USC Schedule of Classes

Computer Science (CSCI)

• http://www.cs.usc.edu/
• D class assignments 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 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. 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, CSGM, or CSBA majors.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30211R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	26 of 60	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	VPD105
30212R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	18 of 30		SAL109
30213R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	8 of 30		SAL109

CSCI 102L: Fundamentals of Computation (2.0 units)

Fundamental concepts of algorithmic thinking as a primer to programming. Introduction to C++.

• Note: D Clearance Request Form tinyurl.com/CSIntroCourses

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29918D	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	32 of 30	Mark Redekopp	THH119
30235D	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	84 of 85	Mark Redekopp	GFS106
30010R	001	Lab	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	7 of 13		GFS112
30011R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	11 of 13		SOSB37
30012R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	11 of 13		SOSB41
30013R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	11 of 13		SOSB43
30018R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	9 of 13		THH211
30020R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	13 of 13		THH211
30021R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	11 of 13		THH209
30022R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	10 of 13		THH209
30364R	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	11 of 13		KAP150
30365R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	11 of 13		KAP134
30370R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	11 of 13		KAP137

CSCI 103L: Introduction to Programming (4.0 units)

Basic datatypes, assignments, control statements (if, switch, for, while), input/output (printf, scanf, cin, cout), functions, arrays, structures, recursion, dynamic memory, file handling. Programming in C/C++.

• Corequisite: 1 from (CSCI 109 or EE 109)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29934D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	60 of 55	Andrew Goodney	GFS101
29920D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	76 of 76	Andrew Goodney	ZHS252
29922D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	74 of 70	Mark Redekopp	LVL17
30181D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	67 of 65	Min Young Mun	SLH100
30186D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	41 of 42	Min Young Mun	VKC101
29902R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	35 of 36		SAL127
29913R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	30 of 30		SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	26 of 36		SAL126
29924R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	29 of 30		SAL109
29925R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	35 of 36		SAL126
29926R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	32 of 36		SAL126
29927D	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	31 of 31		SAL126
30180R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	28 of 30		SAL109
30193R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	18 of 36		SAL127
30286R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	28 of 36		SAL126
30313R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	26 of 30		SAL109
30024R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	318 of 366	Andrew Goodney,Min Young Mun, Mark Redekopp	TBA

CSCI 104L: Data Structures and Object Oriented Design (4.0 units)

Introduces the student to standard data structures (linear structures such as linked lists, (balanced) trees, priority queues, and hashtables), using the C++ programming language.Prerequisite: CSCI 103. Corequisite: CSCI 170.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 103
• Corequisite: CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29917R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	56 of 60	Aaron Cote	VPD105
29930R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	58 of 60	Aaron Cote	SOSB46
29931R	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	56 of 60	Aaron Cote	THH114
30188R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 45	Aaron Cote	ZHS163
29905R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	28 of 30		SAL109
29907R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	31 of 30		SAL109
29932R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	28 of 30		SAL109
29933R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 30		SAL109
29937R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	36 of 36		SAL126
29938R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	29 of 30		SAL127
30210R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	35 of 36		SAL127
30025R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	215 of 230		TBA

CSCI 109: Introduction to Computer Science (2.0 units)

An introduction to, and overview of, Computer Science; both as a discipline and a body of knowledge.

• Note: D Clearance Request Form tinyurl.com/CSIntroCourses

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29901D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	303 of 306	Andrew Goodney	SGM123

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 103 and 1 from (CSCI 109 or EE 109)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30136R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	59 of 60	Sandra Batista	THH210
30137D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	62 of 62	Sandra Batista	THH116
30138R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	61 of 61	Sandra Batista	VPD105
30139R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	50 of 70	Sandra Batista	SOSB46
29929R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	77 of 80		GFS116
29954R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	75 of 75		SOSB46
30106R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	80 of 80		GFS116
30027R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	232 of 250		TBA

CSCI 201: Principles of Software Development (4.0 units)

Object-oriented paradigm for programming-in-the-large in Java; writing sophisticated concurrent applications with animation and graphic user interfaces; using professional tools on team project. Prerequisite: CSCI 104L.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29979D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	71 of 71	Olivera Grujic	SLH102
29993D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	71 of 71	Olivera Grujic	ZHS352
29998D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	67 of 70	Olivera Grujic	ZHS252
30254D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	65 of 70	Olivera Grujic	GFS116
29904R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 30		SAL109
30134R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	37 of 37		SAL126
30237R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	37 of 37		SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	37 of 37		SAL127
30239R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	37 of 37		SAL126
30241R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	30 of 31		SAL109
30385R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	31 of 31		SAL109
30396R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	37 of 37		SAL126
30028R	001	Quiz	TBA	Thursday	274 of 280		OFFICE

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

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

• Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29959D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:20pm	Mon, Wed	82 of 83	Leonard Adleman	SLH102
30361R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	82 of 83		GFS116
30222R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	82 of 83		OFFICE
30105D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 37	Joseph Bebel	VKC203
30263D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	54 of 56	Joseph Bebel	VKC150
30264D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	73 of 74	Joseph Bebel	LVL17
30362R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	80 of 85		MRF340
30363R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	82 of 82		MRF340
30029R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	162 of 167		TBA

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31846D	001	Lecture	5:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled	Tom Sloper		Word (77115 KB)
31852D	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Friday	0 of 17		OHE542
31853D	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	0 of 17		OHE542

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	144 of 144	Chao Wang	SGM101	PDF (1197856 MB)

CSCI 350: Introduction to Operating Systems (4.0 units)

Basic issues in concurrency, deadlock control, synchronization scheduling, memory management, protection and access control, inter-process communication, and structured design. Laboratory experiences with Unix-like operating system. Duplicates credit in CSCI 402.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29969D	001	Lecture	4:00-7:20pm	Monday	98 of 102	Tanya Ryutov	GFS106
29970R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	98 of 102		OFFICE

CSCI 353: Introduction to Internetworking (4.0 units)

Global Internet: design principles, layering, protocol design/analysis.Networked applications, Internet structure/architecture,Protocols for transport/congestion control, network layer/routing,link layer/MAC. Network security. Prerequisites: CSCI 201. Recommended preparation: Familiarity with C and C++.Duplicates credit in EE 450.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30247D	001	Lecture	4:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	73 of 80	Tanya Ryutov	GFS116
29977R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	73 of 80		OFFICE

CSCI 356: Introduction to Computer Systems (4.0 units)

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

• Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29912D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	75 of 75	Andrew Goodney	ZHS252
29962D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	76 of 75	Marco Paolieri	WPHB27
29916R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	51 of 50		THH210
30124R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	50 of 50		ZHS163
30126R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	50 of 50		ZHS163
30285R	001	Quiz	8:00-9:50pm	Tuesday	151 of 150		TBA

CSCI 360: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (4.0 units)

Concepts and algorithms underlying the understanding and construction of intelligent systems. Agents, problem solving, search, representation, reasoning, planning, machine learning. Prerequisites: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 460.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170
• Note: Course Website: idm-lab.org/wiki/360-Fall18/

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30031D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	66 of 70	Sven Koenig	ZHS252
30043D	001	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	67 of 70	Sven Koenig	ZHS252
29983R	001	Quiz	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	133 of 140		GFS106

Crosslist CSCI 368: Programming Graphical User Interfaces (4.0 units)

Programming applications with dynamic graphical user interfaces. Topics include events, controls, resources, data bindings, styles and user experience.

• Prerequisite: 1 from (ITP 265 or CSCI 103)
• Crosslist: This course is offered by the ITP department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ITP 368.
• Note: This class is worth 4 units effective Fall 2019.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31807D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 33	Barrett Koster	KAP107	PDF (348285 KB)
32078D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	21 of 25	Barrett Koster	KAP166	PDF (352997 KB)

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
31872D	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 38	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (314335 KB)
32026D	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	15 of 38	Clark Kromenaker	OHE540	PDF (312635 KB)
32083D	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	33 of 38	Matthew Whiting	OHE540	PDF (312635 KB)

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30227D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	100 of 100	Jeffrey Miller	HAR101

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.

• Note: CSCI 402 is open only to graduate students.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29945D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	53 of 60	William Cheng	OHE136
30203D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	36 of 40	William Cheng	VHE217
30243D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	30 of 30	William Cheng	SGM226
30147R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	64 of 70	William Cheng	OHE136
30268R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	33 of 80	William Cheng	SOSB2
30269R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	22 of 80	William Cheng	SOSB2
29946D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	11 of 20	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi
30145R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	11 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	3:30-6:50pm	Tuesday	43 of 70	Andrew Nealen	ZHS159	PDF (83281 KB)
30372R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	43 of 70		OFFICE

CSCI 426: Game Prototyping (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30242R	001	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Wednesday	13 of 20	Andrew Nealen	SCIL113	PDF (65608 KB)

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

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

• Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29911D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 44	Muhammad Naveed	GFS207

Crosslist CSCI 435: Professional C++ (4.0 units)

Applications of advanced concepts in C++ including lambda expressions, templates, secure coding, parallel programming, writing performant code, CMake and continuous integration.

• Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 104 or ITP 365)
• Crosslist: This course is offered by the ITP department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ITP 435.
• Note: This class is worth 4 units effective Fall 2019.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32042D	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	51 of 61	Sanjay Madhav	KAP160	PDF (322179 KB)

CSCI 445L: Introduction to Robotics (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30386D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	28 of 30	Nora Ayanian	WPH106
29956R	001	Lab	7:00-9:50pm	Wednesday	13 of 15	Nora Ayanian	VHE205
29958R	001	Lab	7:00-9:50pm	Monday	15 of 15	Nora Ayanian	VHE205

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
30684R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	244 of 260		TBA
31186D	014	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	16 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30545D	014	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	15 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30546D	014	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Friday	15 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30623D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	46 of 50	Cauligi Raghavendra	LVL16	PDF (317877 KB)
30450R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	50 of 60	Cauligi Raghavendra	THH210
30501D	001	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Tue, Thu	73 of 76	Ali Zahid	ZHS352
30503R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	74 of 76	Ali Zahid	ZHS352
30500D	001	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	73 of 76	Ali Zahid	OHE122
			7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu			OHE132
30502D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 57	Ali Zahid	VPD116
30504R	001	Discussion	8:30-9:20am	Friday	73 of 76	Ali Zahid	OHE136
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	50 of 51	Ali Zahid	KDC240

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	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 60	Viktor Prasanna	VPD105	PDF (90211 KB)
30409R	001	Lab	3:30-4:50pm	Friday	45 of 60		GFS118

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	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	23 of 30	Shahin Nazarian	WPH203
30559R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	23 of 30		WPH102

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	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	192 of 224	Claire Bono	SGM124
29950R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	32 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL126
30192R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	24 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL127
30205R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	32 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL109
30206R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	31 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL109
30207R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Thursday	29 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL109
30261R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	12 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL109
30262R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	32 of 32	Claire Bono	SAL109
29963D	014	Lecture	8:00-9:20am	Tue, Thu	20 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
29964R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	20 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
30567D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 45	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE230
31284D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	58 of 63	Gandhi Puvvada	ZHS352
31305D	014	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
31338D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	46 of 82	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE132
30569R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	65 of 85		OHE122
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	83 of 85		SLH100
31285D	014	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31336D	014	Quiz	5:30-8:30pm	Thursday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31337R	001	Quiz	5:30-8:30pm	Thursday	148 of 250		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 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	12:00-12:50pm	MWF	35 of 49	Chunming Wang	VKC156	PDF (97833 KB)
39680D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	19 of 25		GFS207
39681D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	16 of 25		GFS204
39682D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	MWF	48 of 49	Ricardo Mancera	SOSB4
39683D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	24 of 25		KAP167
39684D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	24 of 25		KAP167

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	37 of 60	Mohammad Reza Rajati	MHPB7B	PDF (159962 KB)
30278R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Monday	8 of 30		THH119
30279D	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	29 of 30		THH119

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	17 of 20	Shanghua Teng	GFS111

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
31889D	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	16 of 33	Matthew Whiting	KAP107	PDF (457082 KB)

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

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30144D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	25 of 35		OFFICE

CSCI 491aL: Final Game Project (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29989R	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	40 of 45	Scott Easley,St. Colon	EGG108	PDF (209291 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 495: Senior Project (2.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
50526D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	4 of 4	Christopher Gould	OFFICE

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

Selected topics in computer science.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Ethics in Computing
30270D	001	2.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	16 of 20	Tanya Ryutov	SOSB41
Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
30387D	001	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 25	Bistra Dilkina	KAP107

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	36 of 45	Remigijus Mikulevicius	WPHB28

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
30005D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	31 of 31	Barry Boehm	DEN@Viterbi
30007D	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	112 of 120	Barry Boehm	OHE122

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	37 of 50	Artjoms Kovalovs	SCIL113

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
30130D	048	Lecture	10:00-1:20pm	Wednesday	73 of 65	Mike Zyda	SCI106	PDF (118188 KB)
30189D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	Canceled	Scott Easley

CSCI 529a: Advanced Game Projects (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29992D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	33 of 50	Matthew Whiting	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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30015D	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	49 of 75	Clifford Neuman	OHE122
30017R	048	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	48 of 75		OHE122
30014D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	17 of 25	Clifford Neuman	DEN@Viterbi
30016R	034	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	17 of 25		DEN@Viterbi

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	6:30-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	34 of 35	Sima Parisay	KAP144	PDF (481950 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 537: Foundations of Data Management (4.0 units)

Function and design of modern storage systems, including cloud; data management techniques; data modeling; network attached storage, clusters and data centers; relational databases; the map-reduce paradigm.

• Crosslist: This course is offered by the INF department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in INF 551.
• Note: Computer Science students please note that this is not a CSCI course and will be counted as one of your non CSCI electives.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32405D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	44 of 45	Wensheng Wu	THH118	PDF (237568 KB)
32406D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	44 of 45	Wensheng Wu	KAP144	PDF (237568 KB)

CSCI 538: Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality (4.0 units)

Technical design and implementation of immersive environments; visual simulations, interactive 3D graphics and games.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29988D	048	Lecture	10:00-1:20pm	Thursday	92 of 95	Evangelos Lympouridis,Mike Zyda	SCI108	PDF (209660 KB)
30324R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	92 of 96		OFFICE

Crosslist CSCI 541: Foundations and Applications of Data Mining (4.0 units)

Data mining and machine learning algorithms for analyzing very large data sets. Emphasis on Map Reduce. Case studies.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32415D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Wednesday	45 of 50	Wei-Min Shen	OHE132	PDF (146158 KB)
32418D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	60 of 60	Anna Farzindar	VKC156	PDF (111185 KB)
32443D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Tuesday	44 of 50	Wensheng Wu	SOSB44	PDF (160971 KB)
32488D	048	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Tuesday	51 of 65	Andres Abeliuk Kimelman, Keith Burghardt	VPD105	PDF (131164 KB)

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
30231D	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Wed, Fri	66 of 70	Anna Farzindar	SAL101	PDF (278647 KB)
30265D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Wed, Fri	67 of 70	Nanyun Peng	WPHB27

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
29975D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	72 of 74	Stefanos Nikolaidis	LVL17	PDF (314710 KB)
30226R	048	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	72 of 74		TBA

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	29 of 37	Ramesh Govindan	VKC152

CSCI 556: Introduction to Cryptography (4.0 units)

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

• Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 581)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30196D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	19 of 25	Ming-Deh Huang	GFS107

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	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	6 of 20	Michel Dubois	DEN@Viterbi
30630R	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 53	Michel Dubois	OHE100D
30629R	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	6 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	20 of 53		OHE100D

Crosslist CSCI 560: Information Visualization (4.0 units)

Graphical depictions of data for communication, analysis, and decision support. Cognitive processing and perception of visual data and visualizations. Designing effective visualizations. Implementing interactive visualizations.

• Crosslist: This course is offered by the INF department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in INF 554.
• Note: Computer Science students, please note that this is not a CSCI course and will count as one of your non CSCI electives.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32457D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Wednesday	70 of 72	Luciano Nocera	THH208	PDF (106133 KB)

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
30195D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:30pm	Monday	731 of 750	Laurent Itti		PDF (55980 KB)
30050R	048	Discussion	TBA	Wednesday	375 of 500	Wei-Min Shen	OFFICE
30301R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	30 of 30	Wei-Min Shen	RTH217
30376R	048	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	248 of 250	Wei-Min Shen	SGM124
30377R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	40 of 40	Wei-Min Shen	SOSB2
30378R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Tuesday	38 of 40	Wei-Min Shen	SOSB2
29981R	048	Quiz	TBA	Monday	731 of 750		OFFICE
30079D	034	Lecture	2:00-4:30pm	Monday	21 of 26		DEN@Viterbi
30305R	034	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	21 of 26		DEN@Viterbi
29982R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	21 of 26		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 566: Deep Learning and Its Applications (4.0 units)

Deep learning research in computer vision, natural language processing and robotics; neural networks; deep learning algorithms, tools and software.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30122D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	119 of 155	Joseph Lim	SAL101

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
29984R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	412 of 600		OFFICE
30352D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Tuesday	200 of 200	Victor Adamchik	SGM123
30392R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	202 of 300		SGM123
29995D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Thursday	212 of 200	Victor Adamchik	SGM123
30151R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Thursday	210 of 300		SGM123
30259D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Thursday	14 of 20	Victor Adamchik	DEN@Viterbi
30272R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Thursday	14 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
29985R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	14 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	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	329 of 330	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
30102D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:50pm	Mon, Wed	327 of 330	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM123
29915R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	656 of 660		OFFICE
29923R	048	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	656 of 660		TBA
30099D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 45	Shahriar Shamsian	DEN@Viterbi
30253R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	39 of 45		DEN@Viterbi
30152R	034	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	39 of 45		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 571: Web Technologies (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30221D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	185 of 190	Marco Papa	SGM124
30246D	048	Lecture	7:30-9:20pm	Tue, Thu	184 of 189	Marco Papa	SGM124
30158R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	369 of 380		OFFICE
30177D	034	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 21	Marco Papa	DEN@Viterbi
30178R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	18 of 21		OFFICE

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
30224D	034	Lecture	6:40-10:10pm	Monday	5 of 10	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi
30225D	048	Lecture	6:40-10:10pm	Monday	81 of 80	Parag Havaldar	SGM124

CSCI 577a: Software Engineering (4.0 units)

A: Software life-cycle processes; planning considerations for product definition, development, test, implemetation, maintenance. Team project. Graduate standing.

• Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30128D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	MWF	80 of 100	Barry Boehm,Supannika Koolmanojwong	OHE122
30127D	034	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	MWF	15 of 40	Barry Boehm,Supannika Koolmanojwong	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 578: Software Architectures (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30093D	034	Lecture	10:30-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	2 of 10	Nenad Medvidovic	DEN@Viterbi
30094D	048	Lecture	10:30-12:20pm	Mon, Wed	56 of 80	Nenad Medvidovic	OHE132

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30250D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	58 of 60	Ulrich Neumann	GFS101
29935R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	58 of 60		GFS116

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	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	242 of 244	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM124
30308R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	242 of 244		SGM124
30371R	048	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	242 of 244		TBA
30149D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	23 of 25	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
30092R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	23 of 28		DEN@Viterbi
30148R	034	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	23 of 28		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 587: Geospatial Information Management (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30394D	048	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	47 of 50	Cyrus Shahabi	SOSB4	PDF (51246 KB)

CSCI 590: Directed Research (1.0-12.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30162D	048	1.0-5.0	Lecture	TBA	Tue, Thu	32 of 375		OFFICE
30350D	048	1.0-4.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	54 of 150	Barry Boehm	SAL101

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	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	110 of 150	Lizsl De Leon, Kimberly Serrano	SAL101

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30844R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	17 of 48	Pierluigi Nuzzo	VKC201
30845R	048	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	17 of 30		VPD107

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30170D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	2 of 20		OFFICE

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

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

• Prerequisite: CSCI 594A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30169D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 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
30171D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 25		OFFICE

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

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

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Mobile Social Games
30314D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:30pm	Monday	69 of 70	Scott Easley	SCI108	PDF (283785 KB)
Applied Machine Learning for Games
30384D	048	4.0	Lecture	12:00-3:20pm	Tuesday	97 of 97	Mike Zyda	SCI106	PDF (136533 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 626: Computational Social Sciences (4.0 units)

Discussion of advances in computational social sciences, including automated text and network analysis. Recommended preparation: PSYC-625.

• 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
52744D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	14 of 20	Morteza Dehghani	BCI266	PDF (138999 KB)

CSCI 631: Privacy in the World of Big Data (4.0 units)

Privacy challenges that arise in the world driven by data. An overview of algorithmic and technical approaches to addressing them.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30219D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Friday	14 of 20	Aleksandra Korolova	GFS104	PDF (146533 KB)

CSCI 646: Coordinated Mobile Robotics (4.0 units)

State-of-the-art techniques for coordinating robot teams. Distributed approaches; task allocation; control and stability; network topology; coverage and monitoring; caging; bio-inspired approaches; persistence; probabilistic methods. Recommended preparation: Solid background in linear algebra, programming and algorithm analysis skills. Open only to Computer Science doctoral students.

• Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Computer Science
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30185D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 21	Nora Ayanian	SOSB37

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	13 of 15	Ramesh Govindan

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
30398D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	28 of 30	Aiichiro Nakano	LVL13	PDF (96711 KB)
30399R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	28 of 40		VPD106

Crosslist CSCI 658: Diagnosis and Design of Reliable Digital Systems (3.0 units)

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

• 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 658.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30787D	048	Lecture	6:30-9:20pm	Monday	84 of 84	Moe Tabar	SLH200

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	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	21 of 25	Jonathan May	LVL16	PDF (131751 KB)

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	38 of 40	Shanghua Teng	KDC236

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
30199D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	31 of 33	Shaddin Dughmi	SGM226

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	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 56	Ram Nevatia	OHE136	PDF (66055 KB)
30229D	034	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	0 of 12	Ram Nevatia	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (66055 KB)
30291D	916	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	54 of 56	Ram Nevatia	OHE136
30292D	904	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 12	Ram 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	78 of 100	Leana Golubchik	SGM124

CSCI 698: Practicum in Teaching Computer Science (1.0 units, max 2)

Practical principles for the long-term development of effective teaching in Computer Science. Intended for teaching assistants for classes offered by the Computer Science department. Graded CR/NC. Open only to Computer Science doctoral students.

• Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Computer Science
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30209D	048	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	Monday	51 of 82	Leana Golubchik	ZHS252

CSCI 699: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units, max 8)

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

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

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Advanced Topics in Representation Learning for NLP
30111D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	17 of 18	Xiang Ren	OFFICE
Haptic Interfaces and Virtual Environments
30187D	048	4.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	13 of 15	Heather Culbertson
Representation Learning: Theory and Practice
30220D	048	4.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	51 of 52	Aram Galstyan,Greg Ver Steeg	VKC102	PDF (483986 KB)
Seminar in Reproducibility and Open Source Software Development: Reinforcement Learning for Robotics
30340D	048	4.0	Lecture	3:00-6:50pm	Monday	Canceled	Gaurav Sukhatme
Theoretical Machine Learning
30380D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	13 of 15	Haipeng Luo	LVL13

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	188 of 200		OFFICE

CSCI 794a: Doctoral Dissertation (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30214D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	24 of 30		OFFICE

CSCI 794b: Doctoral Dissertation (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 794a
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30215D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	13 of 20		OFFICE

CSCI 794c: Doctoral Dissertation (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 794b
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30216D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	12 of 30		OFFICE

CSCI 794d: Doctoral Dissertation (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 794c
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30217D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	10 of 20		OFFICE

CSCI 794z: Doctoral Dissertation (0.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Dissertation. Graded CR/NC.

• Prerequisite: CSCI 794d
• Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30218D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	7 of 20		OFFICE