D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	59 of 60	Kenji Sagae	MHP105

CSCI 545: Robotics (3.0 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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30323D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled
30398D	048	Lecture	9:00-10:20am	Tue, Thu	61 of 65	Stefan Schaal	HNB100

CSCI 548: Information Integration on the Web (3.0 units)

Foundations and techniques in information integration as it applies to the Web, including view integration, wrapper learning, record linkage, and streaming dataflow execution. Recommended preparation: CSCI 571, CSCI 573

Prerequisite: (CSCI 561 and CSCI 585)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30232D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	46 of 49	Pedro Szekely,Jose-Luis Ambite	ZHS163	PDF (90652 KB)

CSCI 550: Advanced Data Stores (3.0 units)

Selected topics on highly available, elastic data stores.Topics include non-relational data models,simple interfaces and query languages,weak consistency and benchmarking techniques. Prerequisite: CSCI 485 or CSCI 585.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 485 or CSCI 585)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30000D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	27 of 30	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	GFS116	PDF (137866 KB)

CSCI 551: Computer Communications (3.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: (CSCI 402 and EE 450)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30053D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	46 of 50	Alefiya Hussain	MHP106

Crosslist CSCI 552: Asynchronous VLSI Design (3.0 units)

Asynchronous channels and architectures; implementation design styles; controller synthesis; hazards, and races; Petri-nets; performance analysis, and optimization; globally asynchronous locally synchronous design. Open only to graduate students.

Prerequisite: EE 477
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 552.
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30702D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	31 of 40	Peter Beerel	OHE100D
30703R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	30 of 45		OHE100D
30700D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Peter Beerel	DEN@Viterbi
30701R	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30665R	048	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Monday	8 of 40	Jonathan Dama	ZHS163
30449R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	8 of 40		ZHS163

Crosslist CSCI 553: Computational Solution of Optimization Problems (3.0 units)

Computer algorithms for system optimization. Search techniques, gradient methods, parameter optimization in control systems. Optimization with constraints; linear and nonlinear programming. Random search techniques.

Prerequisite: EE 441
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 553.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31245D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 30	Michael Safonov	VHE210	PDF (82288 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 554: Real Time Computer Systems (3.0 units)

Structure of real-time computer systems; analog signals and devices; scheduling, synchronization of multiprocessors; reliability, availability; serial/parallel computations; real-time operating systems and languages; design examples.

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 554.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30699D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	30 of 40	Monte Ung	KAP158
30972D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	29 of 40	Monte Ung	OHE136
30973D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 20	Monte Ung	DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 557: Computer Systems Architecture (3.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30820D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	43 of 50	Michel Dubois, Murali Annavaram	OHE122
30722R	048	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	41 of 46	Michel Dubois	OHE122
30455D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 50	Murali Annavaram,Michel Dubois	WPHB28
30823D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	53 of 54	Murali Annavaram,Michel Dubois	ZHS163
30456R	048	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	47 of 48	Murali Annavaram	OFFICE
30825R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	52 of 53	Murali Annavaram	KAP146
30716D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	3 of 20	Michel Dubois, Murali Annavaram	DEN@Viterbi
30718R	034	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Wednesday	3 of 20	Michel Dubois	DEN@Viterbi
30667R	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	19 of 36	Michel Dubois, Murali Annavaram	KAP147
30447R	048	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	19 of 40		THH210

Crosslist CSCI 559: Mathematical Pattern Recognition (3.0 units)

Distribution free classification, discriminant functions, training algorithms; statistical classification, parametric and nonparametric techniques, potential functions; non-supervised learning. Prerequisites: EE 464 or EE 503. Corequisite: EE 441.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 464 or EE 503)
Corequisite: EE 441
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 559.
Note: Prerequisite taken at USC or placement exam required.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30728D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	4 of 30	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (101431 KB)
30886R	034	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30730R	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	38 of 60	Keith Jenkins	OHE132	PDF (101431 KB)
30885R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	34 of 40		RTH105

CSCI 561: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (3.0 units)

Foundations of symbolic intelligent systems, search, logic, knowledge representation, planning, learning. Recommended preparation: good programming and algorithm analysis skills

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29936D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	22 of 22	Gerard Medioni	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (234796 KB)
30052D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	57 of 60	Sheila Tejada	THH212
30079D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Wednesday	56 of 60	Sheila Tejada	SOSB46
30080D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	44 of 45	Gerard Medioni	OHE136	PDF (234796 KB)
30081D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	48 of 60	Laurent Itti	SOSB46
30375D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 60	Sheila Tejada	MHP105
30387D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	46 of 60	Krishnamurthy Narayanaswamy	SLH102

CSCI 565: Compiler Design (4.0 units)

Formal grammars; parsing methods and lexical analysis; code generation; local and global code optimization; and dynamic allocation.

Prerequisite: CSCI 455

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30114D	048	Lecture	8:00-10:50am	Thursday	18 of 25	Pedro Diniz	RTH217

CSCI 568: Requirements Engineering (3.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30332D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	19 of 20	George Edwards	OHE100D
30334D	034	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	9 of 20	George Edwards	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 570: Analysis of Algorithms (3.0 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
30097D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled
30099D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	15 of 22	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
30100D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	60 of 60	Michael Shindler	THH208
30101D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	58 of 60	Michael Shindler	THH208
30112D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	58 of 60	Michael Shindler	THH102
30177D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled
30236D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	229 of 244	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM124
30395D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Thursday	Canceled

CSCI 571: Web Technologies (3.0 units)

Advanced study of programming languages with application to the Web. Languages for client-side and server-side processing. Examples taken from: HTML, Java, JavaScript, Perl, XML and others. Recommended preparation: knowledge of at least two programming languages

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30073D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	8 of 22	Ellis Horowitz	DEN@Viterbi
30109D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	42 of 40	Ellis Horowitz	OHE132
30322D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:20pm	Tue, Thu	85 of 80	Marco Papa	GFS106
30378D	048	Lecture	5:30-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	79 of 80	Marco Papa	GFS106

CSCI 572: Information Retrieval and Web Search Engines (3.0 units)

Examines key aspects of information retrieval as they apply to search engines; web crawling, indexing, querying and quality of results are studied.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 351 and CSCI 485)
Note: Required prerequisite: CSCI 571.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30151D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	39 of 40	Christian Mattmann	KAP140
30302D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	40 of 40	Ellis Horowitz	KAP140

CSCI 573: Probabilistic Reasoning (3.0 units)

Reasoning under uncertainty, statistical directed and undirected graphical models, temporal modeling, inference in graphical models, parameter learning, decisions under uncertainty. Recommended preparation: An undergraduate level course in probability theory.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30307D	048	Lecture	8:30-9:50am	Mon, Wed	36 of 35	Fei Sha	KAP146

CSCI 574: Computer Vision (3.0 units)

Description and recognition of objects, shape analysis, edge and region segmentation, texture, knowledge based systems, image understanding.

Prerequisite: CSCI 455

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30086D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	41 of 50	Gerard Medioni	OHE136	PDF (232632 KB)
30119D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	6 of 20	Gerard Medioni	DEN@Viterbi
30285D	043	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Gerard Medioni		PDF (232632 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 575: Wireless and Mobile Networks Design and Laboratory (3.0 units)

Mobile ad hoc networks: ad hoc and geographic routing, resource discovery, medium access control, IP-mobility, mobility modeling, wired-wireless networks. Lab: wireless LAN measurement, mobile-IP, ad hoc routing. Recommended preparation: programming, network simulation

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 551 or EE 550 or EE 555)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 579.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30852D	048	Lecture-Lab	6:30-9:20pm	Tuesday	23 of 28	Amitabha Ghosh	KAP145

CSCI 576: Multimedia Systems Design (3.0 units)

State-of-the-art technology for networked multimedia systems such as: system design, I/O technologies, data management, data compression, networking and telecommunications. Design of real-world multimedia solution. Recommended preparation: familiarity with C or C++

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30082D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	5 of 10	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi
30319D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	77 of 81	Parag Havaldar	SGM124

CSCI 577b: Software Engineering (4.0 units)

b: Software development, test, implemetation, and maintenance methods. CASE tools and software envirnments. Software product engineering, configuration management, quaility engineering, documentation. Application via projects.

Prerequisite: CSCI 577a
Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30129D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	6 of 35	Supannika Koolmanojwong	DEN@Viterbi
30130D	048	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Wednesday	41 of 45	Supannika Koolmanojwong	OHE136
30138D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:50pm	MWF	Canceled

CSCI 578: Software Architectures (3.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30136D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 22	Christian Mattmann	DEN@Viterbi
30137D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	39 of 40	Christian Mattmann	RTH217

CSCI 580: 3-D Graphics and Rendering (3.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30390D	048	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary

CSCI 585: Database Systems (3.0 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.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30017D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:40pm	Wednesday	43 of 70	Farnoush Banaei-Kashani	GFS116
30149D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 15	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
30150D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	76 of 77	Shahriar Shamsian	OHE122
30221D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Monday	70 of 70	Shahriar Shamsian	WPHB27
30235D	048	Lecture	6:00-8:40pm	Monday	46 of 70	Farnoush Banaei-Kashani	ZHS159

CSCI 586: Database Systems Interoperability (3.0 units)

Federated and multi-database systems, database networking, conceptual and schematic diversity, information sharing and exchange, knowledge discovery, performance issues.

Prerequisite: CSCI 585

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30309D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Thursday	28 of 28	Dennis McLeod	VKC203

CSCI 588: Specification and Design of User Interface Software (3.0 units)

The design and implementation of user interface software. Study of issues relating to human/computer interaction. Visual design and real-time interfaces.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29957D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:50pm	Monday	29 of 40	Massoud Ghyam	ZHS252

CSCI 590: Directed Research (1.0-12.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30162D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	307 of 320	Gaurav Sukhatme,Stephen Schrader	SAL101

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30168D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 25		OFFICE

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 594A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30169D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 25		OFFICE

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 594B

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30170D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	2 of 25		OFFICE

CSCI 597: 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.

Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Computer Science

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30175D	048	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	53 of 60	Leana Golubchik	SAL101

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

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

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Machine Translation
29964D	048	3.0	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 40	David Chiang,Kevin Knight	KAP163	PDF (165848 KB)
Social Media Analysis
29965D	048	3.0	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	Canceled	Kristina Lerman,Zornitsa Kozareva		PDF (824264 KB)
Geospatial Data Integration
29974D	048	3.0	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 30	Craig Knoblock	VKC252	PDF (323597 KB)
Digital Geometry Processing
29981D	048	3.0	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	30 of 35	Hao Li	VKC203	PDF (457972 KB)
Coordinated Mobile Robotics
29990D	048	3.0	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 30	Nora Ayanian	VKC101	PDF (570433 KB)

CSCI 662: Advanced Natural Language Processing (3.0 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. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 562.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30344D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled

CSCI 664: From Action to Language (3.0 units)

Analysis of neurocomputational processes linking action, perception, emotion and language within an evolutionary framework integrating data from neuroscience, primatology, human psychology and linguistics. Recommended preparation: Graduate standing with background or strong interest in one of linguistics, computational neuroscience (e.g., CSCI 564), robotics, or emotion.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30087R	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	4 of 40	Michael Arbib	WPH102

CSCI 670: Advanced Analysis of Algorithms (3.0 units)

Fundamental techniques for design and analysis of algorithms. Topics include: dynamic programming; network flows; theory of NP-completeness; linear programming; approximation, randomized, and online algorithms; basic cryptography. Recommended preparation: familiarity with algorithms and discrete mathematics.

Prerequisite: CSCI 570

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30313D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	25 of 36	Ming-Deh Huang	WPH106

CSCI 671: Randomized Algorithms (3.0 units)

Standard techniques in the design and analysis of randomized algorithms and random structures. Topics include tail bounds, Markov Chains, VC-dimension, probabilistic method. Recommended preparation: Basic background in probability.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 670)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30308D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	Canceled

CSCI 672: Approximation Algorithms (3.0 units)

Algorithmic techniques include combinatorial algorithms & rounding of linear and semi-definite programs. Applications include network design, graph cuts, covering problems, & approximation hardness. Recommended preparation: Basic background in probability and linear algebra.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 670)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29973D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 40	Shaddin Dughmi	VHE217

CSCI 686: Advanced Big Data Analytics (3.0 units)

Advanced statistical inference and data mining techniques for data analytics, including: topic modeling, structure learning, time-series analysis, learning with less supervision, and massive-scale data analytics. Recommended preparation: CSCI 567, CSCI 573, or EE 559.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30111D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	27 of 29	Yan Liu	SOSB48

CSCI 694b: Topics in Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (3.0 units)

Current topics in network and distributed systems; verbal and written presentation skills, effective critiquing, and evaluation.

Prerequisite: CSCI 694a
Note: Prerequisite Note: CSCI 551 OR CSCI 555 OR Instructor Approval. CSCI 694A is not required for this section.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29968D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:20pm	Wednesday	12 of 30	Minlan Yu	THH108

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	74 of 150	Gaurav Sukhatme,Stephen Schrader	OFFICE