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CSCI 102L: Fundamentals of Computation (2.0 units)

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

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Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29974D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 56	Mohammad reza Rajati	ZHS352	PDF (153284 KB)
29975D	001	Lecture	3:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 37	Mohammad reza Rajati	ZHS352	PDF (153284 KB)
30225R	001	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	5 of 15		KAP141
30248R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	12 of 15		SOSB52
30250R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	13 of 15		GFS109
30253R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	13 of 15		KAP164
30254R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	13 of 15		KAP164
30255R	001	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	5 of 15		SOSB43
30256R	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	13 of 15		VKC107
30258R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 15		KAP165

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)
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Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29966D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:20am	Mon, Wed	38 of 43	Andrew Goodney	WPHB27
29984D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	39 of 43	Sandra Batista	THH210
30075D	001	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Tuesday	38 of 40	Jyotirmoy Deshmukh	SLH100
29902D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	42 of 43	Andrew Goodney	ZHS352
29906D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 43	Andrew Goodney	SSL202
29903R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	28 of 28		SAL109
29904R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	29 of 20		SAL127
30054R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	22 of 26		SAL109
30055R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	26 of 29		SAL126
30120R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	20 of 26		SAL126
30121R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	26 of 26		SAL127
30296R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	24 of 26		SAL126
30374R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	26 of 20		SAL126
29900R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	201 of 276		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
29968R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	65 of 69	Mark Redekopp	SOSB2
29905R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	52 of 66	Sandra Batista	LVL17
29989R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	65 of 70	Mark Redekopp	SOSB46
30397R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 60	Sandra Batista	SOSB4
30399R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	44 of 66	Sandra Batista	THH210
29912R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	24 of 30		SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	21 of 30		SAL126
29915R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL126
30167R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	23 of 30		SAL109
30200R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	22 of 30		SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	28 of 30		SAL126
30286R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 30		SAL109
30293R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	25 of 30		SAL126
30294R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Tuesday	24 of 30		SAL126
30379R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	11 of 30		SAL127
30394R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL109
29972R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	264 of 331		OFFICE

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.

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Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30226D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	193 of 260	Mohammad reza Rajati	SAL101	PDF (151535 KB)

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
29954R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	71 of 81	Aaron Cote	SOSB2
30008R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	60 of 70	Aaron Cote	THH210
30111D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	65 of 71	Aaron Cote	ZHS252
30115D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	69 of 72	Aaron Cote	LVL17
30116R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	73 of 76		SOSB2
30349R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	60 of 75		SOSB46
30373R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	69 of 70		SOSB46
30377R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	63 of 72		SLH102
30343R	001	Quiz	TBA	Thursday	265 of 291		OFFICE

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
30112D	001	Lecture	7:00-8:20am	Mon, Wed	180 of 240	Jeffrey Miller	SAL101
29929R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	30 of 30	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
29930R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	28 of 30	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
29931R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	28 of 30	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
30039R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	28 of 30	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
30040R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Thursday	11 of 30	Jeffrey Miller	SAL109
30110R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	28 of 30	Jeffrey Miller	SAL126
30380R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	27 of 30	Jeffrey Miller	SAL127
29981R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	180 of 240	Jeffrey Miller	TBA

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29956D	001	Lecture	4:30-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	57 of 60	Shahriar Shamsian	MHP101
29957D	001	Lecture	6:00-7:30pm	Mon, Wed	54 of 60	Shahriar Shamsian	MHP101
29958D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:00pm	Tue, Thu	57 of 60	Shahriar Shamsian	THH210
30231D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 60	Shahriar Shamsian	GFS101
30267R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	78 of 80		SLH100
30268R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	73 of 80		ZHS159
30269D	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	76 of 82		ZHS159
30224R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	227 of 240		TBA

CSCI 281: Pipelines for Games and Interactives (4.0 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
29982D	001	Lecture	9:30-12:50pm	Thursday	47 of 50	Scott Easley	SCIL113	PDF (397091 KB)

CSCI 310: Software Engineering (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29967D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	97 of 95	William Halfond	SLH102

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
29993D	001	Lecture	4:00-7:20pm	Thursday	85 of 85	Tanya Ryutov	SLH100
30175D	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	83 of 85	Tanya Ryutov	SGM101
29965R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	168 of 170		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
30050D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	51 of 70	William Cheng	GFS116
30051R	001	Discussion	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	51 of 70		WPHB27

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
30052D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	70 of 77	Marco Paolieri	MHP101
30234D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	80 of 83	Andrew Goodney	SLH102
30172R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	49 of 52		VKC100
30173R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	52 of 53		KDC240
30259D	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	49 of 54		VKC100
30285R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	150 of 160		TBA

CSCI 360: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30000D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	208 of 225	Chao Wang	SAL101	PDF (82928 KB)
30280R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	208 of 225		OFFICE

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31851D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	35 of 37	Barrett Koster	VPD106	PDF (862164 KB)
32097D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	21 of 37	Barrett Koster	OHE540	PDF (862164 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
31902D	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 37	Clark Kromenaker	OHE540	PDF (310200 KB)
31908D	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	34 of 38	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (314876 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)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29963D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	155 of 160	Jeffrey Miller	MHP101

CSCI 402: Operating Systems (4.0 units)

Concurrency, deadlock control, synchronization, process and thread scheduling, memory management, file systems, security and access control, communication and networking, distributed file systems, data management. Duplicates credit in CSCI 350.

Note: CSCI 402 is open only to graduate students.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29945D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	56 of 55	William Cheng	OHE100D
29971D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	91 of 90	William Cheng	SLH102
30331D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	81 of 80	William Cheng	GFS116
30357R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	74 of 75		OHE136
30359R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	79 of 80		GFS116
30360R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	75 of 80		GFS116
29946D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	16 of 15	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi
30356R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	16 of 22		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 404: Capstone: Creating Your High-Tech Startup (4.0 units)

Capstone class in which students create their own technology startup, leveraging comprehensive CS knowledge and best industry practices. Prerequisite: CSCI 201, CSCI 270, and ITP 466.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 201 and CSCI 270 and ITP 466)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30028D	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	36 of 36	Adelanya Adesanya, Harshvardhan Vathsangam	KAP163

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
Note: Students must be in year 3 or above of their program to enroll in this course.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29979R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	70 of 72	Jernej Barbic	GFS116
30078R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	70 of 72		OFFICE

CSCI 423: Native Console Multiplayer Game Development (4.0 units)

Implementation of AAA style multiplayer game running on consoles and DX11. Console development in native C++, console SDKs, engine components, gameplay, networking, data prediction/replication. Prerequisite: CSCI 522 or ITP 380. Recommended preparation: ITP 485.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 522 or ITP 380)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30102R	001	Lecture	7:00-10:20pm	Monday	17 of 70	Artjoms Kovalovs	SCA112

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
30014D	001	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Wednesday	29 of 30	Andrew Nealen	SCI206	PDF (66284 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
30125R	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	31 of 45	Jelena Mirkovic	KAP146

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

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 104 or ITP 365)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the ITP department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ITP 435.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31826D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	54 of 61	Sanjay Madhav	KAP160	PDF (319269 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 439: Compiler Development (4.0 units)

Practical applications of techniques used to develop a programming language compiler.

Prerequisite: 1 from (ITP 365 or CSCI 104)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the ITP department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ITP 439.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
32070D	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	36 of 37	Sanjay Madhav	KAP163	PDF (314648 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
30386D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	30 of 30	Heather Culbertson	THH119
29910R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 15		RTH419
29911R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Thursday	15 of 15		RTH419

Crosslist CSCI 450: Introduction to Computer Networks (4.0 units)

Network architectures; layered protocols, network service interface; local, wide area, wireless networks; Internet protocols; link protocols; addressing; routing; flow control; software defined network; multimedia networks.

Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 450.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30828D	001	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	83 of 110	Ali Zahid	OHE122
31189R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	148 of 200		OFFICE
30568D	014	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	Canceled	Ali Zahid
30570R	014	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	9 of 25		DEN@Viterbi
30560D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	58 of 62	Ali Zahid	LVL17
30566R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	35 of 40		VKC101
30719R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	42 of 42		GFS207
30829R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	62 of 80		OHE132

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.
Note: Register for lecture and lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30661D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 72	Xuehai Qian	THH202
30466R	001	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	38 of 72		GFS116

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 one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30327D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	130 of 150	Claire Bono	SGM124	PDF (97164 KB)
29919R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	29 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
29923R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	13 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
30029R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Thursday	30 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
30329R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Thursday	29 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
30384R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	29 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL127
29934D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	20 of 27	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
30023R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	20 of 27		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.
Note: Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30595D	014	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi
30594R	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30478D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 49	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE230
30591D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	48 of 75	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE136
30497R	001	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	46 of 76		GFS118
30593R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	48 of 110		OHE122
30997R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	99 of 150		OFFICE

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
29977R	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	31 of 60	Mohammad reza Rajati	VKC156	PDF (167174 KB)
30057R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	26 of 30		VKC256
30058R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	5 of 30		VKC256

CSCI 485: File and Database Management (4.0 units)

File input/output techniques, basic methods for file organization, file managers, principles of databases, conceptual data models, and query languages. Prerequisite: CSCI 201.

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30124R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 10	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	VHE210

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
32062D	001	Lecture-Lab	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	33 of 36	Matthew Whiting	KAP107

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
30229D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	33 of 100	Lizsl De Leon	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	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	41 of 45	Scott Easley,St. Colon	EGG108	PDF (191739 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-Lab	TBA	TBA	7 of 24	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
Robust Software Design and Implementation
29998D	001	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	13 of 25	Barath Raghavan	KAP164

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	12:00-12:50pm	MWF	26 of 35	Haitian Yue	KAP147	PDF (138322 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 502a: Numerical Analysis (3.0 units)

Computational linear algebra; solution of general nonlinear systems of equations; approximation theory using functional analysis; numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations.

Prerequisite: (MATH 425A and MATH 471)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the MATH department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in MATH 502a.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39698R	001	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	MWF	13 of 40	Neelesh Tiruviluamala	KAP144

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	15 of 30	Remigijus Mikulevicius	KAP140

CSCI 520: Computer Animation and Simulation (4.0 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-420 or CSCI-580. Recommendedpreparation: Familiarity with calculus, linear algebra, and numerical computation; C/C++ programming skills.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 420 or CSCI 580)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30230D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	25 of 50	Jernej Barbic	GFS101

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
30012D	048	Lecture	10:00-1:20pm	Wednesday	87 of 88	Mike Zyda	SCI106

CSCI 529b: Advanced Game Projects (2.0 units)

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	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	25 of 50	Matthew Whiting	EGG108

CSCI 531: Applied Cryptography (4.0 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
30320D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	33 of 40	Tanya Ryutov	OHE100C
30031R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	33 of 40		OFFICE
30321D	034	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	15 of 20	Tanya Ryutov	DEN@Viterbi
30032R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	15 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 534: Affective Computing (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29973D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	41 of 40	Jonathan Gratch	THH210

CSCI 535: Multimodal Probabilistic Learning of Human Communication (4.0 units)

Principles and techniques to understand, build, and utilize multimodal machine learning algorithms through automatically understanding, recognizing, and analyzing phenomena of human communication. Recommended preparation: CSCI 542 or CSCI 567 or CSCI 573 or equivalent.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30060D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 30	Mohammad Soleymani	KAP145

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	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	35 of 40	Sima Parisay	OHE100B	Word (120320 KB)
31736D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	5 of 5	Sima Parisay	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (227954 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: CS 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
32456D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Tuesday	49 of 70	Wensheng Wu	VKC156	PDF (239254 KB)
32467D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	54 of 56	Wensheng Wu	OHE132	PDF (239254 KB)
32468D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	7 of 10	Wensheng Wu	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (239254 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.

Note: A breakout session in SCI 206.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30281D	048	Lecture	10:00-1:20pm	Thursday	90 of 93	Mike Zyda,Vangelis Lympouridis	SCI106	PDF (322520 KB)
30284R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	90 of 93		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.
Note: CSCI Students, please note that this is not a CSCI course and will be counted as one of your non CSCI elective.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
32403D	048	Lecture	6:00-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	68 of 76	Yao-Yi Chiang	ZHS352	PDF (122504 KB)
32454D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Monday	75 of 90	Wei-Min Shen	SLH100	PDF (147841 KB)
32455D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Tuesday	75 of 90	Wei-Min Shen	SOSB2	PDF (147841 KB)
32469D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	35 of 40	Anna Farzindar	SOSB2	PDF (96416 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
30005D	048	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Tuesday	72 of 80	Ron Artstein	THH208
30027D	048	Lecture	4:00-7:50pm	Monday	188 of 200	Mark Core	SAL101

CSCI 550: Advanced Data Stores (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 485 or CSCI 585)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30135R	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 10	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	LVL13

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	6:40-9:20pm	Tuesday	31 of 47	Dan Gunnar Mika Nystroem	OHE100B
30703R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	31 of 47		OHE100D
30700D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Tue, Thu	5 of 20	Dan Gunnar Mika Nystroem	DEN@Viterbi
30701R	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	5 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 555L: Advanced Operating Systems (4.0 units)

Advanced topics in operating system research: new OS structures, novel memory management, communication, file system, process management, reliability and security techniques.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 350 or CSCI 402)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30305D	048	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Monday	22 of 30	Clifford Neuman	WPH101
29935R	048	Lab	TBA	TBA	22 of 30		OFFICE

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: Prerequisite taken at USC or placement exam required. Register for lecture and discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30820D	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	34 of 82	Michel Dubois	OHE132
30722R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	34 of 82		OHE132
30716D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	12 of 20	Michel Dubois	DEN@Viterbi
30718R	034	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	12 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 559: Mathematical Pattern Recognition (3.0 units)

Distribution free classification, discriminant functions, training algorithms; statistical classification, parametric and nonparametric techniques; artificial neural networks.

Corequisite: EE 503 and 1 from (EE 441 or EE 510)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 559.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30561D	034	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	7 of 20	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi
30728D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	134 of 160	Keith Jenkins	OHE122	PDF (158902 KB)
			3:30-4:20pm	Mon, Wed			RTH217
30489R	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	8 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30565R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	133 of 160		OHE122

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
30071D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	298 of 331	Wei-Min Shen	SGM123	PDF (78611 KB)
30070R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	298 of 331	Wei-Min Shen	SGM123
30034R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	298 of 331		OFFICE
29936D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	39 of 42	Wei-Min Shen	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (78611 KB)
30030R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	39 of 42		DEN@Viterbi
30035R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	39 of 42		DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 563: Building Knowledge Graphs (4.0 units)

Foundations, techniques, and algorithms for building knowledge graphs and doing so at scale. Topics include information extraction, data alignment, entity linking, and the Semantic Web.

Prerequisite: 1 from (INF 551 or CSCI 585) and 1 from (INF 552 or CSCI 567)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the INF department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in INF 558.
Note: CSCI 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
32464D	048	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	53 of 60	Jay Pujara,Pedro Szekely	ZHS252

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
30079D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Wed, Fri	82 of 90	Yan Liu	OHE132
30081R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	82 of 90		OFFICE
30265R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	82 of 90		OFFICE
30213D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Wed, Fri	15 of 30	Yan Liu	DEN@Viterbi
30264R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	15 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
30266R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	15 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
30227R	048	Quiz	5:00-7:20pm	Friday	539 of 575		TBA
30177D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Tuesday	315 of 331	Victor Adamchik	SGM123
30090R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	316 of 333	Victor Adamchik	SGM123
30395D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	224 of 244	Victor Adamchik	SGM124
30089R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	222 of 244	Victor Adamchik	SGM124
30099D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	28 of 34	Victor Adamchik	DEN@Viterbi
29952R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	29 of 34		DEN@Viterbi
29953R	034	Quiz	5:00-7:20pm	Friday	28 of 34		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
30322D	048	Lecture	7:30-9:20pm	Tue, Thu	182 of 160	Marco Papa	SGM124
30378D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	156 of 160	Marco Papa	SGM124
30109R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	338 of 350		OFFICE
30016D	034	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	19 of 20	Marco Papa	DEN@Viterbi
30088R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	19 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 572: Information Retrieval and Web Search Engines (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30151D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:50am	Mon, Wed	298 of 275	Ellis Horowitz	SGM123
30152R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	283 of 300		OFFICE
30210D	034	Lecture	7:00-8:50am	Mon, Wed	49 of 49	Ellis Horowitz	DEN@Viterbi
30211R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	46 of 49		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
30082D	034	Lecture	6:40-10:00pm	Monday	6 of 14	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi
30319D	048	Lecture	6:40-10:00pm	Monday	70 of 70	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	Syllabus	Info
30130D	048	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Friday	19 of 40	Supannika Koolmanojwong	OHE122
30129D	034	Lecture	3:00-6:20pm	Friday	4 of 35	Supannika Koolmanojwong	DEN@Viterbi

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
30065D	048	Lecture	2:00-4:20pm	Tuesday	749 of 751	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary
30066R	048	Discussion	6:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	200 of 200	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL101
30067R	048	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Monday	85 of 300	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM123
30159R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Tuesday	199 of 200	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL101
30287R	048	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	265 of 300	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM123
30156R	048	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	749 of 751		TBA
30149D	034	Lecture	2:00-4:20pm	Tuesday	34 of 40	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
30146R	034	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	34 of 40		DEN@Viterbi
30157R	034	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	34 of 40		DEN@Viterbi

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	1.0-12.0	Lecture	TBA	TBA	24 of 375	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE
30388D	048	1.0-6.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	54 of 175	Lizsl De Leon	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.

Note: This course will NOT always meet at the assigned times. Refer to the CS Department Calendar at cs.usc.edu for scheduled colloquium talks.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30076D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	93 of 220	Kimberly Serrano	SAL101
30077D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	16 of 30	Kimberly Serrano	DEN@Viterbi
30222D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	38 of 40	Kimberly Serrano	OHE132

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	1 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	2 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	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
Innovation for Defense Applications
30010D	048	4.0	Lecture	3:30-6:50pm	Thursday	21 of 40	Clifford Neuman	SGM601	PDF (641339 KB)
Mobile Social Games
30022D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	50 of 70	Scott Easley	SCI108	PDF (183315 KB)
Applied Machine Learning for Games
30025D	048	4.0	Lecture	10:00-1:20pm	Tuesday	95 of 97	Mike Zyda	SCI108

CSCI 644: Natural Language Dialogue Systems (4.0 units)

Computational models of natural language dialogue; conversational interfaces to artificial systems; dialogue system architectures and applications; Reinforcement learning of dialogue policies.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30007D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	24 of 40	Kallirroi Georgila	KAP144

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
30313D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	54 of 50	Ming-Deh Huang	SOSB46

CSCI 672: Approximation Algorithms (4.0 units)

Algorithmic techniques include combinatorial algorithms and rounding of linear and semi-definite programs. Applications include network design, graph cuts, covering problems, and approximation hardness.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 670)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29978D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 16	Shaddin Dughmi	KAP164

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	79 of 100	Leana Golubchik	WPHB27

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	62 of 65	Leana Golubchik	WPHB27

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
Software Forensics
29980D	048	4.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	7 of 30	Nenad Medvidovic	GFS213
Computer-Aided Verification
30015D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	16 of 25	Mukund Raghothaman	GFS220	PDF (333427 KB)
Computational Human Robot Interaction
30026D	048	4.0	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 30	Stefanos Nikolaidis	KAP145
Adversarial Machine Learning
30101D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	20 of 30	Muhammad Naveed	LVL13
Topics in Discrete Optimization and Learning
30126D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	16 of 30	Bistra Dilkina	VPDLL101	PDF (90866 KB)

CSCI 790: Research (1.0-12.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30208D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	211 of 250	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE