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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
29908D	001	Lecture	11:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	69 of 100	Mark Redekopp	THH101 & ONLINE	PDF (282883 KB)
30201D	001	Lecture	10:00-10:50am	Mon, Wed	48 of 100	Mark Redekopp	THH201 & ONLINE	PDF (282883 KB)
30225R	001	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	7 of 25	Mark Redekopp	GFS118 & ONLINE
30248R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	21 of 25	Mark Redekopp	VPD112 & ONLINE
30250R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	10 of 25	Mark Redekopp	CPA156 & ONLINE
30253R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	22 of 25	Mark Redekopp	CPA156 & ONLINE
30254R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	18 of 25	Mark Redekopp	CPA156 & ONLINE
30255R	001	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	6 of 25	Mark Redekopp	GFS101 & ONLINE
30256R	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	18 of 25	Mark Redekopp	GFS101 & ONLINE
30258R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 25	Mark Redekopp	VPD116 & ONLINE
30025R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	117 of 200		TBA & ONLINE

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++.

Prerequisite: CSCI 102
Note: Prerequsite Waiver Request Form tinyurl.com/103170prereq

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29902D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	107 of 148	Andrew Goodney	TGF104 & ONLINE
29906D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	152 of 156	Andrew Goodney	THH201 & ONLINE
29903R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	35 of 37		SAL109 & ONLINE
29904R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	35 of 37		SAL127 & ONLINE
30054R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	29 of 37		SAL109 & ONLINE
30055R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	36 of 37		SAL126 & ONLINE
30120R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	35 of 37		SAL126 & ONLINE
30121R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	19 of 37		SAL127 & ONLINE
30296R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	36 of 37		SAL126 & ONLINE
30374R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	34 of 37		SAL126 & ONLINE
29900R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	259 of 296		TBA & ONLINE

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 103 and CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29905D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	100 of 113	Aaron Cote	THH101 & ONLINE
30399D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	92 of 120	Aaron Cote	TGF104 & ONLINE
29912R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	25 of 30		SAL109 & ONLINE
29914D	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	0 of 1		SAL126 & ONLINE
29915R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	16 of 30		SAL126 & ONLINE
30167R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	25 of 30		SAL109 & ONLINE
30200R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	28 of 30		SAL126 & ONLINE
30238R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	23 of 30		SAL126 & ONLINE
30286R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	21 of 30		SAL109 & ONLINE
30293R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	27 of 30		SAL126 & ONLINE
30394R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	27 of 30		SAL109 & ONLINE
29972R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	192 of 226		TBA & ONLINE

CSCI 170: Discrete Methods in Computer Science (4.0 units)

Sets, functions, series. Big-O notation and algorithm analysis. Propositional and first-order logic. Counting and discrete probability. Graphs and basic graph algorithms. Basic number theory.

Prerequisite: CSCI 102
Note: Prerequsite Waiver Request Form tinyurl.com/103170prereq

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30108D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	121 of 131	Sandra Batista,Victor Adamchik	SGM124 & ONLINE
30111D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	108 of 130	Sandra Batista,Victor Adamchik	THH201 & ONLINE
30295D	001	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 50	Sandra Batista,Victor Adamchik	THH201 & ONLINE
30116R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	95 of 105		SGM123 & ONLINE
30373R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	91 of 105		SGM124 & ONLINE
30377R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	90 of 105		SGM123 & ONLINE
30343R	001	Quiz	TBA	Friday	276 of 310		OFFICE & ONLINE

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
30112D	001	Lecture	5:30-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	149 of 270	Marco Papa	ONLINE	PDF (408962 KB)
29929R	001	Lab	3:30-5:20pm	Tuesday	27 of 40		SAL109 & ONLINE
29930R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	34 of 40		SAL109 & ONLINE
29931R	001	Lab	5:30-7:20pm	Tuesday	0 of 40		SAL109 & ONLINE
30017R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50pm	Friday	3 of 30		SAL126 & ONLINE
30039R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	29 of 40		SAL109 & ONLINE
30040R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Thursday	23 of 40		SAL109 & ONLINE
30110R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Thursday	16 of 40		SAL126 & ONLINE
30380R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	17 of 40		SAL127 & ONLINE
29981R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	149 of 270		OFFICE & ONLINE

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	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	121 of 123	Shahriar Shamsian	THH101 & ONLINE
29957D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	115 of 121	Shahriar Shamsian	THH201 & ONLINE
30267D	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	79 of 82		SAL101 & ONLINE
30268R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	79 of 80		MHP101 & ONLINE
30269R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	78 of 81		SAL101 & ONLINE
30224R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	236 of 243		TBA & ONLINE

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
29982R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	12 of 50	Scott Easley	THH301 & ONLINE	PDF (190571 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	220 of 225	Nenad Medvidovic	TGF104 & ONLINE

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)
Note: Students may request d-clearance for this course via myViterbi.usc.edu.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30175D	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	169 of 170	Tanya Ryutov	GFS106 & ONLINE	PDF (540751 KB)
29965R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	169 of 170		OFFICE & ONLINE

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
30050R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	57 of 80	William Cheng	SGM123 & ONLINE	PDF (2783 KB)
30051R	001	Discussion	11:00-12:20pm	Friday	57 of 80		THH201 & ONLINE

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
30160R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	67 of 75	Marco Paolieri	OFFICE & ONLINE	PDF (130032 KB)
30052R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	67 of 75	Mark Redekopp	THH101 & ONLINE	PDF (130032 KB)
30234R	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	47 of 100	Andrew Goodney	TGF104 & ONLINE
30171R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	65 of 75		TGF104 & ONLINE
30172R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	44 of 75		SGM124 & ONLINE
30173R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	10 of 75		GFS106 & ONLINE
30259R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	62 of 75		TGF104 & ONLINE
30285R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	181 of 300		TBA & ONLINE

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	2:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	196 of 200	Andrew Nealen	THH101 & ONLINE	PDF (81750 KB)
30280R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	196 of 200		OFFICE & ONLINE

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	27 of 38	Barrett Koster	USHChampionsA & ONLINE	PDF (1100056 MB)
32097D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 38	Barrett Koster	WPHB27 & ONLINE	PDF (1100056 MB)

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	30 of 40	Clark Kromenaker	OHE540 & ONLINE	PDF (309811 KB)
31908D	001	Lecture-Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 40	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540 & ONLINE	PDF (309626 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
29963R	001	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	232 of 250	Jeffrey Miller	TGF104 & ONLINE	PDF (353397 KB)

CSCI 402: Operating Systems (4.0 units)

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

Note: CSCI 402 is open only to graduate students.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29945D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	86 of 105	William Cheng	OHE100D & ONLINE	PDF (2784 KB)
30331D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	102 of 105	William Cheng	SGM123 & ONLINE	PDF (2784 KB)
30357R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	87 of 105		OHE136 & ONLINE
30359R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	101 of 105		THH101 & ONLINE
29946D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Mon, Wed	12 of 20	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (2784 KB)
30356R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	12 of 50		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
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	46 of 72	Jernej Barbic	GFS106 & ONLINE	PDF (390114 KB)
30078R	001	Discussion	TBA	TBA	46 of 72		OFFICE & ONLINE

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	10 of 70	Artjoms Kovalovs	SGM124 & ONLINE

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	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	21 of 25	Andrew Nealen	THH116 & ONLINE	PDF (70799 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
30125D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	38 of 45	Muhammad Naveed	THH102 & ONLINE

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	39 of 46	Sanjay Madhav	ONLINE	PDF (319346 KB)
31857D	001	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	25 of 45	Arash Saifhashemi	USHChampionsA & ONLINE

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	37 of 45	Sanjay Madhav	THH102 & ONLINE	PDF (319607 KB)

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
31189R	001	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	168 of 200		OFFICE & ONLINE
30568D	014	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	13 of 25	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (337591 KB)
30560D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 70	Cauligi Raghavendra	SLH200 & ONLINE	PDF (318383 KB)
30719R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	54 of 70	Cauligi Raghavendra	KSH201 & ONLINE
30828D	001	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	100 of 100	Ali Zahid	OHE122 & ONLINE	PDF (337591 KB)
30566R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	25 of 40		THH202 & ONLINE
30570R	014	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	14 of 25		DEN@Viterbi
30829R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	75 of 85		OHE132 & ONLINE

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 & lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30661D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 88	Xuehai Qian	SAL101 & ONLINE	PDF (574197 KB)
30466R	001	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	59 of 88		SGM123 & ONLINE

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 & one lab

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30327D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	115 of 150	Claire Bono	ONLINE	PDF (99791 KB)
29919R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	30 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126 & ONLINE
29923R	001	Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	29 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126 & ONLINE
30029R	001	Lab	1:00-2:50pm	Thursday	17 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109 & ONLINE
30329R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Thursday	28 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126 & ONLINE
30384R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	11 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL127 & ONLINE
29934D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	17 of 25	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (99791 KB)
30023R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	17 of 25		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 & discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30595D	014	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	3 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (598688 KB)
30594R	014	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	3 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30591D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	83 of 90	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE136 & ONLINE	PDF (598688 KB)
30593R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	83 of 90		OHE122 & ONLINE
30997R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	86 of 150	Gandhi Puvvada	OFFICE & ONLINE

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
29977D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	71 of 80	Mohammad Reza Rajati	SOSB2 & ONLINE	PDF (166660 KB)
30057R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	34 of 40		SSL202 & ONLINE
30058R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	37 of 40		TCC450 & ONLINE

CSCI 475: Theory of Computation (4.0 units)

History of the theory of computing, foundational theorems and theoretical frameworks of computer science, solvable and unsolvable problems.

Prerequisite: CSCI 270

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30330R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	15 of 40	Aaron Cote	SSL202 & ONLINE	PDF (58253 KB)

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	16 of 36	Matthew Whiting	KAP107 & ONLINE	PDF (442829 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
30229D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	23 of 100	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE & ONLINE

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	43 of 45	Scott Easley	EGG108 & ONLINE	PDF (311538 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	14 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
Robust Systems Design and Implementation
30164R	001	4.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 30	Barath Raghavan	ONLINE
Computing for Social Good
30165R	001	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	18 of 30	Barath Raghavan	ONLINE

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	060	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	MWF	22 of 35	Haitian Yue	ONLINE	PDF (143820 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	060	Lecture	9:00-9:50am	MWF	5 of 40	Chunming Wang	ONLINE

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	10 of 29	Steven Heilman,Arnold Deal	CPA150 & ONLINE	PDF (86045 KB)

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	37 of 50	Jernej Barbic	GFS106 & ONLINE	PDF (1217675 MB)

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	92 of 93	Mike Zyda	SAL101 & ONLINE	Word (46243 KB)
30122D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	90 of 90	Scott Easley	EGG108 & ONLINE	PDF (527978 KB)

CSCI 527: Applied Machine Learning for Games (4.0 units)

Application of machine learning for AI-bot creation, gameplay analysis, and real-time game player understanding. Duplicates credit in CSCI 566 Deep Learning and Its Applications.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 561 or CSCI 567)
Note: Students who have completed CSCI 566 will NOT RECEIVE DEGREE CREDIT for CSCI 527.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30333D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Tuesday	90 of 100	Mike Zyda	SOSB2 & ONLINE	Word (39574 KB)

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 40	Matthew Whiting	EGG108 & ONLINE	Word (53504 KB)

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	Syllabus
30320D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	38 of 41	Tanya Ryutov	OHE100C & ONLINE	PDF (529552 KB)
30031R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	38 of 41		OFFICE & ONLINE
30321D	034	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Wednesday	4 of 20	Tanya Ryutov	DEN@Viterbi & ONLINE	PDF (529552 KB)
30032R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	4 of 20		DEN@Viterbi & ONLINE

Crosslist CSCI 533: Algebraic Combinatorics (3.0 units)

Walks in graphs, random walks, group actions on boolean algebras, Young diagrams and tableaux, the Matrix-Tree Theorem.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the MATH department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in MATH 533.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39757R	060	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	MWF	9 of 30	Greta Panova	ONLINE

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	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	43 of 45	Jonathan Gratch	SOSB46 & ONLINE

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	47 of 50	Mohammad Soleymani	SKS302 & ONLINE	PDF (168727 KB)

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	25 of 40	Sima Parisay	OHE100B & ONLINE	PDF (349678 KB)
31736D	034	Lecture	6:40-9:20pm	Monday	2 of 5	Sima Parisay	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (349678 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
30027D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	58 of 60	Kallirroi Georgila	ONLINE
30358D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	66 of 60	Ron Artstein	ONLINE	PDF (36665 KB)

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
30053D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	25 of 40	Ramesh Govindan	SSL202 & ONLINE

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 & discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30702D	048	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	23 of 47	Peter Beerel	OHE122 & ONLINE
30703R	048	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	23 of 47		OHE120 & ONLINE
30700D	034	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	0 of 20	Peter Beerel	DEN@Viterbi
30701R	034	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	0 of 20		DEN@Viterbi

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

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

Prerequisite: EE 457
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 554.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30665D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:50pm	Monday	3 of 50	Paul Bogdan	THH201 & ONLINE

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 & discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30820R	048	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	21 of 82	John Paul Walters	OHE132 & ONLINE
30722R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	21 of 82		OHE132 & ONLINE
30716D	034	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	1 of 20	John Paul Walters	DEN@Viterbi
30718R	034	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Friday	1 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	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	1 of 20	Keith Jenkins	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (389952 KB)
30728D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	76 of 160	Keith Jenkins	OHE122 & ONLINE	PDF (389952 KB)
30489R	034	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	1 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30565R	048	Discussion	5:30-6:20pm	Thursday	76 of 160		OHE122 & ONLINE

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
30071D	048	Lecture	12:30-2:20pm	Mon, Wed	289 of 330	Laurent Itti	OHE100B & ONLINE
30070R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	289 of 330		OFFICE & ONLINE
30034R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	289 of 330		OFFICE & ONLINE
29936D	034	Lecture	12:30-2:20pm	Mon, Wed	7 of 40	Laurent Itti	DEN@Viterbi
30030R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	7 of 40		DEN@Viterbi
30035R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	7 of 40		DEN@Viterbi

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	77 of 85	Sirisha Rambhatla	OHE132 & ONLINE
30081R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	77 of 85		OFFICE & ONLINE
30265R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	77 of 85		OFFICE & ONLINE
30213D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Wed, Fri	6 of 15	Sirisha Rambhatla	DEN@Viterbi
30264R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	6 of 15		DEN@Viterbi
30266R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	6 of 15		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
30227R	048	Quiz	5:00-7:20pm	Friday	365 of 600		TGF104 & ONLINE
30177D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Tuesday	237 of 250	Victor Adamchik	CRC1200 & ONLINE	PDF (231301 KB)
30090R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	239 of 252		THH101 & ONLINE
30395D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	128 of 250	Victor Adamchik	SGM124 & ONLINE	PDF (231301 KB)
30089R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	126 of 250		SGM124 & ONLINE
30099D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	14 of 30	Victor Adamchik	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (231301 KB)
29952R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	14 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
29953R	034	Quiz	5:00-7:20pm	Friday	14 of 30		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
30378D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	345 of 352	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	THH201 & ONLINE	PDF (59668 KB)
30109R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	326 of 350		OFFICE & ONLINE
30016D	034	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 30	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
30088R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	17 of 30		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.

Note: This course is no longer accepting new students as of 1/22.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30151D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:50am	Mon, Wed	287 of 295	Ellis Horowitz	SGM124 & ONLINE	PDF (467830 KB)
30152R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	260 of 295		OFFICE & ONLINE
30210D	034	Lecture	7:00-8:50am	Mon, Wed	15 of 15	Ellis Horowitz	DEN@Viterbi
30211R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	15 of 50		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 576: Multimedia Systems Design (4.0 units)

End-to-end multimedia systems - content creation, compression, distribution using modern standards, DRM solutions, Digital-Cinema pipeline, multimedia classification, virtual-augmented reality, natural-language multimedia queries, multimodal media analysis, stereoscopic-holographic technologies.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30082D	034	Lecture	6:40-10:00pm	Monday	9 of 20	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi	Word (39424 KB)
30319D	048	Lecture	6:40-10:00pm	Monday	100 of 110	Parag Havaldar	SGM123 & ONLINE

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	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	10 of 40	Supannika Mobasser	OHE122 & ONLINE
30129D	034	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 35	Supannika Mobasser	DEN@Viterbi

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30390D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 46	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	THH102 & ONLINE	PDF (147650 KB)
29998R	048	Discussion	3:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	45 of 46		SGM101 & ONLINE
30314D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	33 of 45	Ulrich Neumann	TRO100 & ONLINE
30315R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	33 of 45		GFS118 & ONLINE

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
Note: If choosing this lecture, you should enroll in the discussion section immediately following it on the same day.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30150D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	327 of 331	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	TGF104 & ONLINE	PDF (313368 KB)
30288R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	327 of 331		THH101 & ONLINE
30156R	048	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	327 of 331		THH101 & ONLINE
30149D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	15 of 20	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
30146R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	15 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30157R	034	Quiz	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	15 of 20		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	13 of 375	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE & ONLINE
30388D	048	1.0-6.0	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	30 of 175	Lizsl De Leon	THH201 & ONLINE

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	82 of 220	Lizsl De Leon, Cristina Fong	TGF104 & ONLINE
30077D	034	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	7 of 30	Lizsl De Leon, Cristina Fong	DEN@Viterbi
30222D	048	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 41	Lizsl De Leon, Cristina Fong	OHE132 & ONLINE

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

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

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

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 & ONLINE

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	1 of 25		OFFICE & ONLINE

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
Complexity
30006D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	23 of 30	Jiapeng Zhang	TRO100	Word (274995 KB)
Game Networking Architectures
30036D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	27 of 30	Mike Zyda	ONLINE	Word (51814 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
30350D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	Canceled	Aleksandra Korolova	ONLINE	PDF (146718 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
30313D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	31 of 50	Ming-Deh Huang	SGM101 & ONLINE

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	TBA	Monday	43 of 200	Cyrus Shahabi,Lizsl De Leon	THH101 & ONLINE

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	57 of 60	Ellis Horowitz	ONLINE	PDF (445200 KB)

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
Computational Human Robot Interaction
30010D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	20 of 30	Stefanos Nikolaidis
Computer-Aided Verification
30131D	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 30	Mukund Raghothaman	ONLINE	PDF (337823 KB)
Crafting a Research Agenda
30166D	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	39 of 58	Barath Raghavan	ONLINE
Formal Methods for Robotics
30228D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	10 of 30	Jyotirmoy Deshmukh	ONLINE	PDF (257408 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	204 of 250	Lizsl De Leon	OFFICE & ONLINE