INTRO TO INFORMATION SCIENCE

Basic introduction to concepts and skills in Information Sciences: human-computer interfaces, representing information digitally, organizing and searching information on the internet, principles of algorithmic problem solving, introduction to database concepts, and introduction to programming in Python.

• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam H Cannon
  CULPA: 81 Info
• 3 points

COMPUTING IN CONTEXT

COMPUTING IN ECONOMICS

Introduction to elementary computing concepts and Python programming with domain-specific applications. Shared CS concepts and Python programming lectures with track-specific sections. Track themes will vary but may include computing for the social sciences, computing for economics and finance, digital humanities, and more. Intended for nonmajors. Students may only receive credit for one of ENGI E1006 or COMS W1002.

• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam H Cannon
  CULPA: 81 Info
• 4 points

COMPUTING IN CONTEXT

COMPUTING IN ART

Introduction to elementary computing concepts and Python programming with domain-specific applications. Shared CS concepts and Python programming lectures with track-specific sections. Track themes will vary but may include computing for the social sciences, computing for economics and finance, digital humanities, and more. Intended for nonmajors. Students may only receive credit for one of ENGI E1006 or COMS W1002.

• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• 4 points

COMPUTING IN CONTEXT

COMPUTING IN LINGUISTICS

Introduction to elementary computing concepts and Python programming with domain-specific applications. Shared CS concepts and Python programming lectures with track-specific sections. Track themes will vary but may include computing for the social sciences, computing for economics and finance, digital humanities, and more. Intended for nonmajors. Students may only receive credit for one of ENGI E1006 or COMS W1002.

• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam H Cannon
  CULPA: 81 Info
• 4 points

COMPUTING IN CONTEXT

COMPUTING IN BIOLOGY

Introduction to elementary computing concepts and Python programming with domain-specific applications. Shared CS concepts and Python programming lectures with track-specific sections. Track themes will vary but may include computing for the social sciences, computing for economics and finance, digital humanities, and more. Intended for nonmajors. Students may only receive credit for one of ENGI E1006 or COMS W1002.

• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam H Cannon
  CULPA: 81 Info
• 4 points

INTRO-COMPUT SCI/PROG IN JAVA

A general introduction to computer science for science and engineering students interested in majoring in computer science or engineering. Covers fundamental concepts of computer science, algorithmic problem-solving capabilities, and introductory Java programming skills. Assumes no prior programming background. Columbia University students may receive credit for only one of the following two courses: 1004 or 1005.

• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul S Blaer
  CULPA: 46 h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO COMP FOR ENG/APP SCI

An interdisciplinary course in computing intended for first year SEAS students. Introduces computational thinking, algorithmic problem solving and Python programming with applications in science and engineering. Assumes no prior programming background.

• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Bauer
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 13 Info
• 3 points

COMPUTING IN CONTEXT REC

COMPUTING IN ECON

• R 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
• F 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• F 2 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam H Cannon
  CULPA: 81 Info
• 0 points

COMPUTING IN CONTEXT REC

COMPUTING IN ART

• F 9 a.m.-9:40 a.m.
• F 1 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
• 0 points

COMPUTING IN CONTEXT REC

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS

• R 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• F 1 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
• Instructor: Adam H Cannon
  CULPA: 81 Info
• 0 points

COMPUTING IN CONTEXT REC

COMPUTING IN BIOLOGY

• R 7:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• F 11 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
• Instructor: Adam H Cannon
  CULPA: 81 Info
• 0 points

Clean Object-Oriented Design

A course in designing, documenting, coding, and testing robust computer software, according to object-oriented design patterns and clean coding practices. Taught in Java.Object-oriented design principles include: use cases; CRC; UML; javadoc; patterns (adapter, builder, command, composite, decorator, facade, factory, iterator, lazy evaluation, observer, singleton, strategy, template, visitor); design by contract; loop invariants; interfaces and inheritance hierarchies; anonymous classes and null objects; graphical widgets; events and listeners; Java's Object class; generic types; reflection; timers, threads, and locks.

• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: John R Kender
  CULPA: 20 h-index: 34 Info
• 3 points

DATA STRUCTURES IN JAVA

Prerequisites: (COMS W1004) or knowledge of Java. Data types and structures: arrays, stacks, singly and doubly linked lists, queues, trees, sets, and graphs. Programming techniques for processing such structures: sorting and searching, hashing, garbage collection. Storage management. Rudiments of the analysis of algorithms. Taught in Java. Note: Due to significant overlap, students may receive credit for only one of the following three courses: COMS W3134, COMS W3136, COMS W3137.

• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian Borowski
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• 3 points

ESSENTIAL DATA STRUCTURES

Prerequisites: (COMS W1004) or (COMS W1005) or (COMS W1007) or (ENGI E1006) A second programming course intended for nonmajors with at least one semester of introductory programming experience. Basic elements of programming in C and C++, arraybased data structures, heaps, linked lists, C programming in UNIX environment, object-oriented programming in C++, trees, graphs, generic programming, hash tables. Due to significant overlap, students may only receive credit for either COMS W3134, W3136, or W3137.

• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Timothy K Paine
  CULPA: 4 Info
• 4 points

ADVANCED PROGRAMMING

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134) or (COMS W3137) C programming language and Unix systems programming. Also covers Git, Make, TCP/IP networking basics, C++ fundamentals.

• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Jae W Lee
  CULPA: 42 Info
• 4 points

DISCRETE MATHEMATICS

Prerequisites: Any introductory course in computer programming. Logic and formal proofs, sequences and summation, mathematical induction, binomial coefficients, elements of finite probability, recurrence relations, equivalence relations and partial orderings, and topics in graph theory (including isomorphism, traversability, planarity, and colorings).

• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Tony B Dear
  CULPA: 17 Info
• 4 points

COMPUTER SCIENCE THEORY

Prerequisites: (COMS W3203) Corequisites: COMS W3134,COMS W3136,COMS W3137 Regular languages: deterministic and non-deterministic finite automata, regular expressions. Context-free languages: context-free grammars, push-down automata. Turing machines, the Chomsky hierarchy, and the Church-Turing thesis. Introduction to Complexity Theory and NP-Completeness.

• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Toniann Pitassi
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• 3 points

COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY

Broader impact of computers. Social networks and privacy. Employment, intellectual property, and the media. Science and engineering ethics. Suitable for nonmajors.

• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Ronald Baecker
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• 3 points

FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SYSTS

Prerequisites: an introductory programming course. Fundamentals of computer organization and digital logic. Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, basic gates and components, flipflops and latches, counters and state machines, basics of combinational and sequential digital design. Assembly language, instruction sets, ALU’s, single-cycle and multi-cycle processor design, introduction to pipelined processors, caches, and virtual memory.

• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Martha A Kim
  CULPA: 40 Info
• 3 points

INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134) or (COMS W3137) or (COMS W3136) and fluency in Java); or the instructor's permission. The fundamentals of database design and application development using databases: entity-relationship modeling, logical design of relational databases, relational data definition and manipulation languages, SQL, XML, query processing, physical database tuning, transaction processing, security. Programming projects are required.

• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Luis Gravano
  CULPA: 16 h-index: 56 Info
• Instructor: Donald F Ferguson
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

FUND-LARGE-SCALE DIST SYSTEMS

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136 or COMS W3137) and (COMS W3157 or COMS W4118 or CSEE W4119) Design and implementation of large-scale distributed and cloud systems. Teaches abstractions, design and implementation techniques that enable the building of fast, scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems. Topics include distributed communication models (e.g. sockets, remote procedure calls, distributed shared memory), distributed synchronization (clock synchronization, logical clocks, distributed mutex), distributed file systems, replication, consistency models, fault tolerance, distributed transactions, agreement and commitment, Paxos-based consensus, MapReduce infrastructures, scalable distributed databases. Combines concepts and algorithms with descriptions of real-world implementations at Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, LinkedIn, etc.

• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Roxana Geambasu
  CULPA: 2 Wikipedia h-index: 20 Info
• 3 points

PROGRAMMING LANG & TRANSLATORS

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136 or COMS W3137) and (COMS W3261) and (CSEE W3827) or equivalent, or the instructors permission. Modern programming languages and compiler design. Imperative, object-oriented, declarative, functional, and scripting languages. Language syntax, control structures, data types, procedures and parameters, binding, scope, run-time organization, and exception handling. Implementation of language translation tools including compilers and interpreters. Lexical, syntactic and semantic analysis; code generation; introduction to code optimization. Teams implement a language and its compiler.

• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Baishakhi Ray
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 24 Info
• 3 points

OPERATING SYSTEMS I

Prerequisites: (CSEE W3827) and knowledge of C and programming tools as covered in COMS W3136, W3157, or W3101, or the instructors permission. Design and implementation of operating systems. Topics include process management, process synchronization and interprocess communication, memory management, virtual memory, interrupt handling, processor scheduling, device management, I/O, and file systems. Case study of the UNIX operating system. A programming project is required.

• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Jason Nieh
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia h-index: 50 Info
• 3 points

Engineering Software-as-a-Service

Modern software engineering concepts and practices including topics such as Software-as-a-Service, Service-oriented Architecture, Agile Development, Behavior-driven Development, Ruby on Rails, and Dev/ops.

• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Junfeng Yang
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 33 Info
• 3 points

ADVANCED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Prerequisites: (COMS W3157) or equivalent. Software lifecycle using frameworks, libraries and services. Major emphasis on software testing. Centers on a team project.

• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Gail E Kaiser
  CULPA: 10 Info
• 3 points

COMPUTER GRAPHICS

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134) or (COMS W3136) or (COMS W3137) COMS W4156 is recommended. Strong programming background and some mathematical familiarity including linear algebra is required. Introduction to computer graphics. Topics include 3D viewing and projections, geometric modeling using spline curves, graphics systems such as OpenGL, lighting and shading, and global illumination. Significant implementation is required: the final project involves writing an interactive 3D video game in OpenGL.

• TR 6:40 p.m.-7:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Hadi Fadaifard
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• 3 points

USER INTERFACE DESIGN

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136 or COMS W3137) Introduction to the theory and practice of computer user interface design, emphasizing the software design of graphical user interfaces. Topics include basic interaction devices and techniques, human factors, interaction styles, dialogue design, and software infrastructure. Design and programming projects are required.

• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Brian A Smith
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 5 Info
• 3 points

SECURITY I

Introduction to security. Threat models. Operating system security features. Vulnerabilities and tools. Firewalls, virtual private networks, viruses. Mobile and app security. Usable security. Note: May not earn credit for both W4181 and W4180 or W4187. 

• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Suman Jana
  h-index: 33 Info
• 3 points

MALWARE ANALYSIS&REVERSE ENGINEERING

Hands-on analysis of malware. How hackers package and hide malware and viruses to evade analysis. Disassemblers, debuggers, and other tools for reverse engineering. Deep study of Windows Internals and x86 assembly. 

• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Michael S Sikorski
  CULPA: 2 Info
• 3 points

ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS I

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136COMS W3137) and (COMS W3203) Introduction to the design and analysis of efficient algorithms. Topics include models of computation, efficient sorting and searching, algorithms for algebraic problems, graph algorithms, dynamic programming, probabilistic methods, approximation algorithms, and NP-completeness.

• TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Timothy A Roughgarden
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• 3 points

INTRO-COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY

Prerequisites: (COMS W3261) Develops a quantitative theory of the computational difficulty of problems in terms of the resources (e.g. time, space) needed to solve them. Classification of problems into complexity classes, reductions, and completeness. Power and limitations of different modes of computation such as nondeterminism, randomization, interaction, and parallelism.

• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Henry Yuen
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

ALGORITHMS FOR DATA SCIENCE

Prerequisites: basic knowledge in programming (e.g. at the level of COMS W1007), a basic grounding in calculus and linear algebra. Methods for organizing data, e.g. hashing, trees, queues, lists,priority queues. Streaming algorithms for computing statistics on the data. Sorting and searching. Basic graph models and algorithms for searching, shortest paths, and matching. Dynamic programming. Linear and convex programming. Floating point arithmetic, stability of numerical algorithms, Eigenvalues, singular values, PCA, gradient descent, stochastic gradient descent, and block coordinate descent. Conjugate gradient, Newton and quasi-Newton methods. Large scale applications from signal processing, collaborative filtering, recommendations systems, etc.

• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Eleni Drinea
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

INTRO-COMPUTATIONAL LEARN THRY

• MW 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
• Instructor: Rocco Servedio
  CULPA: 15 h-index: 48 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO CRYPTOGRAPHY

Prerequisites: Comfort with basic discrete math and probability. Recommended: COMS W3261 or CSOR W4231. An introduction to modern cryptography, focusing on the complexity-theoretic foundations of secure computation and communication in adversarial environments; a rigorous approach, based on precise definitions and provably secure protocols. Topics include private and public key encryption schemes, digital signatures, authentication, pseudorandom generators and functions, one-way functions, trapdoor functions, number theory and computational hardness, identification and zero knowledge protocols.

• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Tal Malkin
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia h-index: 45 Info
• 3 points

INTRO TO QUANTUM COMPUTING

• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Henry Yuen
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

PROGRAMMING & PROBLEM SOLVING

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136 or COMS W3137) and (CSEE W3827) Hands-on introduction to solving open-ended computational problems. Emphasis on creativity, cooperation, and collaboration. Projects spanning a variety of areas within computer science, typically requiring the development of computer programs. Generalization of solutions to broader problems, and specialization of complex problems to make them manageable. Team-oriented projects, student presentations, and in-class participation required.

• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Kenneth A Ross
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• 3 points

PRIN-INNOVATN/ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136 or COMS W3137) or the instructor's permission. Team project centered course focused on principles of planning, creating, and growing a technology venture. Topics include: identifying and analyzing opportunities created by technology paradigm shifts, designing innovative products, protecting intellectual property, engineering innovative business models.

• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: William Reinisch
  CULPA: 1 Info
• 3 points

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136 or COMS W3137) and any course on probability. Prior knowledge of Python is recommended. Provides a broad understanding of the basic techniques for building intelligent computer systems. Topics include state-space problem representations, problem reduction and and-or graphs, game playing and heuristic search, predicate calculus, and resolution theorem proving, AI systems and languages for knowledge representation, machine learning and concept formation and other topics such as natural language processing may be included as time permits.

• TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi
  CULPA: 21 h-index: 16 Info
• 3 points

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136 or COMS W3137) or the instructors permission. Computational approaches to natural language generation and understanding. Recommended preparation: some previous or concurrent exposure to AI or Machine Learning. Topics include information extraction, summarization, machine translation, dialogue systems, and emotional speech. Particular attention is given to robust techniques that can handle understanding and generation for the large amounts of text on the Web or in other large corpora. Programming exercises in several of these areas.

• MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Bauer
  CULPA: 17 h-index: 13 Info
• Instructor: Zhou Yu
  h-index: 22 Info
• 3 points

Computer Vision I: First Principles

Introductory course in computer vision. Topics include image formation and optics, image sensing, binary images, image processing and filtering, edge extraction and boundary detection, region growing and segmentation, pattern classification methods, brightness and reflectance, shape from shading and photometric stereo, texture, binocular stereo, optical flow and motion, 2D and 3D object representation, object recognition, vision systems and applications.

• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Shree K Nayar
  CULPA: 12 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

Machine Learning for Functional Genomics

ML for Functional Genomic

This course will introduce modern probabilistic machine learning methods using applications in data analysis tasks from functional genomics, where massively-parallel sequencing is used  to measure the state of cells: e.g. what genes are being expressed, what regions of DNA (“chromatin”) are active (“open”) or bound by specific proteins. 

• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: David A Knowles
  h-index: 35 Info
• 3 points

MACHINE LEARNING

Prerequisites: Any introductory course in linear algebra and any introductory course in statistics are both required. Highly recommended: COMS W4701 or knowledge of Artificial Intelligence. Topics from generative and discriminative machine learning including least squares methods, support vector machines, kernel methods, neural networks, Gaussian distributions, linear classification, linear regression, maximum likelihood, exponential family distributions, Bayesian networks, Bayesian inference, mixture models, the EM algorithm, graphical models and hidden Markov models. Algorithms implemented in MATLAB.

• TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Daniel Hsu
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 44 Info
• 3 points

Causal Inference

Causal Inference theory and applications. The theoretical topics include the 3-layer causal hierarchy,  causal bayesian networks, structural learning, the identification problem and the do-calculus, linear identifiability, bounding, and counterfactual analysis. The applied part includes intersection with statistics, the empirical-data sciences (social and health), and AI and ML.

• MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Elias Bareinboim
  h-index: 25 Info
• 3 points

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

Prerequisites: (CSEE W3827) or equivalent. Focuses on advanced topics in computer architecture, illustrated by case studies from classic and modern processors. Fundamentals of quantitative analysis. Pipelining. Memory hierarchy design. Instruction-level and thread-level parallelism. Data-level parallelism and graphics processing units. Multiprocessors. Cache coherence. Interconnection networks. Multi-core processors and systems-on-chip. Platform architectures for embedded, mobile, and cloud computing.

• MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
• Instructor: Simha Sethumadhavan
  CULPA: 8 Info
• 3 points

SYSTEM-ON-CHIP PLATFORMS

Prerequisites: (COMS W3157) and (CSEE W3827) Design and programming of System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms. Topics include: overview of technology and economic trends, methodologies and supporting CAD tools for system-level design, models of computation, the SystemC language, transaction-level modeling, software simulation and virtual platforms, hardware-software partitioning, high-level synthesis, system programming and device drivers, on-chip communication, memory organization, power management and optimization, integration of programmable processor cores and specialized accelerators. Case studies of modern SoC platforms for various classes of applications.

• TR 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Luca Carloni
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 45 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

PARALLEL FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMIN

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission. Special topics arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit. Consult the department for section assignment.

• MW 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Stephen A Edwards
  CULPA: 21 h-index: 35 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

DESIGN USING C++

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission. Special topics arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit. Consult the department for section assignment.

• F 10:10 a.m.-12:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Bjarne Stroustrup
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 38 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

MATH MACH LEARN SIG RECOG

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission. Special topics arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit. Consult the department for section assignment.

• R 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Homayoon S Beigi
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

TECH INTERVIEW PREP C++

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission. Special topics arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit. Consult the department for section assignment.

• TR 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Yongwhan Lim
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

COMPETITIVE PROGRAMMING

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission. Special topics arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit. Consult the department for section assignment.

• M 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Yongwhan Lim
  Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

EMPIRICAL METHODS DATA SC

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission. Special topics arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit. Consult the department for section assignment.

• MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Michelle F Levine
  CULPA: 6 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

MOBILE APP DEVELOP IOS

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission. Special topics arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit. Consult the department for section assignment.

• TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
• Instructor: Hugh Thomas
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

HACKING 4 DEFENSE

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission. Special topics arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit. Consult the department for section assignment.

• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Paul S Blaer
  CULPA: 46 h-index: 8 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

DATA-DRVN DSGN SOCIAL INN

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission. Special topics arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit. Consult the department for section assignment.

• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Nakul Verma
  CULPA: 10 h-index: 16 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

NEURAL NETWORKS DEEP LEARNING

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission. Special topics arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit. Consult the department for section assignment.

• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard Zemel
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

DEEP LRNG FOR COMP VISION

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission. Special topics arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit. Consult the department for section assignment.

• TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Peter Belhumeur
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 59 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING

Prerequisites: Instructor's permission. Special topics arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes each time it is offered, it may be repeated for credit. Consult the department for section assignment.

• T 4:10 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Vijay Pappu
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• 3 points

OPERATING SYSTEMS, II

• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Jason Nieh
  CULPA: 23 Wikipedia h-index: 50 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

CLOUD COMPUTING

Topics in Software engineering arranged as the need and availability arises. Topics are usually offered on a one-time basis. Since the content of this course changes, it may be repeated for credit with advisor approval. Consult the department for section assignment.

• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Donald F Ferguson
  CULPA: 17 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

MODELING & PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Prerequisites: (COMS W4118) and (STAT GU4001) Introduction to queuing analysis and simulation techniques. Evaluation of time-sharing and multiprocessor systems. Topics include priority queuing, buffer storage, and disk access, interference and bus contention problems, and modeling of program behaviors.

• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Vishal Misra
  CULPA: 5 Wikipedia h-index: 53 Info
• 3 points

ANONYMITY & PRIVACY

• M 6:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven M Bellovin
  CULPA: 7 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS

Corequisite: COMS 4180W. The state of threats against computers, and networked systems. An overview of computer security solutions and why they fail. Provides a detailed treatment for Network and Host-based Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention systems. Considerable depth is provided on anomaly detection systems to detect new attacks. Covers issues and problems in email (spam, and viruses) and insider attacks (masquerading and impersonation).

• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Mark Seiden
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• 3 points

ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS II

Continuation of CSOR W4231.

• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Mihalis Yannakakis
  CULPA: 14 Wikipedia h-index: 93 Info
• 3 points

FORMAL VERIF HW SW SYSTEMS

Prerequisites: (COMS W3134 or COMS W3136 or COMS W3137) and (COMS W3261) Introduction to the theory and practice of formal methods for the design and analysis of correct (i.e. bug-free) concurrent and embedded hardware/software systems. Topics include temporal logics; model checking; deadlock and liveness issues; fairness; satisfiability (SAT) checkers; binary decision diagrams (BDDs); abstraction techniques; introduction to commercial formal verification tools. Industrial state-of-art, case studies and experiences: software analysis (C/C++/Java), hardware verification (RTL).

• W 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• W 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Steven K Feiner
  CULPA: 18 Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

NATURAL LANG GEN SUMMARIZ

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• W 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Kathleen McKeown
  CULPA: 8 h-index: 71 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

TOPICS IN ROBOTIC LEARNING

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Shuran Song
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 28 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

ENGR WEB3 BLOCKCHAIN APPS

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• T 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Junfeng Yang
  CULPA: 4 h-index: 33 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

TOPICS IN MOBILE X

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• F 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
• Instructor: Xia Zhou
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

READINGS LANGUAGE DESIGN

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• R 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Bjarne Stroustrup
  CULPA: 1 Wikipedia h-index: 38 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

HIGH PERF MACH LEARNING

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Kaoutar El Maghraoui
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

FUND SPEECH RECOGNITION

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• R 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
• Instructor: Homayoon S Beigi
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• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

CLOUD COMPUTING & BIG DATA

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• M 6:10 p.m.-8 p.m.
• Instructor: Sambit Sahu
  CULPA: 5 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

MACHINE LEARNING &CLIMATE

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Alp Kucukelbir
  h-index: 11 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

ADV WEB DESIGN STUDIO

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• F 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Lydia Chilton
  CULPA: 3 h-index: 18 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

ANALYSIS OF NETWORKS & CROWDS

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• T 12:10 p.m.-2 p.m.
• Instructor: Augustin Chaintreau
  CULPA: 6 h-index: 33 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

ROBUST CONTROLLABLE ML

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Richard Zemel
  Wikipedia Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

ALGORITHMS FOR MASSIVE DATA

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
• Instructor: Alexandr Andoni
  CULPA: 2 h-index: 34 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

FORMAL VERIFICATION SYSTEM SW

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• R 2:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
• Instructor: Ronghui Gu
  h-index: 11 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

REPRESENTATION LEARNING

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• F 10:10 a.m.-noon
• Instructor: Carl Vondrick
  CULPA: 1 h-index: 24 Info
• 3 points

TOPICS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

ALGEBRAIC TECHNIQUES IN TCS

Prerequisites: Instructors permission. Selected topics in computer science. Content varies from year to year. May be repeated for credit.

• T 4:10 p.m.-6 p.m.
• Instructor: Josh Alman
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• 3 points