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

CSCI 100xg: Explorations in Computing (4.0 units)

A behind-the-scenes overview of the computational/algorithmic principles that form the basis of today's digital society. Exploration areas include social media, web search, videogames and location-based services.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Note: This is a GE-F Quantitative Reasoning course for NON-MAJORS. No credit will be awarded to CSCI, CECS, CSGM, or CSBA majors.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30211R	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 60	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SAL101
30212R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		MRF229
30213R	001	Lab	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	30 of 31		MRF229

CSCI 102L: Fundamentals of Computation (2.0 units)

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

Note: D Clearance Request Form: forms.gle/25nRzyPS3ruRhxpT6

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
29918D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	Mon, Wed	120 of 127	Mark Redekopp	SAL101	PDF (330979 KB)
30235D	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	138 of 146	Mark Redekopp	SAL101	PDF (330979 KB)
30010R	001	Lab	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 16		HED103
30011R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	19 of 20		THH207
30012R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	10 of 13		THH219
30013R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	14 of 16		SOSB45
30018R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	14 of 14		DMC207
30021R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	19 of 20		MRF206
30080R	001	Lab	5:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	11 of 16		DMC104
30081R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	12 of 13		WPH204
30082R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	13 of 13		SOSB51
30083R	001	Lab	11:00-11:50am	Wednesday	15 of 16		HED103
30084R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	16 of 20		WPH201
30086R	001	Lab	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	19 of 20		GFS229
30088R	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	13 of 14		THH105
30163R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	10 of 17		DMC209
30364R	001	Lab	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	17 of 18		WPH104
30365R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	18 of 20		KAP167
30370R	001	Lab	4:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	19 of 20		KAP113
30328R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Wednesday	254 of 273		THH201

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: Students must complete CSCI 102, or pass its challenge exam, or have AP Computer Science A credit to enroll in this course.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29920D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	91 of 100	Andrew Goodney	THH102
30186D	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	177 of 197	Andrew Goodney	SGM124
29902R	001	Lab	3:00-4:50pm	Friday	28 of 30		SAL127
29913R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	30 of 30		SAL109
29914R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	17 of 30		SAL126
29924R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	28 of 30		SAL109
29925R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	27 of 30		SAL126
29926R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	26 of 30		SAL126
29927R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	25 of 30		SAL126
30103R	001	Lab	9:00-10:50am	Friday	28 of 30		SAL127
30180R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Friday	23 of 30		SAL109
30193R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	10 of 30		SAL127
30286R	001	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	26 of 30		SAL126
30024R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	268 of 297		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 and CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29903D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	123 of 129	Aaron Cote	SGM101
30397D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	121 of 126	Aaron Cote	SGM124
29905R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	30 of 30		SAL109
29907R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	29 of 30		SAL109
29932R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	22 of 30		SAL109
29933R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	30 of 30		SAL109
29937R	001	Lab	5:00-6:50pm	Thursday	28 of 30		SAL126
29938R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	18 of 30		SAL127
30210R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	30 of 30		SAL127
30251R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 30		SAL126
30252R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 30		SAL126
30025R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	244 of 255		TBA

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 102

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
29947D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:20pm	Mon, Wed	142 of 151	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM101
30121D	001	Lecture	6:30-7:50pm	Mon, Wed	117 of 127	Shahriar Shamsian	SGM101
29929R	001	Discussion	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	24 of 50		GFS118
29954R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	49 of 50		THH114
29980R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	46 of 50		THH210
30106R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	48 of 50		THH114
30299R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	46 of 50		THH116
30300R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	46 of 50		THH210
30027R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Tuesday	259 of 278		TBA

CSCI 201: Principles of Software Development (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 104

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30389D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	301 of 319	Marco Papa	THH101	PDF (360046 KB)
29904R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Wednesday	28 of 30		SAL109
30107R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Monday	30 of 32		SAL126
30108R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Monday	30 of 32		SAL126
30134R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	30 of 32		SAL126
30237R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	31 of 32		SAL126
30238R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	31 of 32		SAL127
30239R	001	Lab	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	32 of 32		SAL126
30241R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	29 of 30		SAL109
30385R	001	Lab	4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	30 of 30		SAL109
30396R	001	Lab	6:00-7:50pm	Tuesday	30 of 32		SAL126
30028R	001	Quiz	6:00-7:50pm	Friday	301 of 319		OFFICE

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 104 and CSCI 170

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30109R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Mon, Wed	272 of 300	Aaron Cote	THH101
30361R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	99 of 100		THH301
30362R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	99 of 100		THH102
30363R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	74 of 100		THH301
30029R	001	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Thursday	272 of 300		TBA

CSCI 310: Software Engineering (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30113D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	181 of 185	Chao Wang	THH201	PDF (1321564 MB)

CSCI 350: Introduction to Operating Systems (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29969R	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	119 of 200	Tanya Ryutov	SAL101
29970R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	119 of 200		OFFICE

CSCI 353: Introduction to Internetworking (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 201

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30247D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	92 of 121	William Cheng	ZHS159	PDF (2786 KB)
29977R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	92 of 121		SGM101

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
30002D	001	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Tue, Thu	97 of 100	Marco Paolieri	ZHS159
29916R	001	Discussion	2:00-3:50pm	Friday	48 of 50		THH212
30126R	001	Discussion	12:00-1:50pm	Friday	49 of 50		SOSB4
30285R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	97 of 100		TBA
29912D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	88 of 100	Mark Redekopp	MHP101
30124R	001	Discussion	10:00-11:50am	Friday	47 of 50		DMC150
30125R	001	Discussion	8:00-9:50am	Friday	41 of 50		GFS101
30123R	001	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	88 of 100		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
30043R	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	215 of 225	Mohammad Reza Rajati	SGM123	PDF (176335 KB)
29983R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	215 of 225		TBA

Crosslist CSCI 368: Cross-Platform App Development (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (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
31807D	001	Lecture	6:00-9:40pm	Tuesday	59 of 60	Allen Almasi	GFS101

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
32026D	001	Lecture-Lab	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	28 of 36	Clark Kromenaker	OHE540
32083D	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	32 of 37	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (66470 KB)

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30227D	001	Lecture	8:00-9:50am	Mon, Wed	132 of 190	Victor Adamchik	THH101

CSCI 402: Operating Systems (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30197D	001	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	23 of 37	William Cheng	DMC261	PDF (3872 KB)
30269R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	23 of 37		ZHS352
29945D	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	39 of 75	William Cheng	OHE132	PDF (3872 KB)
30267R	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	39 of 75		OHE132
29946D	014	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	20 of 30	William Cheng	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (3872 KB)
30145R	014	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	20 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 426: Game Prototyping (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30242D	001	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Wednesday	24 of 26	Andrew Nealen	SCI108	PDF (73517 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
29997D	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	49 of 50	Jelena Mirkovic	DMC102

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
31994D	001	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	35 of 36	Sanjay Madhav	OHE540	PDF (67760 KB)

CSCI 445L: Introduction to Robotics (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30386D	001	Lecture	11:00-12:20pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 30	Heather Culbertson	DMC210	PDF (323809 KB)
29956R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Tuesday	15 of 15		RTH419
29958R	001	Lab	1:00-3:50pm	Thursday	10 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.
Note: Register for one lecture, one discussion and quiz

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30500D	001	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	77 of 75	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30623R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	50 of 50	Ali Zahid	SOSB46
31186D	014	Quiz	4:00-5:50pm	Friday	24 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30545D	014	Lecture	7:30-9:20am	Tue, Thu	24 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30546D	014	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	24 of 30	Ali Zahid	DEN@Viterbi
30454R	001	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Tue, Thu	28 of 48	Cauligi Raghavendra	KAP144	PDF (260639 KB)
30503R	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	29 of 48	Cauligi Raghavendra	GFS101
30535R	001	Quiz	TBA	TBA	28 of 48	Cauligi Raghavendra	OFFICE
30504R	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	69 of 82	Ali Zahid	OHE122
30505R	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	57 of 70	Ali Zahid	GFS116
30684R	001	Quiz	7:00-9:15pm	Friday	127 of 170	Ali Zahid	TBA

Crosslist CSCI 452: Parallel and Distributed Computation (4.0 units)

Introduction to parallel programming techniques, models and optimization strategies; Application mapping to multi-core, accelerator, GPU and cloud platforms; High Performance Computing and Data Science applications.

Prerequisite: 1 from (EE 355 or CSCI 201)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 451.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30408R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	39 of 60	Viktor Prasanna	ZHS252
30409R	001	Lab	2:00-3:20pm	Friday	39 of 60		ZHS352

CSCI 455x: Introduction to Programming Systems Design (4.0 units)

Intensive introduction to programming principles, discrete mathematics for computing, software design and software engineering concepts. Not available for credit to computer sciencemajors, graduate or undergraduate.

Note: Register for lecture and lab.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30100D	001	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	92 of 200	Claire Bono	SAL101	PDF (114912 KB)
30056R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	25 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
30192R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	25 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL126
30206R	001	Lab	12:00-1:50pm	Thursday	28 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
30262R	001	Lab	2:00-3:50pm	Thursday	14 of 30	Claire Bono	SAL109
29963D	014	Lecture	9:30-10:50am	Tue, Thu	25 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi
29964R	014	Lab	TBA	TBA	25 of 30	Claire Bono	DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 457: Computer Systems Organization (4.0 units)

Register Transfer level machine organization; performance; arithmetic; pipelined processors; exceptions, out-of-order and speculative execution, cache, virtual memory, multi-core multi-threaded processors, cache coherence.

Prerequisite: EE 354
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 457.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
30567R	001	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Mon, Wed	40 of 40	Gandhi Puvvada	KAP144	PDF (428450 KB)
31284R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	57 of 55	Gandhi Puvvada	SLH100	PDF (428450 KB)
31305D	014	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 20	Gandhi Puvvada	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (428450 KB)
31338R	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	51 of 50	Gandhi Puvvada	OHE122	PDF (428450 KB)
30569R	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	62 of 85		OHE132
30605R	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	86 of 120		SLH200
31285D	014	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	12 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31336D	014	Quiz	6:00-9:00pm	Thursday	12 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
31337R	001	Quiz	6:00-9:00pm	Thursday	148 of 250		OFFICE

Crosslist CSCI 458: Numerical Methods (4.0 units)

Rounding errors in digital computation; solution of linear algebraic systems; Newton's method for nonlinear systems; matrix eigenvalues; polynomial approximation; numerical integration; numerical solution of ordinary differential equations.

Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 225 or MATH 235 or MATH 245)
Crosslist: This course is offered by the MATH department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in MATH 458.
Note: Register for one lecture and one discussion listed immediately following that lecture

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
39679D	001	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	MWF	44 of 49	Cymra Haskell	WPHB28	PDF (159984 KB)
39680D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tue, Thu	19 of 24		VHE214
39681D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	25 of 25		VHE214
39682D	001	Lecture	2:00-2:50pm	MWF	48 of 49	Ricardo Mancera	KAP146
39683D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tue, Thu	24 of 25		DMC106
39684D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	24 of 25		DMC106

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29996D	001	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	44 of 45	Bistra Dilkina	KAP146	PDF (421112 KB)

CSCI 467: Introduction to Machine Learning (4.0 units)

Methods for building intelligent and adaptive systems from statistical analyses; theoretical understanding of such methods and the computational implications.

Prerequisite: (CSCI 270 and MATH 225) and 1 from (EE 364 or MATH 407)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30277R	001	Lecture	2:00-3:20pm	Tue, Thu	47 of 50	Robin Jia	LVL17	PDF (291329 KB)
30278R	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Friday	47 of 50		DMC100

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
30110R	001	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	10 of 35	Shahram Ghandeharizadeh	DMC157	PDF (237184 KB)

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

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30144D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	18 of 35	William Halfond	OFFICE

CSCI 491aL: Final Game Project (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29989D	001	Lecture-Lab	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	56 of 57	Scott Easley	EGG108	PDF (388157 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 495: Senior Project (2.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
50526D	001	Lecture	TBA	TBA	3 of 4	Vahe Peroomian	OFFICE	PDF (106182 KB)

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

Selected topics in computer science.

Note: Instructor Approval Form for section 30054: forms.gle/5BzR6BXcopPcrqmF6 . Instructor Approval Form for section 30063: forms.gle/AEwL36Xsemgrw6Br8 .

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Language Models in Natural Language Processing
30054D	001	4.0	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	30 of 30	Swabha Swayamdipta	ZHS360	Word (47339 KB)
Introduction to Distributed Systems
30063D	001	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	22 of 35	Harsha Madhyastha	DMC252	Word (161212 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 505a: Applied Probability (3.0 units)

Populations, permutations, combinations, random variables, distribution and density functions, conditional probability and expectation,; binomial, poisson, and normal distributions; laws of large numbers, central limit theorem. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
39710R	001	Lecture	1:00-1:50pm	MWF	25 of 45	Xiaohui Chen	KAP146

CSCI 513: Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems (4.0 units)

Components, software and applications of cyber-physical systems; autonomy; control techniques; development and testing; artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30161D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	75 of 82	Jyotirmoy Deshmukh	GFS116	PDF (198688 KB)

CSCI 522: Game Engine Development (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30183D	048	Lecture	7:00-10:20pm	Monday	26 of 70	Artjoms Kovalovs	ZHS252

CSCI 526: Advanced Mobile Devices and Game Consoles (4.0 units)

Explore the complex engineering process required to design and build a real-time graphics engine to support physical realism on mobile devices. Recommended preparation: CSCI 420 or CSCI 580 or an equivalent course in graphics.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30130D	048	Lecture	4:00-7:20pm	Tuesday	85 of 90	Scott Easley	SCI108	PDF (335743 KB)
30189D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	90 of 90	Scott Easley	SCI108	PDF (335538 KB)

CSCI 529a: Advanced Game Projects (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29992D	048	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Thursday	38 of 50	Andrew Nealen,Matthew Whiting	EGG108	PDF (388157 KB)

CSCI 530: Security Systems (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 402
Note: The pre-req of CSCI 402 is automatically waived for CS MS students and Cyber Security Engineering students. Students in scientists and engineers are required to take 402.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30015D	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	119 of 120	Clifford Neuman	OHE122
30017R	048	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	119 of 120		OHE122
30132D	048	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	40 of 45	Clifford Neuman	OHE100B
30133R	048	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	40 of 45		OHE100B
30014D	034	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Friday	26 of 30	Clifford Neuman	DEN@Viterbi
30016R	034	Lab	4:30-5:20pm	Friday	26 of 30		DEN@Viterbi

Crosslist CSCI 536: Linear Programming and Extensions (4.0 units)

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

Crosslist: This course is offered by the ISE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in ISE 536.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
31536D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	13 of 25	Monir Sabbaghtorkan	KAP165	Word (282687 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
30249D	048	Lecture	5:30-7:20pm	Tue, Thu	249 of 263	Mohammad Rostami	SAL101	PDF (128912 KB)

CSCI 545: Robotics (4.0 units)

Fundamental skills for modeling and controlling of dynamic systems for robotic applications and graphics animations; control theory; kinematics; dynamics; sensor processing; real-time operating systems; robot labs. Recommended preparation: Basic knowledge in linear algebra (matrices and vectors), calculus, programming in C/C++ or any another language or permission of the instructor.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29975D	048	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Mon, Wed	84 of 90	Stefanos Nikolaidis	WPHB27
30226R	048	Lab	8:00-9:50am	Friday	84 of 90		RTH419

CSCI 551: Computer Networking (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 353 or EE 450) and 1 from (CSCI 350 or CSCI 402)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29900D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	35 of 60	Ramesh Govindan	OHE136
30009D	034	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	7 of 30	Ramesh Govindan	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 556: Introduction to Cryptography (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 581)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30196D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	25 of 30	Ming-Deh Huang	DMC203	PDF (235363 KB)

Crosslist CSCI 557: Computer Systems Architecture (4.0 units)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
30628D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 20	Murali Annavaram	DEN@Viterbi
30630R	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	59 of 80	Murali Annavaram	OHE132
30564R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	24 of 40		GFS207
30629D	034	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	8 of 20		DEN@Viterbi
30631R	048	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	35 of 45		OHE100D

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
30202D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	152 of 240	Wei-Min Shen	SGM124	PDF (125616 KB)
30295R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	152 of 240		SGM124
29981R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	152 of 240		OFFICE
30079D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	15 of 30	Wei-Min Shen	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (125616 KB)
30305R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	15 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
29982R	034	Quiz	TBA	TBA	15 of 30		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
29995D	048	Lecture	1:00-3:20pm	Friday	243 of 330	Dani Yogatama	SGM123
30151R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	243 of 330		SGM123
29984R	048	Quiz	TBA	TBA	243 of 330		OFFICE
30259D	034	Lecture	1:00-3:20pm	Friday	15 of 30	Dani Yogatama	DEN@Viterbi
30272R	034	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	15 of 30		DEN@Viterbi
29985R	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
30101D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Tuesday	285 of 330	Victor Adamchik	SGM123
29928R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Tuesday	285 of 330		SGM123
29923R	048	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	285 of 330		TBA
30102D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	325 of 330	Victor Adamchik	SGM123
30342R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	325 of 330		SGM123
30379R	048	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	325 of 330		TBA
30099D	034	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	23 of 50	Victor Adamchik	DEN@Viterbi
30253R	034	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	23 of 50		DEN@Viterbi
30152R	034	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	23 of 50		DEN@Viterbi
30274D	048	Lecture	5:00-7:20pm	Wednesday	46 of 76	Victor Adamchik	OHE136
30275R	048	Discussion	7:30-8:20pm	Wednesday	46 of 76		OHE136
30276R	048	Quiz	5:00-6:50pm	Friday	46 of 76		TBA

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
30221D	048	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	158 of 240	Marco Papa	SGM124	PDF (370047 KB)
30143D	048	Lecture	7:00-8:50pm	Tue, Thu	55 of 240	Marco Papa	SGM124	PDF (370047 KB)
30177D	034	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	17 of 30	Marco Papa	DEN@Viterbi	PDF (370047 KB)

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
30059D	048	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Thursday	326 of 330	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	SGM123
30349D	048	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Thursday	43 of 48	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	LVL16
30060D	034	Lecture	5:00-8:20pm	Thursday	49 of 50	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 576: Multimedia Systems Design (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30225D	048	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	168 of 240	Parag Havaldar	SGM124
30224D	034	Lecture	6:00-9:20pm	Monday	13 of 30	Parag Havaldar	DEN@Viterbi

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30250D	048	Lecture	12:30-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	66 of 71	Ulrich Neumann	GFS116
29935R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Tuesday	66 of 71		HAR101

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
30150D	048	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Tuesday	659 of 850	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	BOVARD
30308R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	659 of 850		OFFICE
30371R	048	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	659 of 850		TBA
30149D	034	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Tuesday	29 of 50	Sathyanaraya Raghavachary	DEN@Viterbi
30092R	034	Discussion	TBA	TBA	29 of 50		DEN@Viterbi
30148R	034	Quiz	7:00-8:50pm	Friday	29 of 50		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	1.0-5.0	Lecture	TBA	Tue, Thu	14 of 375	Barath Raghavan	OFFICE

CSCI 591: Computer Science Research Colloquium (1.0 units, max 2)

Exploration and critical assessment of research activities in computer science. Course will serve as a forum for current research presentations from academia and industry. Graded CR/NC.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
29965D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	74 of 75	Nenad Medvidovic	OHE136
30157D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 30	Nenad Medvidovic	DEN@Viterbi

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30170D	048	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 20		OFFICE

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 594A

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

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

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

Prerequisite: CSCI 594B

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

CSCI 596: Scientific Computing and Visualization (4.0 units)

Hands-on training on the basics of parallel computing and scientific visualization in the context of computer simulations in science and engineering. Recommended preparation: CSCI 455 and MATH 458 .

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30280D	048	Lecture	3:30-4:50pm	Mon, Wed	97 of 98	Aiichiro Nakano	SOSB2	PDF (99264 KB)
30146R	048	Discussion	3:30-4:20pm	Friday	97 of 98		ZHS159

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
Computational Complexity
30048D	048	4.0	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	17 of 25	Jiapeng Zhang	GFS213	PDF (133617 KB)
Distributed Systems, a dance between complexity and performance
30055D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Tue, Thu	31 of 32	Seo Jin Park	THH110	PDF (295459 KB)
An Introduction to Programming Languages
30064D	048	4.0	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	22 of 25	Mukund Raghothaman	DMC201	PDF (331636 KB)

CSCI 610: Advanced Program Analysis and Verification (4.0 units)

Advanced techniques for analyzing and verifying software systems; topics include program analysis, automated verification and software testing.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30345D	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 25	William Halfond	WPHB26	PDF (97288 KB)

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

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30401R	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	25 of 40	Mahdi Soltanolkotabi	THH118

Crosslist CSCI 612: Optimization for the Information and Data Sciences (4.0 units)

Convex sets, functions, and optimization problems. Basic convex analysis and theory of convex programming. Novel, efficient first-order algorithms. Applications in the information and data sciences.

Prerequisite: EE 510
Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 588.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30999R	048	Lecture	3:30-5:20pm	Mon, Wed	72 of 120	Mahdi Soltanolkotabi	THH102
31002R	048	Discussion	TBA	TBA	72 of 120		OFFICE

Crosslist CSCI 626: Text as Data (4.0 units)

Focuses on applications of natural language processing, guided by psychological theories, for identifying various social and cognitive properties evident in language.

Crosslist: This course is offered by the PSYC department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in PSYC 626.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
52750D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	21 of 21	Morteza Dehghani	OFFICE	PDF (140278 KB)

CSCI 651: Advanced Computer Networking (4.0 units)

Computer communication protocols and systems, including classic and contemporary literature. The emphasis is on conceptual issues in the design and implementation of computer internetworks.

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 353 or EE 450) and 1 from (CSCI 350 or CSCI 402)
Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Computer Science
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30131D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	3 of 10	Ramesh Govindan	OHE136

CSCI 652: Internet Measurement (4.0 units)

The investigation of problems, techniques, results, and challenges that arise in measuring the Internet, including what measurements tell us about the Internet and how to improve Internet services.

Prerequisite: CSCI 551

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30058D	048	Lecture	12:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	6 of 20	John Heidemann	THHB9	PDF (163211 KB)

CSCI 654: Crafting a Research Agenda (4.0 units)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30393D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	19 of 27	Barath Raghavan	OFFICE

Crosslist CSCI 658: Diagnosis and Design of Reliable Digital Systems (4.0 units)

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

Crosslist: This course is offered by the EE department but may qualify for major credit in CSCI. To register, enroll in EE 658.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30787R	048	Lecture	11:00-2:50pm	Saturday	38 of 44	Moe Tabar	GFS101

CSCI 662: Advanced Natural Language Processing (4.0 units)

Computational models of natural language. Formalisms for describing structures of human language, and algorithms for learning language structures from data. Recommended preparation: Proficiency in programming, algorithms and data structures, discrete math, probability theory, and calculus. Open only to doctoral students. (Duplicates credit in former CSCI 562)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30240D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	30 of 37	Jonathan May	DMC261	PDF (54081 KB)

CSCI 670: Advanced Analysis of Algorithms (4.0 units)

Fundamental techniques for design and analysis of algorithms. Dynamic programming; network flows; theory of NP-completeness; linear programming; approximation, randomized, and online algorithms; basic cryptography. Prerequisite: CSCI 570. Recommended preparation: familiarity with algorithms and discrete mathematics. Open only to doctoral students.

Prerequisite: CSCI 570
Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30236D	048	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Mon, Wed	41 of 42	Shanghua Teng	WPH102

CSCI 675: Convex and Combinatorial Optimization (4.0 units)

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

Prerequisite: 1 from (CSCI 570 or CSCI 670)

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30346D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	11 of 30	Shaddin Dughmi	VPDLL101

CSCI 677: Advanced Computer Vision (4.0 units)

Fundamental issues in computer vision: theory, algorithms and applications. Image formation, image segmentation, inference and measurement of 3-D, motion analysis, object and activity recognition.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30228D	048	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	45 of 45	Yue Wang	OHE100C
30229D	034	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	12 of 20	Yue Wang	DEN@Viterbi

CSCI 697: Seminar in Computer Science Research (1.0 units, max 2)

Introduction of Ph.D. students to the broad range of computer science research. Two semesters registration required. Open to Computer Science doctoral students only. Graded CR/NC. Duplicates credit in former CSCI 597.

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
30176D	048	Lecture	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	85 of 100	Barath Raghavan	MHP101

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	69 of 100	Andrew Goodney	MHP101

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
Theory of Machine Learning
30047D	048	4.0	Lecture	2:00-5:20pm	Monday	35 of 40	Vatsal Sharan	VPD106	PDF (282020 KB)
Computer Graphics Research - A Roleplaying Seminar
30049D	048	4.0	Lecture	4:30-6:20pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 25	Oded Stein	THH106	PDF (467960 KB)
Testing in WebAssembly Ecosystem: From Development to Deployment
30065D	048	4.0	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	8 of 25	Weihang Wang	GFS228	PDF (394993 KB)
Ethics in Natural Language Processing
30114D	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	36 of 50	Jieyu Zhao	DMC150	PDF (299573 KB)
Robot Learning
30120D	048	4.0	Lecture	1:00-4:20pm	Friday	41 of 50	Erdem Biyik	THH208	PDF (298992 KB)
Mathematical Foundations of Intelligent Autonomy
30329D	048	4.0	Lecture	4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	8 of 25	Lars Lindemann	SOSB37	PDF (529959 KB)
Deep Learning for Robotic Manipulation
30384D	048	4.0	Lecture	5:00-6:50pm	Mon, Wed	12 of 25	Daniel Seita	ZHS360	PDF (309330 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	182 of 200	Emilio Ferrara	OFFICE